Daily Archives: September 11, 2007

“Past II” Review with a “Yellow” Student

September 11, 2007 – 9:13 am

I must admit this is not my original idea…But the grammar combined with the function works well for high level English school students: I spent the first ten minutes brainstorming types of disasters, natural and those that humans are responsible for, resulting in lots of new vocabulary for the student…Then combined the [...]

By jim | Posted in SSE Hashimoto Corner | Comments (0)

Fun lesson for three

September 11, 2007 – 2:45 am

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This English school class had three students so there were two different one points to review. The first I elicited by asking two of the students if they knew what the population of Toronto, Canada was. They answered, “I have no idea.” For the third student, I asked her to make an [...]

By SJ | Posted in SSE Kyobashi Corner | Comments (0)

One Points in the lobby…

September 11, 2007 – 12:55 am

I’m just sitting here in the lobby of the Kyobashi English school doing some work at the computer and two students come in for their 5 O’Clock class. They don’t usually come at this time of day so I was a bit surprised and also happy to see them. After chatting with them [...]

By Gavin | Posted in SSE Kyobashi Corner | Comments (0)