::A Geek in Korea::

My manager asked me at the beginning of the week to organize a board that we have on the stairs entering our school. He wanted the highest level classes to prepare a written paper of some sort that would let the school show what the students can do. Since I teach one of the three highest level classes, I got put "in charge" of this little exercise.

This sort of writing exercise is good in an advertisement, as well as esteem sort of role. Students, and Parents of students can see what we do, and perspective parents can see what we do and hopefully enroll their children as well. It just so happens this project was perfect for what we were going to do in the book for the week, so I got my students to prepare on Tuesday, then today spent the day preparing the board.

The project was to make a travel brochure. This meant the students had to collect pictures of places, write a paragraph about different locations and activities they could do, and "sell" it as well. The students were allowed to choose any destination. Most of the students chose sights around Korea, but one girl wrote about a space vacation on Jupiter that sounded great. We started the class by reviewing locations, places to stay, and other things that needed to be included in the brochure.

Once the pictures of our destinations and accommodations were chosen, we got to writing. Since this was "for show", I made them write their paragraphs in their notebooks first, proofread them all, then had them copy it on their final "brochure" sheet. Then the students went about decorating what they wrote with pictures, crayons, and colored paper. Some of them were really creative with their work and it took the entire period from start to finish to create the board. I’ll put the finishing touches on it tomorrow, such as the level and age of the students, the books we study, and explaining the theme. I want to make sure my students get the recognition they deserve for their work.