Tag Archives: teaching wee ones

Daily Life With Stick

Posted on November 9, 2007 by Meg

“Stick, I need to get on your computer to print my skit for class.” My skit is a brilliant adaptation of The Emperor’s New Clothes, with Chinese characteristics. “Right now? I’m in an instance!” That means fighting WarCraft bad guys … Continue reading →

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Friday AP class

Posted on November 6, 2007 by Meg

These are my honors students… you have no idea how hard I tried to convince them NOT to give the peace sign in this picture. I think it’s an involutary reaction, when a Chinese girl sees a camera, she has … Continue reading →

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Class 1

Posted on October 29, 2007 by Meg

My kids showing me a song and dance they learned in Chinese class… then getting camera shy.

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That Was Easy

Posted on October 22, 2007 by Meg

I ran into our school’s headmaster last night while I was putting up my Halloween bulletin board. He was on Sunday-night duty, which means waiting for the kids to come back to school after their weekend at home, so he … Continue reading →

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Out!

Posted on October 17, 2007 by Meg

I threw a kid out of class yesterday. He was really asking for it, he had already earned frowns for his team, and then got himself a corner, and then I told him to get out of my classroom. Whenever … Continue reading →

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Ali Bali

Posted on October 16, 2007 by Meg

We had another lame department meeting on Friday, at which the foreign teachers were asked to sing more songs, add more chants, and more “action songs.” Now, I’m not adverse to teaching and singing Head&Shoulders, or the ABC song (with … Continue reading →

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Pirates!

Posted on October 12, 2007 by Meg
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Finding Neverland

Posted on October 12, 2007 by Meg

My honors students and I watched the first half of Peter Pan in class today. I was a little worried about 20 seven-year-olds sitting still for a foreign-language movie, especially the clever little hellions who’re in honors English. At the … Continue reading →

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Peter Pan With Chinese Characteristics

Posted on September 21, 2007 by Meg

Today I had my first lesson with my gifted kids. This was sprung on me in a typically Chinese fashion, it was once mentioned in passing that I’d be team-teaching English club with Christina. When I got the details a … Continue reading →

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Circle Time

Posted on September 21, 2007 by Meg
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