Teaching @ Jhendong E.S.

Taking direction from the English Teacher, Ms. Hsu


Cathy (a.k.a. Elephant) lifts the weightlift
Barry, a.k.a. Bongo the Monkey, rehearses the rhythmic gymnastics scene





DRAMA TEAM - Oct. '05
Jhendong E.S. entered a drama team consisting of mostly grade 5 & 6 students. At the annual English Drama competition for Junior High & Elementary School students, Jhendong placed 4th out of 14 schools. The various teachers, along with myself were extremely proud of their dedicated efforts! Way to go!
arduously practicing our Drama play entitled, "Animal Olympics"...
Making the props...

AUSSIE AUSSIE AUSSIE OY OY OY
Teacher: "Aussie Aussie Aussie" Students: "Oy Oy Oy" This method is a classroom management technique that I use to gather student attention. Once I say, "aussie aussie aussie" in a loud voice, the students respond by saying, oy oy oy" & in doing so they need to: STOP LOOK & LISTEN. CONVERSATION 101: My main objective at Jhendong is to help the students develop their English oral language. We do a lot of repetition, group work, role play, chants, choral reading & games. READING FOR THE LOVE OF IT: I'm reading a beloved Robert Munsch story ( Mortimer) to my kindergarten class. They hallowed & loved it! 1st Day Jitters: I did a simple introduction during my first day of teaching & showed them where Canada is.
JHENDONG Top 10
1. Students call me, "Teacher"..or more correctly, "Tea-CHUR"!
2. Students clean the school - classrooms, washrooms, etc...in the morning everyday!
3. School, study, cram school is the name of the game
4. Grades 2-4 have only 1/2 day school in the morning
5. Staff enrol in the school lunch program where daily food is served at the "Retired Teacher's lounge" (Ha Ha!)
6. Chain of command: Principal, Director of Academic Affairs, Dir. of General Affairs, Dir. of Personnel, Dir. of Guidance, & Dir. of Student Affairs.
7. Students also enrol in the lunch program where they're notoriously famous for literally scarfing down their food!
8. Students bring so much lunch leftovers back to the kitchen!
9. I have a daily 20-25 min. naptime!
10. There's weekly teacher workshops scheduled right in the school day!

Dec. 14/05
I Never Knew Dodgeball Could be so Painful!
This morning, class 5-1 finally got to see Ms. Yee in action! I went out with this class to play dodgeball, Taiwan style! In my teaching attire & loafers, I pinned several students! I, myself, got pegged as well! Ha! After all was said and done, my body began to ache like crazy! My throwing arm felt especially lame since the students kept saying to throw to me! Dodgeball is played differently here with different rules and students standing around the perimeter of a rectangle. The ball is also much harder here so if you get hit, it's going to hurt! What a fun....and painful I might add, experience! Nonetheless, the kids finally got their wish in getting the foreign teacher out onto the game court. Dodgeball is a beloved pastime sport here..if you haven't seen the game in action, it's quite exciting. I loved it...and they all loved it..that's all that matters!