| | I work at a great high school. The work environment is great. The staff are great to work with. It's just in the classroom that I have issues.
This semester I've only seen the students once every other week. (this will probably change next semester, but if I teach both 10th and 11th graders next semester then I'll be teaching 40 students at once and I don't know if I want to do that.
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The students only care about their major. They don't care about those classes that don't have to do with their major. Because of this they don't pay attention in my class (probably doesn't help that I haven't been able to build any rapport with them either).
What I would like to do different next semester is make the lessons immersed in their specific majors. I think this would keep their attention a whole lot better than going through a book that is totally detached from what they are studying.
Here are the majors in the school:
Art - Korean painting, Western painting, sculpture, and design
Music - Korean music, musical composition, orchestral music, vocal music, piano, and organ
Dance - Korean dance, modern dance, ballet
Drama & Film (they deal with movie cameras and also film cameras n the Film major)
What I would like from you is any input you might have for activities to do with these majors. Possibly you know someone who teaches one of these areas. I have started to build a list of activities to do with each major, but I don't think my list will make up 12 classes for next semester. I need terminology for each of these areas. I will be doing online research, but I thought I would contact people I know who to see if they know people or if they have stuff they already know about. Why reinvent the wheel if I can ask people I know if they have activities and material already. I look forward to hearing from some of you at least.
I teach English as a second language, but the activities and ideas do not need to be just for an ESL classroom, I just need as many ideas as I can get. Thanks. |
| | Posted 6/23/2008 12:15 AM - 73 Views - 2 eProps - 1 Comment
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