Category Archives: teaching teenagers

Be Prepared

Posted on November 10, 2008 by Meg

I don’t mean to sound like a bitter old schoolmarm, but when did it become the teacher’s job to stop lessons to provide supplies?  I remember forgetting my pen or pencil and asking to borrow one in whispers, hoping my … Continue reading →

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American Mei You

Posted on September 13, 2008 by Meg

I planned to write a post about starting a job today, teaching SAT prep. Towards the end of the job interview, when we were talking about where to park and what time to arrive, the main teacher (I’m the assistant) … Continue reading →

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Working Hard In The Teachers’ Office!

Posted on June 24, 2008 by Meg

Model posing with Carol and Grace! Sven shows us blue steel. He has a lot of modeling experience. A rare photo of everyone at work. (Staged, of course) Tweet this!

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In The Same Boat

Posted on June 4, 2008 by Meg

I gave one of my classes a lesson on idioms, as part of my ongoing guest to eliminate certain abused phrases (like overuse of what a pity or using not at all as a response to thank you) from my … Continue reading →

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Office Adventures

Posted on April 29, 2008 by Meg

In the office the other day… Sven: I’m off to class to have mad fun with our apathetic teenagers! Carol: Good job! Did you learn that word from David? Sven: What? Meg: He said “mad fun” not “ma fan“. (Chinese … Continue reading →

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Talent Show

Posted on April 29, 2008 by Meg

On Friday, my class played Hippopotamus. This is an awesome game for mixed levels, easily modified for students’ English abilities and not mind-numbingly repetitive. You send one person into the hall while the rest of the class picks a verb. … Continue reading →

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Who Do You Love?

Posted on April 21, 2008 by Meg

I played a round of Who Do You Love? with my students on Friday. You put the chairs in a circle so almost everyone can sit down, and one person is left standing in the middle. The person in the … Continue reading →

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Apathetically Playing Charades

Posted on April 15, 2008 by Meg

I played Secretly Eating Pizza, an adverbs/verbs charades game with my teenagers yesterday and today. I put together this one for my Yantai drips, asa reward for all their hard work learning the difference between adjectives and adverbs. The game … Continue reading →

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Reasons To Work In China

Posted on April 2, 2008 by Meg

In the belief that such things are very Western, my school encourages me to wear jeans, sneakers and t-shirts to work. Subscribe to Violet Eclipse by Email Tweet this!

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Always Carry Tissues

Posted on April 1, 2008 by Meg

This morning, some of my students pinned my chalkboard eraser to my desk as an April Fools. Unfortunately, when I touched the eraser and it didn’t move, I grabbed a tissue for the board, and ruined their joke! Mysteriously sticky … Continue reading →

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