Thursday, December 31, 2015

Winter Season English Class


Korea has two semesters:

  1. The First semester is from March to August.
  2. The Second semester is from September to February.

They have two vacations:
  1. The Summer vacation is from July to August.
  2. The Winter vacation is from December to February.


source: http://www.studyinkorea.go.kr/en/sub/overseas_info/korea_edu/edu_system.do

(Update!)

That's my real sched. hihi <3

Thursday, December 24, 2015

Progressive Tense


PRESENT

PAST

FUTURE

12 Tenses of Verbs

SIMPLE
1. Simple Present Tense
2. Simple Past Tense
3. Simple Future Tense

PROGRESSIVE
4. Present Progressive Tense
5. Past Progressive Tense
6. Future Progressive Tense

PERFECT
7. Present Perfect Tense
8. Past Perfect Tense
9. Future Perfect Tense

PERFECT PROGRESSIVE
10. Present Perfect Progressive Tense
11. Past Perfect Progressive Tense
12. Future Perfect Progressive Tense

PS. I'll upload Prezi presentations for all the types of verbs soon. :)

Friday, December 18, 2015

Pronouns: He, She and They



After the lesson, the students should be able to
1. know the difference between He, She and They
2. memorize at least five verbs
3. and make simple sentences.

These are the sentences in the presentation:
She is singing.
They are dancing.
He is jumping.
She is eating.
He is sleeping.
They are reading.
He is writing.
He is swimming.
They are playing.
  • You can play guessing games and ask the students to guess what you're doing. 
  • Repetition is the key! I always ask them to repeat after me until they memorize.
  • Evaluation is important. Worksheets are helpful in assessing if the students have learned.

It is, They are



I made this presentation for pre-school.

After the lesson the students must be able to:
1. use "it is" and "they are"
2. tell the different kinds of taste (sweet, sour, salty and bitter)
3. and make simple sentences

It's like two lessons in one. ;)

Saturday, December 12, 2015

Farm animals



These are the animals I included in this presentation:
1. chicken
2. pig
3. horse
4. cow
5. dog
6. cat
7. goat
8. duck
9. sheep
10. mouse
11. rabbit

You can use songs like "Old McDonald had a farm", and "The animals on the Farm"

“Old MacDonald Had A Farm”
Old MacDonald had a farm, E I E I O.
And on this farm he had a pig, E I E I O
With an oink, oink, here and an oink, oink there.
Everywhere an oink, oink.
Old MacDonald had a farm, E I E I O.

(Continue singing about other farm animals)
Cow – moo, moo
Horse – neigh, neigh
Duck – quack, quack
Sheep – baa, baa

I used finger puppets in introducing the animals, at the last part, I let them make their own. 



Friday, December 11, 2015

Basic Classroom Commands



I used this presentation for my pre-school class. Pre-school students have very short attention span so I usually spend the time, watching videos, singing and dancing. I used the "Teddy Bear Song" and "Five Little Monkeys" in teaching some of the commands.

These are the commands I included in this presentation:
1. Stand up
2. Sit down
3. Clap your hands
4. Stamp your feet
5. Turn around
6. Jump

Of course they already know how to do those things, the challenge for EFL teachers is to know the native language of the students and translate it in English.

Interactive Resume

Resources coming soon!

It's been months since I posted something new. I became so busy making some presentations for my classes. I've been putting so much effort in those presentations because I know that I will use them again in the future. I'm planning to upload some presentations and exercises here. I hope it will help other teachers, especially those who are too busy to make their own presentations.

Let me know if you have requests.

Love,
Teacher Karla

Friday, October 16, 2015

Autumn 2015


Few years from now, I'm going to read this blog. I'll tell myself how blessed I am to have this kind of workload and a reasonable salary. God's grace is sufficient. He never fails to amaze me. 

Thursday, October 15, 2015

12 types of students during Teachers Day

    1.The student with sweet lola

Dear Teacher Karla,
Thank you for teaching us and thank you also for the stamps and for the one who received the loom band kit. My lola said you are pretty.
Love,
Triane

 2. The student who makes a caricature of the teacher

Dear Teacher Karla,
Thank you for showing us that you love us, even though we are naughty! :P LOL!
Thank you for teaching us Filipino and English, even we are noisy! :P LOL again!
Love, 
Alyana


3. The student who loves colors



Dear Teacher Karla,
Thank you for teaching me everything that I don't know yet.
Sorry if sometimes I get low scores.
I just want to say Happy Teachers Day!

