Daily Archives: December 17, 2007

Sure to be a “Nostalgic” Lesson!

December 17, 2007 – 8:57 am

I spent an entire class on “Finnigan’s Bar” tonight because the students were so into it…In fact the class went ten minutes over and it didn’t matter to me…As I was wrapping things up late, one of them asked me to recite the routine at my natural speed so she could record it with her [...]

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

Clever pink students

December 17, 2007 – 2:43 am

ET: You’re kidding
I told the students that I was 90 years old, they both said ‘You’re kidding!’ I was so happy that they got it straight away.
Routine: The Baby
This is the first time these students have done a L&R routines and they did really well. I was very pleased with the students because after going [...]

By Liana | Posted in English School Articles, SSE Lesson Plans in Action | Comments (0)

Question Word Cards

December 17, 2007 – 12:38 am

I and my students, from all levels, have been having fun using the “Question Word” Cards as prompts for initiating questions. Although this is an Intermediate Item I have found that the word cards can be used with impressive results across different levels simply by creating a framework similar to the routines, where we provide [...]

By Ken | Posted in SSE Koenji Corner | Comments (0)

Ikebana Exhibition With My Students

December 17, 2007 – 12:32 am

I learn ikebana in Nishinomia-Kitaguchi. I prefer Japanese flower arranging to European. Both styles are beautiful but for me ikebana is more peaceful and elegant. Recently my teacher and a lot of other ikebana masters put on an exhibition in Shukugawa. A group of students and I met at Hankyu station and walked there [...]

By Jess Uldrich | Posted in SSE Takarazuka Corner | Comments (0)