I still hate the new textbook but I’ll just have to get on with it.
Today was my first class with the second grade students who chose extra English classes. I have no textbooks to follow and so I get to do anything I like as long as they’re learning and using English. I really want them to try this year and so I came up with an opening speech for my class.
In my town there are two restaurants. Each restaurant has its own chef.
Restaurant A’s chef is Mr. Smith. Restaurant B’s chef is Mr. Jones.
Mr. Smith is very good at making spaghetti. He is too scared to try anything else. He knows he is good at spaghetti so he cooks it every day. The people of the town like spaghetti. They are happy to go to his restaurant and pay for his good food.
Mr. Jones does not have one thing he is very good at. He likes to try making different things every day. Sometimes the food is great and sometimes it’s terrible but most of the time it’s OK. The people of the town never know what Mr. Jones is going to cook next. They also don’t know if it will taste good or not.
Which restaurant would you go to?
Most people in the town chose restaurant A. Mr. Smith made his spaghetti everyday and his restaurant was always full. Mr. Jones was a little sad but kept trying.
After a while the people in the town began to get bored of Mr. Smith’s spaghetti. It was very tasty but he made the same thing every day. They decided to give Mr. Jones another chance.
Wow! Mr. Jones had been getting better and better. He made different kinds of food every day and, because he had been trying so hard, they all tasted great. A week later his restaurant was full of hungry, happy people!
Who are you?
What does this have to do with our class?
The steak is the best thing on the menu but if you don’t order it, you’ll never know!
It went down very well and by the end of the class they were assuring me they were all Mr. Jones and would all try to speak as much English as they could.
Restaurant A’s chef is Mr. Smith. Restaurant B’s chef is Mr. Jones.
Mr. Smith is very good at making spaghetti. He is too scared to try anything else. He knows he is good at spaghetti so he cooks it every day. The people of the town like spaghetti. They are happy to go to his restaurant and pay for his good food.
Mr. Jones does not have one thing he is very good at. He likes to try making different things every day. Sometimes the food is great and sometimes it’s terrible but most of the time it’s OK. The people of the town never know what Mr. Jones is going to cook next. They also don’t know if it will taste good or not.
Which restaurant would you go to?
Most people in the town chose restaurant A. Mr. Smith made his spaghetti everyday and his restaurant was always full. Mr. Jones was a little sad but kept trying.
After a while the people in the town began to get bored of Mr. Smith’s spaghetti. It was very tasty but he made the same thing every day. They decided to give Mr. Jones another chance.
Wow! Mr. Jones had been getting better and better. He made different kinds of food every day and, because he had been trying so hard, they all tasted great. A week later his restaurant was full of hungry, happy people!
Who are you?
What does this have to do with our class?
The steak is the best thing on the menu but if you don’t order it, you’ll never know!
It went down very well and by the end of the class they were assuring me they were all Mr. Jones and would all try to speak as much English as they could.
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