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I am knackered with a K and a OMFGIRTIRED. The lesson for most of my younger students last week and this week has been "Classroom English." you know, exciting things like "be quiet..." "raise your hand" and other things I like to teach bundled into other lessons because by themselves they can be boring.
I was asked to teach them all together so I created Kathryn's English Bootcamp.
"There is no Kathryn Teacher....goodbye, Kathryn teacher, hello COACH KATHRYN."
Coach Kathryn brought the pain.
Circuit training.
1. "Raise your hand, raise your hand! Punch! Punch! Punch!"
2. "Quiet, ok, LOUD" (squat, crouch, JUMP)
3. "Once more, please" (one hand with one finger up, both hands up, bring hands down to chest while bringing one nee up)
4. "Volunteer? I WILL" (the person saying 'Volunteer' is standing, squating person jumps up to shout 'I will!' and the other person gets into a squat...repeat...repeat...repeat.)
5. "Repeat (x)" (the students repeat the word and action)
6. "Here you are/Thank you"(mime passing low to high)
They learned, practiced, learned, practiced, all like being in an aerobics class with an insane instructor.
Then...and they thought this was a game...I put on music, volunteers rolled the dice and then they joyously did that number as a circuit for 20 seconds.
But...this also meant that last Wednesday I taught that for 8 20 minute classes. I could hear them continue it in the halls at reccess...from my space behind my desk where I lay...unmoving.
This week I've done it for 17 20-minute classes so far. This is my training regime. Yesterday I also joined the kids at recess to climb the giant tire towers. Everyonce in a while they'd be surprised by my head popping over a tire and ambushing them with 'HOW ARE YOU?"
My how are you campaign is going well. Students now ask me the question. NO ONE replies "I'm fine thank you and you." If you've never taught here you might not know what an accomplishment that is.
I was asked to teach them all together so I created Kathryn's English Bootcamp.
"There is no Kathryn Teacher....goodbye, Kathryn teacher, hello COACH KATHRYN."
Coach Kathryn brought the pain.
Circuit training.
1. "Raise your hand, raise your hand! Punch! Punch! Punch!"
2. "Quiet, ok, LOUD" (squat, crouch, JUMP)
3. "Once more, please" (one hand with one finger up, both hands up, bring hands down to chest while bringing one nee up)
4. "Volunteer? I WILL" (the person saying 'Volunteer' is standing, squating person jumps up to shout 'I will!' and the other person gets into a squat...repeat...repeat...repeat.)
5. "Repeat (x)" (the students repeat the word and action)
6. "Here you are/Thank you"(mime passing low to high)
They learned, practiced, learned, practiced, all like being in an aerobics class with an insane instructor.
Then...and they thought this was a game...I put on music, volunteers rolled the dice and then they joyously did that number as a circuit for 20 seconds.
But...this also meant that last Wednesday I taught that for 8 20 minute classes. I could hear them continue it in the halls at reccess...from my space behind my desk where I lay...unmoving.
This week I've done it for 17 20-minute classes so far. This is my training regime. Yesterday I also joined the kids at recess to climb the giant tire towers. Everyonce in a while they'd be surprised by my head popping over a tire and ambushing them with 'HOW ARE YOU?"
My how are you campaign is going well. Students now ask me the question. NO ONE replies "I'm fine thank you and you." If you've never taught here you might not know what an accomplishment that is.
