Category: the classroom
Updated on August 2, 2011
Picnicking Chinese Style
Earlier this week, some students invited me to join their class picnic. While I did not teach them this semester, I had taught their class for two years, so knew the students quite well. In the midst of… Read More
Updated on August 2, 2011
The Fourth Annual Spelling Bee
For the past four years, the freshmen spoken English teachers have held a spelling bee for their students. The students compete in class, and then the top two spellers from each class advance to the big stage. I… Read More
Updated on August 2, 2011
Saying farewell to teaching…for now
This week is my last week of teaching lessons. Come noon on Thursday, I’ll be retiring my chalk. Come Thursday a week from now, post exams, I’ll also be retiring my red pen. I have truly loved most moments… Read More
Updated on August 2, 2011
Unpredictable comic relief
I teach three writing classes this semester, which translates into the weekly task of reading and responding to 75 journal entries. This being my sixth year teaching in China, the journal entries have become quite predictable. Give me any… Read More
Updated on August 2, 2011
Get your vote on {Flags}
Recently, my sophomore spoken English students were tasked with creating a new flag for China. We studied various flags of the world to learn about characteristics many flags share, and the students were then asked to create a… Read More
Updated on August 2, 2011
The good & terrible lion
This semester in the graduate reading and writing course I teach we’ve been studying The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. It has been a great joy to teach one of my all time favorite books, and to watch… Read More
Updated on August 2, 2011
From the news
Seniors at our university don’t attend classes. They pay the same tuition as their first three years of college, and even have a few final exams come the end of the semester, but no one is expected to go to… Read More
Updated on August 2, 2011
Welcome to the library
Around these parts the days are growing shorter and the to do lists are growing longer. We’ve now reached the point in the semester where we can count the classes remaining on one hand, and the point where… Read More
Updated on August 2, 2011
Sunday Snapshot: The Freshmen Halloween Party
This is the team’s second year in a row to throw a halloween party for the freshmen in one of the teaching buildings on campus. In the past, we’ve done Halloween open houses at our apartments. But we… Read More
Updated on August 2, 2011
The Five Stages of Grading
For all of you teachers out there, this is a must read. Just a little taste to get you to click on over… Everyone is familiar with Elisabeth Kübler-Ross and her stage model of coping with grief popularly known as the… Read More
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