Start of the New Cycle

We finished our first week of the new cycles. Last Friday, students each received a packet containing: Reading (due Monday 10/29), vocabulary from the reading (on which they will be tested starting 11/5), vocabulary that was chosen by students (students must submit two new, useful vocabulary words each week; they'll be tested on these words starting 11/5), a vocabulary worksheet (for which they must choose ten words from their vocabulary list and write a sentence using each word; Due 11/5), and a new vocabulary worksheet (where the students must write two new, useful words, an easy meaning for each word, and a sentence using each word; also due on 10/29), their essay topics (students could choose one of three topics, selected by difficulty; due 11/5), and a speaking topic (students had to speak on the selected topic, in this case: telling something scary that happened to them, for 90 seconds. A minute and a half isn't very long, but it's a start, and these presentations help the students become more confident speaking in front of other people; this presentation was due 11/1).

Then, starting last Monday, students have been given longer quizzes in reading, grammar and oral communication. I'm hoping that these quizzes will eventually help improve their scores on standardized tests.

This week's topic was, naturally enough, Halloween. The classroom was decorated, and quizzes, tests, reading, essays, presentations and other assignments were coordinated with the theme of the week. On Wednesday we watched a few scary videos, and talked about Halloween.

I also gave the students 'ghost photos' of the classes.

The first graders

The second graders

Next week, the first graders will be studying about fashion. The second graders don't have many lessons next week, so in another week, they'll start studying about the future, alternative materials, and so on. I think the new lesson cycle is going to prove to be an interesting challenge for the students.

Date: 2007⁄11⁄01 16:50｜Permalink｜Author：nelp

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