Comments on: Mr. Stout’s Class Rules http://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2008/09/20/mr-stouts-class-rules/ ...For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL Fri, 10 Feb 2012 13:45:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: mickstout http://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2008/09/20/mr-stouts-class-rules/comment-page-1/#comment-2737 mickstout Sun, 21 Sep 2008 03:58:34 +0000 http://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/?p=2087#comment-2737 Hi again. I was so excited I forgot to give you and your readers a bit of background. These class rules came out of a task I did with my students in a compulsory English class at Shibaura Institute of Technology. I'm a part-time teacher there. I teach this class on Saturdays. The task, actually, was made by a colleague called Dave Rear. I'm going to edit the task worksheet a bit. When I do, I'll share it, of course. Dave's worksheet is very simple and straight forward, much better than anything I've come up with in the past. You might be interested in knowing where some of the humourous rules came from. Smoking is still quite common in Japan and Japanese universities have smoking areas. So, the students have seen me smoking. It will be VERY difficult for me to obey this rule because I'm terribly addicted AND I meet so many students in the smoking area and I get a chance to talk to them in a way that I can't in class. Smoking may be bad for my health (and bad for the health of those near me when I'm smoking), but it's good for my teaching. Lol The other rule humourous rule comes from a routine I have for announcing homework: Me - Homework! (short pause) Booooooooooo. I hate Mr. Stout! Go back to Canada and never return! (cup my ear) Students - Booooo..... This little routine often gets a laugh, and sometimes the ss will start to Boo the homework announcement on their own. Cheers, Michael Hi again. I was so excited I forgot to give you and your readers a bit of background.
These class rules came out of a task I did with my students in a compulsory English class at Shibaura Institute of Technology. I’m a part-time teacher there. I teach this class on Saturdays. The task, actually, was made by a colleague called Dave Rear. I’m going to edit the task worksheet a bit. When I do, I’ll share it, of course. Dave’s worksheet is very simple and straight forward, much better than anything I’ve come up with in the past.
You might be interested in knowing where some of the humourous rules came from. Smoking is still quite common in Japan and Japanese universities have smoking areas. So, the students have seen me smoking. It will be VERY difficult for me to obey this rule because I’m terribly addicted AND I meet so many students in the smoking area and I get a chance to talk to them in a way that I can’t in class. Smoking may be bad for my health (and bad for the health of those near me when I’m smoking), but it’s good for my teaching. Lol
The other rule humourous rule comes from a routine I have for announcing homework:
Me – Homework! (short pause) Booooooooooo. I hate Mr. Stout! Go back to Canada and never return! (cup my ear)

Students – Booooo…..

This little routine often gets a laugh, and sometimes the ss will start to Boo the homework announcement on their own.
Cheers,
Michael

]]> By: mickstout http://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2008/09/20/mr-stouts-class-rules/comment-page-1/#comment-2736 mickstout Sun, 21 Sep 2008 02:02:21 +0000 http://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/?p=2087#comment-2736 Dear Larry, Wow! I checked sitermeter just now and 40 people have visited my blog. Most of the them were referred by YOU! Thanks so much. Cheers, Michael Dear Larry,
Wow! I checked sitermeter just now and 40 people have visited my blog. Most of the them were referred by YOU! Thanks so much.
Cheers,
Michael

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