Just stopping doesn't seem to work for me, which is why the Pomodoro technique seems to be useful at the moment. 25 minutes of focussing on the task in hand followed by five minutes of pissing about on here is a good compromise.Kow wrote:Stop using the forum while you should be doing other things, in fact turn off your computer. Not a joke.
Dark Soldier wrote:Make the smartest kid(s) in your class give the lesson while you sit underneath your desk/in the stationary cupboard and drink meths until you shit yourself.
Aaroncupboard wrote:Could you adapt that Pomodoro technique and just extend/adapt it. For example: Plan a week of lessons then take a thirty minute break. Mark ten/fifteen books then take a longer break.
Aaroncupboard wrote:Have you just started? I'm still only in my first year teaching. Halfway through my last term. Bring on the summer.
How are you finding it? I'm considering applying for a Primary GTP when I return to England next year.Aaroncupboard wrote:I'm primary so I teach everything basically. I do teach Spanish for half an hour every week...
Aye. As long as there's a coursebook you can get away with it in TEFL. 10 minutes before the lesson is usually enough to get going, and then when they're busy doing an exercise you can read ahead to the next one.Kow wrote:Don't your students follow some kind of coursebook? What's to plan?
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