T5B: 1) My classes went really well (inspite of VERY HOT/HUMID classrooms). 2) I have one class's worksheet and materials done for Friday. 3) I have tomorrow to make the rest of my worksheets (I need to make three more for next week). 4) The VP put me in charge of cleaning time. :) 5) My students make me laugh. :)
basal temp: 36.22
Two forgotten tales: Maybe two months ago, the lady teaching RS went out of her way to make English cards for our (mine and the missionaries) use. Some of the translations made us wonder. The funniest one for me was: "I love me as so other." You what now!? It was very sweet of her though and I appreciate her trying to help us. :) -- The other story is from yesterday. I played Scattergories with 1.6. The first category I gave to them was "summer sports." One row wrote "skirt." LOL I don't even know what they were thinking. I turned to them and said, "Skirt!?" and motioned what a skirt was. The class busted up. Good times. They have a good atmosphere in that class (teasing is ok). :)
Morning:
- woke up A LOT during the night - dropped down to 76%, dang it
- got ready for school, opted for pigtails
- got to the bus stop late (just not keeping track of time), luckily the bus was late
- got a nod from a student on the bus :D
1st - made copies, got my materials together, laminated some materials for next week
2nd - taught 1.3, went SO well!
3rd - taught 2.6, went very well
4th - taught 1.2, went very well
Notes: So this morning, two of my boys and I had to stand on the bus. It's not so great. Our bus passes another school and typically a lot of students get off there. So I watching for a seat. One opened up and I took it. Across from me, two of my girls had been riding in bench seats with one other woman (two to a seat) so when their friend from the school at which we stopped got off, the girl sitting next to the woman moved to sit closer to her friend. That left one of my male students sitting, an open spot next to an unknown woman and my other male student standing by his friend. I quickly got up, said, "Suwate, suwate" (Sit, sit) and sat next to the woman. The friend who was already seated gave me a nod. It was a moment. Usually my students don't acknowledge my existence AT ALL on the bus (which is fine). So that's why it was a moment. :D -- I have a funny from 2.6 posted below. -- A boy, N, in 1.2 cracked me up. I was telling him (and the girl sitting next to him) how I was starving. I said it in Japanese and told them the English. He latched onto it for his required production of writing two sentences (one futeishi [infinitive] one domeishi [gerund]). He then writes, "I want to starv." [sic] Me: "Gasshi shitai!? Shinitai?" (You want to starve? You want to die?) "No, no, no!" And that's the story of how I learned to say "don't want." I asked them, "Shitai no hantai?" (The opposite of want to do) "Shitakunai." I told N that what he wanted was "I don't want to starve." :) Good choice.
Afternoon:
- I added miso soup to my lunch, it was delicious
- bathroom break where I figured out the soap dispenser
5th - corrected worksheets
6th - Japanese lesson with Oikawa-s
7th - finished correcting worksheets, made a pp for Friday
- I was put in charge of cleaning time :D we did a great job (though some boys took off :/)
- it was snowing as I waited for the bus (I don't know how my students aren't freezing to death)
Notes: Ok so the soap dispensers: they have these little knobs (sort of shaped like a elongated water droplet) that hangs down. I guess I assumed they worked the American way and would just push the knob forward or bath and some soap would leak into my hand. Well today in the bathroom I just reached down and happened to press the whole thing UP and WHOOSH! Well there we go! It only took me 10 months and one day to figure it out! That's not too much... is it?
Evening:
- got home and was starving
- ate dinner (yum)
- watched an episode of Cowboy Bebop
- had a really crappy, depressing night (man I need sleep)
Notes: Hope you enjoyed the stories - I gotta try to get some sleep, I am really hurtin here. Hope you have a great Wednesday. XOXO, A
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| My cough drop gave me a pep talk this morning - "You can do it and you know it." Thanks cough drop! |
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| AHAHA the newest instrument: fruit (flute) :) This was one of two sheets that had it |
Funny stories today! LOL! Fruit for flute! ha ha ha ha
ReplyDeleteOh yay! Thanks! :D
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