As for me, life hasn't changed much since I last wrote. I'm still teaching, although I must say, I actually feel like a teacher this time around. Last year, my classes changed almost every month. Most of the books we used were meant to be completed in a month, so we'd get new material for the next one and for the most part, I never repeated a lesson with new students. This year, I am a lot more familiar with the curriculum and I am finally getting the chance to use what I know works, and tweak what doesn't. It can still be a challenge to do all of the things I'd like to with my students, but I don't really see how I can change that, since I am on a pretty tight schedule. I'm not sure if I mentioned this before, but on top of completing a set of books (or unit, depending on the book and class), I am also expected to help students in most of my classes prepare a presentation. Each month, I come up with a new topic for each class that relates to the material they will cover that month. We pick out key words or ideas from the unit and then use those to make sentences explaining their mean. At the end of the month, each child gets in front of a camera and presents what they have written and worked on for that topic. It's meant to get the kids comfortable using English the correct way. Sure, this is a more formal way, but it is better than nothing. I also try and push my kids to answer questions I ask them in complete sentences, which is a challenge, even for some of my more advanced students.
I certainly didn’t plan on saying that much about school; of course I’m not finished yet. At the end this month, October, new parents will be coming in to decide if they want their kids to attend iSponge. So, Ivy asked me to have the 7 year old Kindergarten class prepare presentations, all on separate topics, instead of the same, as they usually do. Edward will be talking about a typical day at iSponge. Eric will talk about 3 of our most fun classes. Sherly will talk about a few of the field trips we go on- remember, these are rarely educational, just super fun! Haha Sarah will talk about Drama class and the plays they have presented and worked on. Sally will finish us off by talking about Halloween and what we do at school for that holiday. We will also be having another Halloween Party, like last year. I’m excited :)
Outside of teaching, I’ve just been spending time with friends out at all our usual places (String, BBQ, Club Davey) and of course, hanging out with Dan. He took me out to a very nice dinner a few weeks ago up in Daegu. We got all dressed up for it. It was very cute and cheesy, which I love! Haha Kate’s birthday was this past Wednesday so we went out to String for that. She wanted to have a Rubik’s Cube party this weekend, but turns out many people will be gone since it’s a long weekend, so we’re doing that next weekend instead. I’ll take lots of pictures and puts some up here. :) Of course we’ll have a Halloween party too, outside of school. I have to figure out what to be… Dan wants to be a zombie soldier so I have been looking into ways to make him all bloody and gross. Should be an interesting month!
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