Junior High &Elementary School

Claire, Martin, Natalie

Natalie Stoeckel * Block 7 Leader * 2nd Year

Hobbies: Snowboarding, Skiing, Travel, Coffee, Learning to

Surf, Buying things I don’t need at Daiso

Martin Myron *Block 8 Leader* 4th Year

Hobbies: Going to concerts, playing guitar, traveling, studying history,

Drinking tea

Claire Seney *Block 5 Leader* 5th Year

Hobbies: Reading, cooking, video games, traveling, buying too much tea

LET’S TRY 1 & 2

● Colors, Weather, Days of

the Week, Numbers, etc.

● Karuta Cards

● Weird Chants

● Listening Videos

Transition Text

● Still Adjusting

● Classroom Pace

● Add Games

1st. & 2nd. Grade Teaching Ideas

● Numbers

● Colors

● Animals

● ABCs

● “I like”

● “I don’t like”

● Weather

● Sports

● Greetings

● Body Parts

● Songs

Additional Games:

We Can

● This is a BRAND NEW textbook

● Has a heavy emphasis on listening activities/digital version

● Your digital textbook might not work, have back up ideas!

● Chapters can feel a bit aimless with difficult grammar

● Make a goal sentence for each chapter to make planning easier○ Try to make it something they can use often

● Do stuff outside of the book to break up the monotony

● Don’t be afraid to review older stuff!○ If they don’t use it, they lose it.

Elementary School

Teaching Resources:

http://englipedia.co/www.englipedia.net/pages/ES_Topic.html

www.easyeslgames.com

https://supersimpleonline.com/

http://teaching.wildmushroomland.com/

https://www.altwiki.net/

Junior High School

● Use your free time in the summer to familiarize yourself with textbook

grammar.

● Do your best to use grammar students have already learned in the textbook.

● Try to incorporate outside materials and experiences.

● Grammar can be rigid and unnatural, but remember to keep activities

communicative.

● Make sure to gauge levels of different classes and schools.○ What works with one class may not work for another at the same level.

Things to do Outside of Class

● Join a club! (but, be cautious about commitment!)

● Eat lunch with the students

● Talk/play with the students at break time/recess “Onigoko”

● Clean with the students

● Prepare class materiels

● Study Japanese

● Make an English Board

English Boards

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Discipline & Working with Teachers

● Not your job/Don’t do it

● Leave it to your teachers, JTE, other school staff

Work Journal

● Keeps track of schools/activities

● What worked? What didn’t

● Materiel Covered

● Next week’s plan

Speech Contest: Junior High School Only

Types of Speeches

● 1st. Years (Skit or Individual)

● 2nd. Year (Recitation)

● 3rd. Year (1 Recitation, 1 speech)

What to practice

● Pronunciation & Rhythm

● Eye Contact and Voice

● Gestures (don’t go overboard)

Speech Contest: Tips and Tricks

● Make a schedule with the students so you know when they’re coming ○ Write down their names on the scripts so you remember them!!!!!!

● Use a pronunciation sheet to help them warm up

● Record students from across the room so you can show them how loud they

need to be/what their gestures look like

● Have fun with them, make it enjoyable for them to work

● If they don’t have one already record a CD of their script so they can practice at

home

Eiken Interview Prep

● What is the Eiken?○ It’s like the English Equivalent of the JLPT, tests a person’s English Fluency

● Eiken Level 3 (英検3級) is roughly what level JHS students should graduate with○ Many students take the Eiken to improve their HS application

● Teachers may ask you to help students practice for the interview test for both the Level 3 (英検3級) and Pre 2 (英検準2級)

● There are tons of online resources you can use, your JTE might have books too○ Search in both English and Japanese, you’ll get more results

Eiken Interview Resources

http://www.eiken.or.jp/eiken/en/grades/

http://crossculturalcollision.com/an-alts-guide-to-eiken-pre-2-and-3-procedure-and-

scoring/

Preparing students for the Eiken interview test - JALT Publications

https://eigoganbare.com/eiken-pre2/

https://eigoganbare.com/eiken-03/