4. The student who writes our lessons on the "board"

Dear T. Carla,
Thank you for teaching us English and Filipino.
Loves 1+1
From, Josh

5. The students who loves typography

Dear T. Karla,
Thank you so much for teaching us
and sorry if we are so makulit in class
but always remember
Grade 5 loves you.

6. The student who makes your name pop up

7. The student who puts effort in making borders

Dear Teacher Karla,
Thank you for teaching us with love.
You are the best teacher ever!
Thank you teaching us so much that
we are having high grades.
Happy Teachers Day.
I love you!
Love, Rona

8. The student who keeps it short and simple


Dear T. Karla,
Thank you for teaching me and my friends.
You are a great teacher.
From: Andrew

9. The student who knows how to make her teacher smile


Dear Teacher Karla,
Thank you for being such a good teacher. I really like you
because even though you are already 21 years old,
you still look so young, pretty, and
you can relate in our stories.
Teacher, you are very good, kind, and fun.
I hope you could still be our adviser next school year!


10. The student who makes a pop up version of the teacher

Dear teacher Karla,
Thank you for the lessons you teach us
and happy teachers day
Troy

11. The students who have the same message

Thank you for teaching us vocabulary, compound nouns,
behaving and others, I hope your life will be awesome.
God bless!
Love, Paupau & Dianne :)

12.The student who incorporates your lessons 

(Write Cursive)
matthew fredrick d. luna
was very good a playing basket ball.
___________________________
________________________.
ANSWER Before Open
From: matt
to: t. Karla
PS.
13. The student who greets you verbally because s/he is too lazy to make a card ;)

Sunday, October 11, 2015

WIS Teachers Day

It was a normal day at school. We had classes in the morning. The Student Council asked us to go to the cafeteria because they prepared lunch for us.
 After the pizza lunch, they asked us to change clothes (hmmm!). We were asked to go to the assembly hall. Students gave special numbers and sweet messages to us. 

They grouped us randomly into two. An amazing race was organized by the students. :) 


We ran! (Bibo teachers)


I can still remember running in skirt. HAHAHA!  


We had to shoot a ball. (I can only shoot when it's graded! LOL )


and some more balls! This is like beer pong, without a beer! :P


They prepared a lot of stations!


We solved math problems! ^^, 


and puzzles!


The teachers really enjoyed the games.

 

They gave us some prizes too.


The event ended by a flash mob.


I'll make another post about the presents I received from my sweet grade 5 students. <3

JCS Teachers Day

It started with a cupcake and a note. I know this day would be different. 
I went to their classroom. Some students blindfolded me. It was the start of an amazing race. Two students guided me to go down the stairs. We went to different stations. I was asked to eat something, to dance (HAHAHA), and  to answer some questions. I found myself in the covered court after several stations. They removed my blindfold and a video presentation played. 
 I was really touched by their effort. These kids spent time in making the Teachers Day very special. I felt that all my efforts were appreciated. This day is one of my best days in Jabez Christian School.

After the short program, I went back to the faculty room and saw some sweets in my table. My kids really know how to make me feel special. 
Among all these gifts, this medal really inspired me to be the "best teacher" for them.

Wednesday, October 7, 2015

Teachers Day

It's my first time to "celebrate" Teachers Day outside the country. Well, I didn't actually celebrated it. I just stayed at home because it was my day off. I washed some clothes, and cleaned my place. While cleaning, I saw some letters from my former students. Reading those letters made me feel how sweet it is to be a teacher.
Thanks Crizzy!

It's not the spelling nor the grammar, It's the thought that counts. :">  I have some students who never get tired of reminding me that I'm pretty (even at my haggard moments). It feels so good to be loved by them. 

Thanks Ysa!
I'm glad  that my students know that I don't dislike them. I really love being with them. I treat them as my babies or younger siblings. As much as possible, I want them to enjoy the learning activities in class. 



The greetings meant a lot for me. I'm thankful that my former students remembered to greet me. :">

PS
I'll make another post about my experience in the Philippines during Teachers Day. 

Sunday, September 20, 2015

Ysabelle Aguila


Dear Ysa,

Thanks for the very creative letter. :)
I think I know the reason why but I can't tell it to you because you're too young to understand it. Maybe few years from now, we can talk about life over a cup of coffee. 
I miss you baby! See you in Edmodo. ;)

Love,
Teacher Karla