I need to come up with something fun to do for Thursday and Friday. At least I hope it's only for Thursday and Friday. I'm sitting here a bit worried I'll need something prepared for my second period. I went on reconnaissance mission to the bathroom and spied some tangos chicken scratching on what appears to be tests. Well this sort of abates the fear for now. But I still have no ideas. I'm stuck sort of at a crossroads here. I can try to get into and learn something about all of these boring things kids in Korea do these days. Such as, sports, k-pop, and all things pop culture. But that's a huge bin of garbage to sift through. It's a daunting task to do that for American sports, pop music, and pop culture and I'm American. That and I would just be regurgitating anything they already know if I somehow manage to pick the cool stuff. Picking American versions of these things is a bit difficult too. Most is vulgar and not appropriate for the classroom. If i was going to pick something with explicit lyrics or something I would choose something in the realm of music I actually like. Which means the students probably wouldn't care for it.
So I went to the old standby. What happened yesteryear? Lots of neat things happened of course. If I talk about history on a rainy day like today there will be a record amount of sudden cases of narcolepsy and blunt force trauma to the brain as their heads smack into the desks. At least in a history class I can get away with history. In English comprehension I can um...I can um...blehhhh it's all boring.

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How about finding out what they want to know about living in America and discussing to the best of their ability IN English? Let them lead..?
See if your kids have any smarts. Relate a rather non complex happening in history that has more than one person involved, then explain the outcome of the event.
Now the fun part... have the students assume the personage of the original participents and have them explain what they would have done differently and explain any differences in the outcome. This, of course should be critiqued by the other students (in english). Try to keep the fist fights to a minimum.
Your Grandfather
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