The Insider

This game is about the earthquake happened in Haiti and the purpose of inventing this game is to let people more or less see things from the inside of Haiti earthquake incident. In this game, I chose to be a victim because I really wanted to see what if I am the victim, what are the choices do I have and is there any activity that I can do to keep me survived in that kind of harsh environment.

After I played the game, I felt sympathy for them because after facing the earthquake, they still have to deal with many kind of problems. 

My Way To Conduct An Activity Using This Game.

First of all, I'll tell students to play the game. During the game, student are required to jot down which role are them taking (survivor, aid worker, journalist), what kind of situation are they facing and what decision did they made. After they had finished playing, students need to write a narrative essay about the game in not less than 80 words.

Integrating technology in ESL writing

Technology are so useful and it make human's life, including teachers and students, easier and more convenient. I couldn't agree more with the slides of my group presented. This is because using technology really do have the pros and benefits in teaching and learning nowadays.
As what we presented in our slides, it is convenient enough for teachers to have prepared their own teaching slides before class started. During class, teacher can just show them what are students going to learn on that day. This is good because not only teachers could saved the times from writing all the things she wanted to teach on the board. Besides that, students that are shy could post their comment and share their ideas or thoughts without having to stand up in front of the whole class. Teachers too can then immediately give response to what their students shared in their comments and also discuss the mistakes students have made so that students can do the corrections on the spot. To add in another point, after sharing out their thoughts so many times,shy students will be encouraged to give more opinions and ideas in front of other students more comfortably.Thirdly, integrating technology not only can help both students and teachers think out of the box and sharpen their creative skill., but it is also a way to make sure they are not left out from the latest issues of technology.
In conclusion, integrating technology in ESL writing is not a bad idea. We as future english teachers, should include new tools as they are easy to access free to use.

Responding To Student's Writing

~HONEYCOMB STORY~ 

After reading the essays for several times, I finally came out with some responses to this student's essay. For me, this essay is well constructed. Although still has some sentences are not that well written, but the flow of the story line was smooth and me as the reader could understand what was the essay about. The student was able to include the introduction, body paragraph and also the conclusion. This means that the student can construct an essay that is understandable.

However, this essay also contains some grammatical problem such as not alert in using the capital letters in most of the new sentences, not using the correct punctuation and very limited vocabulary, causing the student to use direct translation in his or her essay.

Overall, I think that this student has done a good job in producing this essay and of course there are still a lot to be improved by practicing more in writing an essay, just like the old saying : Practice makes Perfect.

For the record, I used some symbols when correcting this essay and the symbols are as follow : 

Higher Order Thinking Skills : That's So HOTS!

Well, to conduct an teaching activity and includes HOTS in it, for me, its not that easy. The activity should be interesting, creative and engaging. I tried and had produced one and it's based on the analyzing skill, here it goes :

Each student are given flyer containing information of a bakery class. They are required to analyze what is the flyer about and list down all the information given. Then, using the information they obtained, students should write a paragraph to introduce the bakery shop with  120 words.

Meaningful Movies & Songs

1. Tarzan

2. Cinderella

3. Aladdin

4. The Lion King

5. 101 Dalmatians

6. Toy Story

7. Lilo and Stitch

8. Real Steel

9. 3 Ninjas

10. The Robbinsons

11. Brother Bear

12. Despicable Me

13. Finding Nemo

14. Ice Age

15. Madagascar

SONGS      

1. Sister Sledge - We are Family

2. Boyz II Men - A Song for Mama

3. Luther Vandross - Dance with my Father

4. The Temptations - Lean On Me      

5. Journey - Don't Stop Believing

6. The O’Jays - Family Reunion

7. Louis Armstrong - What a Wonderful World

8. Michael Jackson - I’ll Be There

9. The Pretenders - I’ll Stand By You

10. Bill Withers - Lean On Me

11. Mariah Carey-Anytime You Need a Friend

12. Monica - For You I Will

13. Tarzan Movie - Two Worlds, You'll Be In My Heart

14. John Lennon - Imagine

15. Elton John - Friends

16. Kirk Franklin and Nu Nation – Lean on Me

17. Miley Cyrus - The Climb, True Friend

18. Bruno Mars – Count on Me

19. I'll Stand By You - The Pretenders

Adjectives ( Words to describe what you see )

EYES	Beady, bloodshot, boss-eyed, bug-eyed, clear, close-set, cross-eyed, dead, deep-set, doe-eyed, hazel, heavy, hollow, hooded, lidded, liquid, piggy, pop-eyed, rheumy, shuttered, sunken
NOSE	Sharp, hooked, up-turned, pinched, crinkled, crooked, curved, bulbous, flat, big, pointed, lopsided, tame, velvet, oblique
LIPS	Luscious, juicy, full, thin, pouting, pursed lip, rosy, glistening, chapped, porcelain, soft
FACE	Baby faced, handsome, good looking, hatchet-faced, chiseled, spotless, freckeld
COMPLEXION	Albino, brown, tanned, fair, dark, freckled, wrinkled, rosy, pale, spotless, silky, smooth, creamy, baby-soft, glowing, paper-thin, translucent, olive
HAND	scrawny, rough, law-like, thin, big-knuckled, blue-veined, plump, fat, chubby, jaundiced, pallid,  arthritic, soft, firm, shaky, calloused, clean, tattooed, large, small
CHEEK	Plump, smooth, round, tearful, curved, glowing,glorious, livid, rosy, chubby, hollow, dimpled, soft, pale, blushing
BODY	Fat, thin, lean, curvy, fit, skinny, slender, tattooed, well-built, feeble, flabby, frail, beefy, brawny, muscular, pear-shaped, stocky, statuesque, hourglass, herculean
CLOTHES/SHOES/ACCESSORIES	Elegant, glamorous, tidy, smart, strappy, formal, informal, messy, untidy, sloppy, comfortable, skimpy, casual, sophisticated, old-fashioned, unfashionable, punk, rock-star, trendy, worn out, simple, fit