Today I was doing a lesson on the "water cycle" with 3 students. It shows a picture of the trees, a lake, rain the sky/clouds etc. The students learn new vocabulary like condensation and evaporation etc. They are suppposed to practice using language like - first, then, because of, as a result etc. to describe how water goes from rain, to a lake and then back to clouds...hence the "water cycle" title. The second page has a picture of the same diagram except it also has a factory, cars and dead trees. The discussion is as follows:
Me: So, looking at this picture, work together and describe how normal rain becomes acid rain.
Student 1: Well, when sulfur dioxide, carbon dioxide and hydro-chloride react with the rain and the PH is under 7, you have acid rain.
Student 2: .......
Student 3: .......
Me: .......OK! Good work class.
1 comment:
You're screwed if the students are smarter than the teacher! I suggest implementing physical punishments, perhaps with bamboo, since you live in Japan.
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