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Urgh, I have a wonderful idea for a lesson about prepositions that involves a spider puppet and a fly puppet, but it'd require two people, and I can't really get a volunteer for the fly and expect them to know when to giggle maniacally. Or when to give the spider a concussion so everyone has to direct him in how to finish his over-under-around-through web. Sigh.
Mr. Spider was going to be a policeman. I may have even done a terrible, terrible gruff British accent. (... Vimes!Spider ftw.) The puppet would have a lovely little policeman's cap.
Maybe I'll take tomorrow off and crochet them anyway.
( Lesson Plan v. 2 )
Needs a lot more editing. And I'm not sure about spending so much time talking to myself. Other drawbacks: the likelihood of me using the words "nemesis" "antagonist" or "formidable opponent." Today I was thinking about explaining to the "kids" that they'll never have to use a word like "preposition" unless they grow up to teach English like me. But then I went off on a mental tangent that ended up trying to explain how to pronounce antecedent. One should never say the word "antecedent" to a roomfull of ESL students, right? Maybe there can be a third puppet called Auntie Seedant, who grows a lot of flowers and hires Mr. Spider to get rid of the bugs. His web holds the power of prepositions, and it's all for Auntie Seedant. Though Mr. Spider is... actually the antecedent in most cases. So Mr. Spider... is... Auntie Seedant? And this is where it stops being an ESL class for children and starts being some kind of psychological drama.
(I'm pretty sure this is a sign that I'm well-suited to teaching kids but goshdarnit it is not helping me get ready for anything official.)
(Or it's a sign that I'm in serious need of help.)
Mr. Spider was going to be a policeman. I may have even done a terrible, terrible gruff British accent. (... Vimes!Spider ftw.) The puppet would have a lovely little policeman's cap.
Maybe I'll take tomorrow off and crochet them anyway.
( Lesson Plan v. 2 )
Needs a lot more editing. And I'm not sure about spending so much time talking to myself. Other drawbacks: the likelihood of me using the words "nemesis" "antagonist" or "formidable opponent." Today I was thinking about explaining to the "kids" that they'll never have to use a word like "preposition" unless they grow up to teach English like me. But then I went off on a mental tangent that ended up trying to explain how to pronounce antecedent. One should never say the word "antecedent" to a roomfull of ESL students, right? Maybe there can be a third puppet called Auntie Seedant, who grows a lot of flowers and hires Mr. Spider to get rid of the bugs. His web holds the power of prepositions, and it's all for Auntie Seedant. Though Mr. Spider is... actually the antecedent in most cases. So Mr. Spider... is... Auntie Seedant? And this is where it stops being an ESL class for children and starts being some kind of psychological drama.
(I'm pretty sure this is a sign that I'm well-suited to teaching kids but goshdarnit it is not helping me get ready for anything official.)
(Or it's a sign that I'm in serious need of help.)
