Teaching Re-cap

Last week I decided to do a rhyming activity with my students. I taught them the word rhyme (because they didn't know what it meant) and and wrote a couple of words on the board that were rhyming words: cat, hat, bat... I told them to think of more words that rhyme with those words. They had a hard time understanding it because they thought you could rhyme any word that ended with the same letter. They tried to rhyme "right" with "bat". So, that took some explaining. Then I taught them two types of poems: Haiku and Limerick. I explained the guidelines for Haiku first and had them make up their own in groups. I did the same with the Limericks after they were finished with the Haikus. I included many of the ones I liked below. If you think it's too many to read, you won't hurt my feelings. These are just the ones I like and thought they did a good job. The first ones are Haiku's:

A desk has four legs.
But a person has two legs.
So they are different.

She is a young girl.
She smells like a red flower.
But she is a toy.

The weather is good.
We are all very happy.
We give thanks to God.

(The next one needs explanation: Annbella is a girl in my class and she had to leave at the beginning of class for a meeting and she came back half way through.) This is her groups Haiku:

Annbella is gone!
Our family is worried.
When will she be back?
(They thought it was hilarious!)

University.
The school is so beautiful.
But I don't like it.

Limericks:

Some people are in a small train.
Suddenly the weather will rain.
They see a girl cry,
They will have a try
Because the girl's arm is in pain.

When we open the big window
We see the beautiful rainbow.
It is colorful,
And so wonderful!
Then we all will say loudly, "WOW!"

Well, that's it! I hope you enjoyed!

Today we had a short study with our doctor friend, Sandy. We taught her how to make BLT's and we talked about some proverbs that mean something to us in our lives. We had a very good discussion and she told us she is a "free thinker." A lot of Chinese people say that about themselves when they know they don't buy into everything the government tells them. They like to think for themselves. I heard it once said, "They aren't drinking the socialist kool-aid which is being fed to them." This is a good start with Sandy and she said she would like to have dinner with us and her boyfriend. We told her we are moving out the Xia Sha and she said she was very sad, but happy for us at the same time. She said, "I will come see you!!" She's so cute and fun to be around! Keep her in your thoughts! Thanks for reading and I love you all!