Yesterday's presentations were worst than I'd anticipated. (I have to remember Pat Anesi's advice that we put things in positive terms: Yesterday's presentations needed to be a lot better. See? The focus is on better!) I noticed that in my ESL 142 002 class, where the students focus on computer games on their smartphones before class and on something other than the class during class, a couple of students expressed great enthusiasm for the people who helped them with their surveys--the ones for which they clearly forged signatures--and I was reminded of how I used this tactic as a student. If I hadn't read the book, I wrote about how extraordinary it was and how much it meant to me to be learning about the South Seas at the same time I was enjoying it so much! (That would be Treasure Island, I think.) What teacher couldn't be grateful for such appreciation for literature, such engagement.
I'll be back for more on today's much better lesson with my much better ESL 140 students.
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