Open Class

A bit of an insight into what my open classes are like:

Month before -

Co teacher will tell me we have an open class and ask me to prepare something. I do not prepare anything.

Week before:

Co teacher will give me a perfectly scripted lesson plan of the class, and ask me to learn my lines.

Day of the class:

We practice together on the morning class, and then spend the period before the actual open class cleaning the classroom and practicing our lines.

Open class:

Kids have no idea why all of a sudden we aren't using the textbook and they space out. Class is a fail.

School Open Day

  About 2 weeks ago Co told me that the school was having an open day and we would need to prepare a lesson for the parents to come and see (if they wanted to). It just so happened that the Open Day was to fall on a Wednesday which is awesome because it is mainly Grade 6 and they are all pretty decent kids. Rather than designing a new lesson he decided to go with one we did last year for the Grade 4's on prepositions - which I personally thing was a stupid idea as these kids are GRADE 6 NOT GRADE 4 and they would complete the activities a lot faster. The flip side of this coin is that they will better understand what is going on. And who am I to question anything anyway? I am just the stupid foreigner with nice hair who doesn't speak Korean.

  Anyway so I went through the usual routine before the open class of cleaning and rearranging seats and getting more chairs for parents (if they chose to come) and read over my lines. The class arrived and to our surprise, at least 7 parents came to check the class out. Usually no one turns up to English class - no one cares if their kids speak English or not. 

  The class went really smoothly, I spoke clearly (yay tonsillitis has cleared up woooo) and the kids paid attention and completed the work. I guess it was because some of their parents were in the class, but they seemed more motivated than usual and made more of an effort to speak English. I impressed one parent by understanding her when she said it was ok to leave the window open, and they all smiled at me heaps. I guess they were impressed with my English speaking ability. Anyway after class they all left and the kids did their usual "Bye Bonnie!" "Bye Teacher!" that they do, and the parents smiled at that too. So hopefully I will get a good evaluation from them... But who knows. 

2 of my adorable grade 6 girls

Re-signing?

  I brought up the subject of re-signing with Co, and he said he was planning to talk to me about it in June. I still haven't decided if I want to stay at this school or not - there are pros and cons to both staying and changing. I want to be closer to Seoul, but I don't really know many people in there and I know I would spend more money. 

*sigh*

Anyway just short and sweet today. 

xoxoxo