Post Holiday Lesson Plans

WELCOME BACK FROM BREAK

Emily and I once again have picked up the priviege of updating and issuing the CETP newsletter with Brandie's decision to go back to the United States of America. We thought that it would be easier and a little more interesting if we continued with our idea of a Blog. It just seems more practical.

We hope everyone is enjoying their little break from teaching and having wonderful adventures in the many places they traveled.

We congradulate all those who have made the difficult decision to stay and teach another year or to start a new adventure elsewhere be it in the United States or some other place. In either case the decision was not an easy one to make. We will miss all those that are persuing other experiences.

IDEA NUMBER ONE
Emily has a wonderful idea that worked for her classes when she returned from Transylvania, she admits stealing the idea from someone else, but has used it and it worked. It can be adapted for all ages.
1. Give a list of vaccation vocab to the students. (Transylvania, palinka, dogs, bus ride, families etc.)
2. Have the students come up with cartoon strips explaining what you could have done on your break.
3. Give opportunities to share their results.
4. Tell them what really happened, but keep it appropriate no drunk bar fights allowed.

IDEA NUMBER TWO
Another wonderful idea given by our one and only Emily can also be used for post break lessons.
1. Have the students write a story or draw a cartoon describing what they may have done on their holidays. It is important that the students include some things that did not happen in order for this to work.
2. Have the students share their adventures with the class.
3. The class tries to guess what actually happened and what was false.
4. This could be made into a competition between teams if that helps get the students working.

MODIFIED VERSION
A third modification of this could be done as well.
1. Students write 10 vacabulary words concerning their holiday.
2. Pass the list to the neighboring student.
3. The neighboring students write a story about what they think happened according to their vocab list.
4. Let the sharing begin.
5. What really happened time.

Anyone with other variations of this activity or other excellent teaching ideas please share using the comments section or email them to Laura at hob2213@yahoo.com