Teaching > Textbook-Based Lessons
Middle School English (MG1 author - Mark Brown, MG2 - William Roszell, MG3 - 장영희)
karenology:
Thanks!
I stole a lot of graphics from Natalie Dee, whose stuff is at http://nataliedee.com/. Her comics are great!
peasgoodnonsuch:
I've been using these books for 1st and 2nd grade for a year now and we finally switched our 3rd year book to match the series.
Personally, I have found the books quite helpful in serving as a guiding curriculum. I am required (loosely) to cover the listening and speaking, which I usually do over 2-3 weeks. I usually start my lessons with listening from the book, followed by elicitation of the vocab mentioned in the speaking sections. I prefer to make my own, more fun activities based on the things they're supposed to learn. Over the course of 2-3 weeks I try to get them what they need for their exam, some dialogue based on the vocab presented in the book (I often use the Talking Break, especially for the lower level classes), and at least one game to practice the grammar point they're learning with the Korean teachers. I've found that the speaking section usually ties into one or two of the grammar points, so it helps me justify doing grammar based games to my CTs.
The Activities books are rather useless when used alone because they're boring or unrealistically planned, but they have served as inspiration for me.
I've only flipped through the 3rd year book briefly, and I have to say I'm kind of disappointed. Our book last year sucked soooo badly, I had really pinned my hopes on this one. However, after reading the extremely awkwardly written "10,000 hours" reading passage (not to mention the twisting of history-Mozart WAS a genius and did not become one because of 10,000 hours of effort!) I'm worried.
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That said, I'd like to ask for people's feedback on one idea I had for 3rd Year Lesson 1: The Dating Game.
As I flipped through and saw the phrases in the speaking "why don't you" "I'm looking forward to" "I'm interested in" it all started to sound like a dating service or something-haha! So, I thought it would be kind of funny to write up dialogues between famous people on the dating show and have the kids act it out. Ex: G-Dragon is the bachelor seeking and the 3 bachelorette candidates are Sandara, Hyuna of 4Minute, and Sunny from Soshi.
My question: Do you think it's too embarrassing? I have a pretty comfortable relationship with my students, but I don't want to underestimate their ability to be shy-even in 3rd year.
Thanks for the input!
ESmith4:
Thanks everybody for getting involved in this thread. Some great ideas coming out so far. I spent about an hour yesterday staring at the text books and then looking at some cool speaking games and ideas I had and having NO idea how the two could combine. The text certainly is a little dry and non-sensical. The ideas seem to bounce all over the place and never really have any consistency. At least I am not alone.
Any specific ideas for the listening section? Is it best just to do that as is in the book and worry more about the speaking bit?
karenology:
peasgoodnonsuch: I think some of my 3rd graders have boyfriends and girlfriends (from what I've heard from my gossip girls at lunch), but it's still very much a taboo thing, and my kids (boys and girls) will turn beet red if accused of having a boyfriend/girlfriend. Maybe your kids are more extroverted, but talking about dating AND acting out stuff might be a little much.
There was this awesome valentine's day lesson posted last month, that included a worksheet where students weighed various qualities in a desired partner - would you rather have a beautiful girlfriend who is mean, or an average looking girlfriend who is very sweet? and questions like that. My kids got waaay into this activity. Maybe you could do something like that? Here's the thread; I think the worksheet might be a couple posts down. http://waygook.org/index.php/topic,3485.0.html
summerthyme:
Have you listened to the dialogue from pg 10 of the 3rd grade textbook? I've been trying not to sit here and giggle all afternoon.
READY pt B (pg 10)
M: Look at this website!
W: Oh, it's Great Boy! Are you interested in him?
M: Are you kidding? I love him! He's awesome!
W: Well, I find his songs too loud. They bother me a little.
M: No way! Come on! Why don't you join me at his concert?
W: I'm sorry. I would rather stay home. I prefer to relax.
I love the robotic voices and obvious put-down.
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