M.A.S.H. Mansion, appartment, shack, house.
I remember playing the game M.A.S.H. all through Jr. High and High School. It was the game that determined who you were going to marry, what you would wear, how many kids and so on. I was sitting at home bored of reading for the day, so played a round of it with my imaginary friend I have developed through the help of Emily. The friend is Alice the Cow. Poor Alice had to marry Jared the Jaguar and was not at all happy. Anyway, I decided that this would be a fun way to get the students to think about the future and in this use the future tense.
I used this with all of my grades, I just had it tailored to whatever level I was working with at the time. I explained the word Category and translated MASH for them. They laugh because shack in hungarian is putri, which means really outhouse. The categories went as follows, but can be change and adapted to fit the needs of your students.
1. Write MASH on top of your paper.
2. Name 5 colors (dress/tux)
3. Name 5 boys/girls
4. Name 5 days of the week
5. Name 5 numbers 1-30
6. Name 5 months
7. Name 5 colors (explain that it is again, you are not stupid and did not forget we have done this)
8. Name 5 modes of transportation
9. Name 5 numbers 1-10 (kids)
10. Name 5 animals (pets)
11. Name 5 countries
12. Name 5 jobs
13. Name 5 numbers 100 and up (their weekly salary)
Have the students name their favorite animal and count the letters. Ex. monkey = 6, or cat = 3. This number becomes their counter. 1 2 3 cross out the S in MASH 1 2 3 cross out the number 2 color until their is only one in each category left.
It was an enjoyable way to learn the future tense, and the students really enjoyed sharing their information.
Tuesday, April 25, 2006
Mrs. K and her book and movie reviews.
Book Reviews
I read Harpswells "The Secret Life of Bees" and could hardly put it down once I started. It's about a little white girl in the south in the 60's who runs away from home with her black nanny and the personal and racial struggles they encounter.....I don't want to tell anymore cuz I don't like giving away too much.....but it's very good....
Another one I read recently and loved is called "The Things They Carried." Gaines loaned it to me and I'm greatful she did. It's about Vietnam, but it's nothing like any other war story; it's about the things they carried with them and is a narrative, almost like the author is sitting there telling you his deepest confessions 30 years later. It's wonderful.
Oooh, and another one I just got in a little book shop in Sopron is called A magyarok kolteszete (the o has two dots and the first e has a dash). ie Poetry of the Magyars. It's great cuz you know how the hungarians love poetry and this book is bilingual. It's apparently, too, a famous book of poetry. The dude who put it together is Sir John Bowring in 1830 (I'm reading about all that in the extensive introduction right now). Apparently all his translations are pretty bad but, according to introduction, this is a book that all Hungarians know about, even if they've never read it, and even though it's super famous, it's never been reprinted before this year. So I'm pretty syched. I had hoped it would help me with my Hungarian, but now that I know the translations are apparently pretty bad, well, we'll see.
Film Reviews
Oh!!! A few more recommendations: last night Yerik and I watched 2 Hungarian movies. Speaking of working on my Hungarian, these two films would be highly entertaining ways to do so, especially since some of the translations for the subtitles leave out the most colorful phrases, it seems worth learning enough to understand what they're saying. The first film is called "Magyar Vandor" (there's a dash on the last a). I don't even want to begin to describe the plot, but I will say that it's full of little jokes about Hungary and Hungarians and I at least loved that I got most of the jokes. I'm fairly certain that a Hungarian would tell you that it's a cheesey flick, but I at least am looking forward to finding a copy of this one to own.
The second film is Kontroll. This one you may have heard about. It's the one about the Budapest metro line ticket controllers. It's quite good. Gives me a new perspective on those dudes we love to hate.
Again any other reviews of just lists of who has what books would be helpful.
I read Harpswells "The Secret Life of Bees" and could hardly put it down once I started. It's about a little white girl in the south in the 60's who runs away from home with her black nanny and the personal and racial struggles they encounter.....I don't want to tell anymore cuz I don't like giving away too much.....but it's very good....
Another one I read recently and loved is called "The Things They Carried." Gaines loaned it to me and I'm greatful she did. It's about Vietnam, but it's nothing like any other war story; it's about the things they carried with them and is a narrative, almost like the author is sitting there telling you his deepest confessions 30 years later. It's wonderful.
Oooh, and another one I just got in a little book shop in Sopron is called A magyarok kolteszete (the o has two dots and the first e has a dash). ie Poetry of the Magyars. It's great cuz you know how the hungarians love poetry and this book is bilingual. It's apparently, too, a famous book of poetry. The dude who put it together is Sir John Bowring in 1830 (I'm reading about all that in the extensive introduction right now). Apparently all his translations are pretty bad but, according to introduction, this is a book that all Hungarians know about, even if they've never read it, and even though it's super famous, it's never been reprinted before this year. So I'm pretty syched. I had hoped it would help me with my Hungarian, but now that I know the translations are apparently pretty bad, well, we'll see.
Film Reviews
Oh!!! A few more recommendations: last night Yerik and I watched 2 Hungarian movies. Speaking of working on my Hungarian, these two films would be highly entertaining ways to do so, especially since some of the translations for the subtitles leave out the most colorful phrases, it seems worth learning enough to understand what they're saying. The first film is called "Magyar Vandor" (there's a dash on the last a). I don't even want to begin to describe the plot, but I will say that it's full of little jokes about Hungary and Hungarians and I at least loved that I got most of the jokes. I'm fairly certain that a Hungarian would tell you that it's a cheesey flick, but I at least am looking forward to finding a copy of this one to own.
