Teacher as Student

Last week, I taught my 7th graders 16 vocabulary words.  They were all opposites like: tall & short, loud & quiet.  After spending a week doing activities in class, I told them to study for the quiz.  It was a matching, and I gave them all the exact definitions used on the quiz.  Well, they didn't study, and all but four students bombed it. Ugh.

This week, I gave them a list of 8 verbs like: visit, hear, look, change.  To demonstrate proper study skills, I told them I would learn how to say all the words in Khmer too.  I taught them how to make flashcards and wrote an example on the board with the word "throw" written in English and in Khmer.  Of course, I had to copy the Khmer script from my dictionary.  When I finished, the whole class clapped at my embarrassing effort. 

Today, Vat Sovan quizzed me in front of the class, and I got all the words correct.  

We ended class by singing the Verb Rap.  It goes:
"A verb is a word.  It's an action word.
If you can do it, then you do it. 
If you do it, it's a verb." 

Check out the video by clicking on = Verb Rap