As expected, it was really tough to get out of bed this morning. We dragged around in the morning, but finally ended up making it on time for train, and we spaced out together until it was time for Kuniko to get off at her stop.
By the time I got to work I was fully awake, and greeting all my students is a great way to get the day rolling.
I had two third year classes, and then two first year classes. The third year students did pretty well – we alternated between them making presentations and reading about “Whale Rider” from their textbook. The first year students are learning a new game called “Punch Game”, where they punch in a certain direction, and that direction corresponds with a form of “X is”. He is, we are, you are, I am, etc. It’s fun to do, but I just learned the game myself, so I was a little slow. I’m sure after teaching the lesson over the next two weeks I’ll get it down.
There is a speech contest coming up in a couple of weeks, so I’m helping coach two students who are interested in doing it. Our school can only send one, so I don’t know who is going to win out. We’re spending a few minutes a day on pronunciation practice, and they are supposed to decide who is going to represent our school by the end of the week. It’s interesting to note that the students who want to compete aren’t necessarily the best speakers or the most confident, they just seem to be the most brave. There are a few students that I would like to see compete, but for one reason or another they aren’t interested.
I left work on time, and came right on home to clean up the dishes from our hospitality Sunday night. Kuniko has a meeting after school, so she’s expecting to get home late. I’m going to try to cook a healthy meal tonight – all that greasy (yet delicious) food from last night is going to cause some permanent waistline damage.