The second film is Kontroll. This one you may have heard about. It's the one about the Budapest metro line ticket controllers. It's quite good. Gives me a new perspective on those dudes we love to hate.
Again any other reviews of just lists of who has what books would be helpful.
Stuffed Cabbage brought to you by Liz
First of all I would like to thank everyone for sending us information to put on this blog. This helps keep the blog interesting as well as easy. We hope you had a wonderful spring break. From those that I have talked to it sounds like a fun time was had by all.
This is a recipe that Liz learned while taking a cooking class from her contact teaher in preperation of going home for christmas and impressing her friends and family. I have tasted her leftovers of this and must say, it was delicious, and this is coming from one of the more picky CETPers.
Stuffed Cabbage
2 heads of cabbage
1 can of sour cabbage (.5 kilo)
1kg minced meat (turkey or pork)
60g rice
2 big white onions
5tsp paprika
1tsp salt
2tsp black pepper
Cabbage leaves: Core 2 heads of cabbage. Boil pot of H20. Pour hot H20 over the heads of cabbage in a large bowl. Let the cabbage sit in hot water.
Stuffing: In a bowl combine minced meat, spices (3tsp paprika), 1 onion finely chopped, 10ml warm water and a handful of sour cabbage.
In a shallow, wide large pot: cover bottom of pan with olive oil and half a chopped onion. simmer for 3 minutes. take off heat and add 2tsp paprika and mix. Add half of the rest of the sour cabbage spread on the bottom of the pan. Stuff the cabbage leaves after draining the water and peeling leaves from the head. Place the stuffed leaves on the bed of sour cabbage. Cover the top with the rest of the sour cabbage. Fill the pot with H20. Cook on low heat and cover the pot, but leave a crack open. Cook like this for about 2 hrs. Before serving add 1 cup of water, cook 10 more minutes and serve. Serve with a side of sour cream.
**Stuffing the leaves can be tricky and messy. Hold the leaf flat in one hadn and add a handful of stuffing. Wrap the leave as best you can and seal off the ends the best you can. Practice makes perfect!
Keep checking the blog because I have been promised the secrets to Jenna's brownies, and an onion ring recipe from Emily!! Anyone else with something yummy to share please let me know.
This is a recipe that Liz learned while taking a cooking class from her contact teaher in preperation of going home for christmas and impressing her friends and family. I have tasted her leftovers of this and must say, it was delicious, and this is coming from one of the more picky CETPers.
Stuffed Cabbage
2 heads of cabbage
1 can of sour cabbage (.5 kilo)
1kg minced meat (turkey or pork)
60g rice
2 big white onions
5tsp paprika
1tsp salt
2tsp black pepper
Cabbage leaves: Core 2 heads of cabbage. Boil pot of H20. Pour hot H20 over the heads of cabbage in a large bowl. Let the cabbage sit in hot water.
Stuffing: In a bowl combine minced meat, spices (3tsp paprika), 1 onion finely chopped, 10ml warm water and a handful of sour cabbage.
In a shallow, wide large pot: cover bottom of pan with olive oil and half a chopped onion. simmer for 3 minutes. take off heat and add 2tsp paprika and mix. Add half of the rest of the sour cabbage spread on the bottom of the pan. Stuff the cabbage leaves after draining the water and peeling leaves from the head. Place the stuffed leaves on the bed of sour cabbage. Cover the top with the rest of the sour cabbage. Fill the pot with H20. Cook on low heat and cover the pot, but leave a crack open. Cook like this for about 2 hrs. Before serving add 1 cup of water, cook 10 more minutes and serve. Serve with a side of sour cream.
**Stuffing the leaves can be tricky and messy. Hold the leaf flat in one hadn and add a handful of stuffing. Wrap the leave as best you can and seal off the ends the best you can. Practice makes perfect!
Keep checking the blog because I have been promised the secrets to Jenna's brownies, and an onion ring recipe from Emily!! Anyone else with something yummy to share please let me know.
Sunday, April 16, 2006
Book Reviews
Gaines has a copy of a wonderful book called One Hundred Years of Solitude written by Gabriel García Márquez. This book tells the story of the rise and fall of a fictional village called Mocondo. It is a story filled with mythical characters and events. It has unforgettable characters, and is very well written. It is also a Nobel Prize winner. This book has been in CETP circulation for a while and all who have read it that I have talked to have recommended it. If you would like to read this let Gaines know.
Mariah has loaned me a copy of The Drowning Tree written by Carol Goodman. It is a
book about a women trying to solve the murder of her best friend as well as uncover some secrets about the founders of their prestigious college. She feels that it may be connected with the mental institute where her husband ended up only two years after their wedding. I have not finished the book yet but at this point it proves to be a good story.
Laura has some copies of some classics such as Ivenhoe, The Picture of Dorian Gray,
Davis Copperfield, and The Brothers Karamozov (these two are Harpswell's copies but I am sure she would not mind someone else reading them).Please Email me some other good books or not, anything in English is good. I will include them on the next posting. Also email anything you would like included on the blog.
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
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