Daily Archives: March 16, 2008

The picture board

One of my favourite things in my classroom is a cork board which hosts dozens of pictures from around the world. I have a passion for photography and travel, and a few years ago I realised that the bare walls of the Nagaokakyo school were the perfect canvas for displaying some of my favourite travel [...]

Imperatives can be a fun lesson!

With my red man-to-man student on Saturday, I covered the lesson on imperatives. I always get a kick out of the pictures in the Smith’s curriculum. In case of many of them, no imperative warning could possibly save the person shown from sure death or severe injury. A steel I-beam falling from [...]

Return From India

She has been with me for about six months now. Initially a very shy student who would not initiate a thing in class. She just returned from a 10-day business trip to India and now she is “on fire.” Like “night and day” I say. It is amazing what a trip abroad [...]