Back to Ankara

Hi everybody,

I want to share some news with you about my life if you are interested. I quitted my job at Metu College in Manisa at the end of the first semester. If you wanna ask why, I can basicly say that the conditions were different from the Metu College in Ankara, as the former does not belong to Metu, but only gets consultancy. Whatever, I wanted to work for state schools and was appointed to Evren, one of the districts of Ankara, in February. It is a really small district of Ankara near Şereflikoçhisar and it is too far from Ankara; however it is a lively place with the Hirfanlı Barajı around. It was my third preference and it is one of the compulsory service areas.

I am happy to be here, doing my compulsory servise in Ankara near a barrage, though it is so far from the city. Of course, I cannot compare my new school to the college I worked for the last semester in any respect, esspecially in terms of students' English level, but I believe I will do whatever I can for them as I am the only English teacher at the school. I live in the district and trying to get used to the life here. I will be in Ankara for the most of the weekends, so if you are around and wanna see me, we can meet and drink sth. For now, see you...

A New Life in Manisa

Helloeverybody,

Long time no see, huh? How is everything going? I did not have an internet connection up to now, but I am back :)) Actually, I should admit that I miss METU and Ankara very very much and the life in Manisa and the life I have expected to live after graduation is different. However, I believe this is because we are at the start of a new job. There are a few things that I do not like about being not a student anymore, but I am very happy with my students for the time being.
I have three classes; kindargen (age 5), 3rd grades, and 6th grades and these are my students:)

Comenius

Hi everybody,
What have you been doing since we last got together?
We cannot see each other very much as we are all trying to get prepared for the graduation ceramony. I want to share another think with you. I have been admitted to a school in Berlin with Comenius programme but I am not going, as I said ok. to Metu College. Do you think I chose the right option? What would you do if you were in my shoes?

I am looking forward to hear good news from you related to your jobs and I wish success for the ones who will enter KPSS this weekend.
Let's keep sharing even after METU. see you...

Now I have a job :)

Hi everybody,

I have some news for you. I will work at METU College in Manisa for the following years and this is my new school. I am so happy to work for a college like METU College as all of us know how wonderful an institution it is. I will return to my hometown after eight years and I think it has both advantages and disadvantages for me. However, it is a great feeling to have a job and I am so relaxed now. I hope all of us will find good jobs and we will all be happy. I am looking forward to hear good news from you. see you all....

Assessed Teaching :(

My assessed teaching was on Tuesday, but I did not have time to reflect on it up to now. First of all, it was not good and I made lots of silly mistakes. My mentor teacher frankly but without offending said that it was not good compared to the teachings I have done previously. I want to share one of my silly mistakes with you :) In a matching activity, there were two columns with sentences and phrases and the students began to do matching according to the first column which is numbered. However, I said that they should go according to the phrases. After the first one, I understood my mistake but it was too late. I still cannot find the reason why I said them to do so :) But I think it was due to the unnecessary excitement I had that day. Anyway, I am aware of my mistakes and I am aware that they were out of anxiety. Of course, I will not do such silly things in my own class, which is the point.

Galatasaray

No need to say much,

We are the champion,
We are the best......

A Game for the Comparison of Simple Present and Present Continuous Tense

Hi,

I have taught a lesson last week and my topic was the comparison of Simple Present and Present Continuous Tense. If you have read the comments on my post "some help" you may know that Sibel hocam liked the game I included in my lesson plan and wanted me to post it. Actually, I have changed a game that I found on the Internet to include both of these tenses.

The picture is the game board I stuck on the board. I divided the class into two parts and chose a student from one of the groups. The student chosen came to the board, rolled the dice and forwarded on the game board according to the dice. Once s/he came on one of the pictures, s/he tried to guess what is being done in the picture using Present Continuous Tense. When s/he could say it correctly, s/he asked a question related to everyday life to one of his/her group members. For example, s/he first said “She is dancing.” and asked one of the friends “Do you like dancing?” When s/he could do all of these correctly, s/he chose one of his/her group members to continue to give change to every student in the group. If s/he could not form a sentence and a question, the other group took turn.

The students liked the game very much and they were so motivated to take part. They asked so many varied questions that I could not guess earlier. One of them for example asked "Where do we usually wash the dishes?" for the first picture :)