Today is the last day of this semester. As usual, we teachers have a meeting. At the meeting, we got a box of cake from Losan (羅珊), a colleague and friend, and a book from our principal Mr. Wu (吳正東校長).
Archive for June, 2008
Gifts
Monday, June 30th, 2008Food for thought
Sunday, June 29th, 2008This evening, while I was cleaning my study, I came across a note on my desk. I forgot when I jotted down the words; however, they can still serve as a guide to teaching:
不要盡想填滿學生的胃口，
而 要設法刺激他們的食慾。
Do not always want to fill the students’ stomach.
Instead, try to stimulate their appetite.
“Ten Letters to New College Graduates”–5
Sunday, June 29th, 2008Here is the 5th letter to new college graduates:
http://mag.udn.com/mag/campus/storypage.jsp?f_ART_ID=133636 (more…)
I’m patiently waiting
Saturday, June 28th, 2008I’m patiently waiting for my old blog to return to normal. The service system has been down for 2 days.
It’s true that the computer has brought us human beings to a new era and made our lives so convenient, but when it “goes strike,” most of us can’t do anything about it. It just won’t communicate with us. Is it possible that one day an unsolvable computer problem arises, which even the best of the best computer experts can’t fix?
Things That Adults Can Learn from Children–a composition by a student
Friday, June 27th, 2008The following is a composition by my student in Class 306:
“Ten Letters to College Graduates”–Letters 3 & 4
Friday, June 27th, 2008Here are two more letters. You can either click http://mag.udn.com/mag/campus/storypage.jsp?f_ART_ID=133156
“Ten Letters to New College Graduates”
Thursday, June 26th, 2008Starting from June 24, the United Daily News ran a column “Ten Letters to New College Gradustes.” The following is the first letter, which was written by Mr. Yen, Chang-show (嚴長壽).
http://mag.udn.com/mag/campus/storypage.jsp?f_MAIN_ID=87&f_SUB_ID=37&f_ART_ID=132822
Scroll that page down, and you can find more.
I copied and pasted the first two letters here in case some day they might be removed from the website. (more…)
Sample compositions on “Travel Is The Best Teacher” provided by CEEC
Wednesday, June 25th, 2008Recently many students wrote on the topic “Travel Is The Best Teacher,” the writing task on the 2004 UEE. Here are some samples of different grading levels provided by CEEC:
http://www.ceec.edu.tw/CeecMag/articles/142-2.htm
Just scroll down until you see
指考英文作文評分樣例
Read instructions carefully and follow them exactly
Tuesday, June 24th, 2008After reading so many compositions, I found the most important thing in writing a composition on the exam is read the instructions carefully and follow them exactly. So circling the key words in the instructions is a must. If not, it’s easy to forget what we are asked to do.
Take the 2004 UEE for example. The writing task is:
請以“Travel Is The Best Teacher”為主題，寫一篇至少120個字的英文作文。第一段針對文章主題，說明旅行的優點，並在第二段舉自己在國內或國外的旅行經驗，以印證第一段的說明。 (more…)
Two places at the same time
Monday, June 23rd, 2008On second thought, I decided to maintain two blogs, with almost the same contents. I say “almost,” because if one of them crashes, the other will have one more entry. (more…)