Message from sspringer

[Anonymous]

I felt that today's session with Dr. Ye went from really good to fabulous. It was brain drain toward the end of the session. I was very impressed with HOW he lectured for us. He included elements of good teaching we learned so long ago....visual and auditory methods, visuals, and the demonstration with song and chanting. He really was a good example for us and I'm glad to have had this opportunity. Some ideas I've taken away from this session: Building a lesson around the chrysanthemum flower for 6th graders. First teach about symbolism. Have the students draw a storyboard or at least 4 panels where the chrysanthemum is featured as part of the story and there are no words printed. The story is told only be picture. Have the student present their picture story to a small group or the class. Then see if students can determine the symbolism the author intended to show. This should work well for all students,especially those who have limited writing skills. A second thing I want to develop into a teaching lesson is the phrase "Playing the Qin". It will work nicely with a music , English, or social studies lesson. It might even work into a "character counts" lesson which some school do. Roughly, the teacher would tell or show the story about playing the instrument and the difficulty of finding a listener who understood the music. The lesson would revolve around "finding someone who understands you". Some of the concepts might be parents, friends, making choices, sharing your thoughts, making a friend, communication, etc.