欣蓉的教學網誌: 4月 2010

2010年4月30日星期五

The PTA

2010年4月29日星期四

Two Meaningful Grammar Practices

In today's class, we came to Grammar Focus in Unit 6. The first pattern is S + be made + to V. To help students get familiar with the form and function, I did the following activity:

2010年4月28日星期三

Is the Internet a Blessing or a Curse?

http://udn.com/NEWS/NATIONAL/NAT5/5564204.shtml

李家同：沉迷網路很危險

【聯合報╱記者張念慈、游文寶／連線報導】

2010.04.28 02:38 am

2010年4月27日星期二

On Studying--Advice from Tzu-jung

Last Friday, in the class meeting period, I invited Tzu-jung (劉子榕) to talk to my class for 30 minutes. Tzu-jung is now a senior at our school. He got a 71 ranking score on the SAT and has been admitted to School of Pharmacy at NTU and Department of Photonics at National Chiao Tung University.

2010年4月26日星期一

Richard's Visit to Class 214

2010年4月25日星期日

NH Rock Club Concert

Time: 1:30pm, 20100425

Place: NHSH Gym

2010年4月24日星期六

Let's Sing Together on May 5 the Song "You Raise Me Up"

For the recitation in the morning assembly on May 5, the juniors have to familiarize themselves with the song "You Raise Me Up" and be able to sing the first half of it from memory. Here are the lyrics of the first half, followed by three videos of this song from YouTube, one featuring Josh Groban, another Westlife with lyrics, and the other Celtic Woman :

"When I am down and, oh my soul, so weary;
When troubles come and my heart burdened be;
And I am still and wait here in the silence,
Until you come and sit awhile with me.

You raise me up, so I can stand on mountains;
You raise me up, to walk on stormy seas;
I am strong, when I am on your shoulders;
You raise me up to more than I can be."

2010年4月23日星期五

You Are Tougher

Today a student came to have a chat with me. She said recently she posted on Facebook about her low mood. Among the responses she got, the most impressive one is from a Russian lady: "Life is tough, but you are tougher."

2010年4月22日星期四

Competition from Mainland China--別過度保護讓台生成長

http://mag.udn.com/mag/campus/storypage.jsp?f_ART_ID=245007

評論／別過度保護讓台生成長

【聯合報╱陳秋萍／行政人員（嘉縣太保）】 2010/04/22

2010年4月21日星期三

A Wonderful Day

2010年4月20日星期二

Vocabulary Competition

2010年4月19日星期一

NHSH Broadcasting Club Performance--20100418

2010年4月18日星期日

NHSH Hot Dance Club Performance


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2010年4月17日星期六

Activate English Class--台灣英文程度不能Sorry Sorry！

http://udn.com/NEWS/OPINION/X1/5540585.shtml

台灣英文程度不能Sorry Sorry！

【聯合報╱周錫瑋／台北縣長（北縣板橋）】2010.04.16 02:13 am

2010年4月16日星期五

Target Practice




Today the 2nd-year students of our school had their target practice in Keelung. My class went for the practice in the morning. The students were excited, some nervous when hearing the deafening gun sounds.

2010年4月15日星期四

Speak Out!--留學經驗談／陳友鑫「不要畏懼發言」--April 11's Entry

On April 11, the WordPress system crashed. The following is the entry I put in my LifeType blog that day.

http://mag.udn.com/mag/campus/storypage.jsp?f_ART_ID=242260

留學經驗談／陳友鑫「不要畏懼發言」
【聯合新聞網／綜合報導】2010/04/08

The Duality of Life

In Unit 5 "True Nobility," following the famous article is an interpretation made by Jules Crowell, in two paragraphs. The first paragraph is about the duality of life, which Crowell mentioned "makes for the beauty of our existence and the world." He further explained that as the darkness of the night makes it possible to see the brightness of the stars in the sky, so the bitterness of sorrow makes it easier for us to appreciate the sweetness of joy.

2010年4月14日星期三

Learning to Speak a Foreign Language Is Not That Hard

Yesterday afternoon, in the hallway I came across Richard, an exchange student from Germany who is studying in Class 220. Although he is not a student in my class, we know each other due to a small talk we had last semester. Caring about how he had been doing, I stopped him and struck up a conversation.

2010年4月13日星期二

She Manipulates Her Fate--周末書房／忘形運命順人天

Though the following article I found at the UDN website is dated April 12, I read it in the UDN last Saturday, April 10. Impressed by what she has achieved, I saluted her from the bottom of my heart.

http://mag.udn.com/mag/reading/storypage.jsp?f_ART_ID=243722

周末書房／忘形運命順人天

【聯合報╱曾永義】2010/04/12

推薦書：李惠綿《愛如一炬之火》（九歌）

2010年4月12日星期一

Neihu Wind Band (20th)Performance

Yesterday afternnon, at the invitation of my student Yi-fang, I went to watch NHWB's performace. Their program includes:

2010年4月10日星期六

Students' Show Time-2

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2010年4月9日星期五

Three Stories about the Importance of EQ

When discussing with students the following sentence in Unit 5 "True Nobility" :

"In the affairs of life or of business, it is not intellect that tells so much as character, not brains so much as heart, not genius so much as self-control, patience, and discipline, regulated by judgment."

I told them three stories.

2010年4月8日星期四

Take Challenges--大師勉學生：接受壓力挑戰

http://mag.udn.com/mag/campus/storypage.jsp?f_ART_ID=242932

大師勉學生：接受壓力挑戰

【聯合報╱徐如宜】2010/04/08

2010年4月7日星期三

The Risk of Using Only English-Chinese Dictionaries

This afternoon, as a warm-up activity for Unit 5 "True Nobility," I asked my special-class student how he would define the word "nobility." Of course, I gave him its common Chinese translation "高貴." He told me he would think a person noble if he/she dresses differently, walks differently, or talks slowly. I laughed and told him what he thought of as noble, in fact, should be described as "elegant" in English. Then I read to him the definition given in the textbook: nobility: the state of being honest, brave, and unselfish in one's personal character. After that, we discussed the warm-up question in the textbook, in which he was asked to decide which two acts were nobler than the other two and why. Understanding the meaning of the English word "noble," he then gave me very good reasons for his decision.