Motivation

1. Motivation 曾麗娜 台北縣新莊國中 中央課程與教學輔導諮詢教師 tseng.lina@gmail.com 0926038694

2. Teaching is like jogging • I am a teacher. A teacher is someone who leads. There is no magic here. I do not walk on water. I do not part the sea. I just love children. --- Marva Collins

3. Teaching is like jogging 3M Competence • Motivate your students • Make yourself happy • Multiple teaching ability • C= ( K + S )A

4. Tell me, I will forget. Show me, I may remember. Involve me, and I will understand • The learning Pyramid (Edgar Dale) • We remember: • 10% of what we Read • 20% of what we Hear • 30% of what we See • 50% of what we See and Hear • 70% of what we Say • 90% of what we Say and Do • 100% of what we Experience

5. Funny Riddles Test Your Funny Bone • Letters • Q1: What letter can you drink? • A1: • Q2: What three letters can make a boy become a man? A2: • Q3: What letter is most useful to a deaf woman? • A3:

6. Letters Q4: What ends with E and begins with P and has a thousand letters? A4: Q5: How can you make a witch scratch? A5:

7. Animals • Q6: What bird is with you in every • meal? • A6: Q7: Why do baby ants get confused with their relatives? A7: Q8: What do bees say when they come home? A8:

8. Festivals • Q9: Which school subject was the witch good at? • A9: • Q10: How do you call a skeleton that doesn’t work? • A10: • Q11: What happens when two valentines fight? A11:

9. Festivals • Q12: What kind of key do you use on Thanksgiving? • A12: • Q13:April showers bring May flowers. What does May Flower bring? A13: • Q14: Why did the boy carry a gun on Easter morning? A14:

10. Idioms & Phrases • Q15: What did the baseball gloves say to the baseball? • A15: • Q16: What did the paper say to the scissors? A16: • Q17:What did the tall chimney say to the short chimney? A17:

11. Fruits & Snacks • Q18: What kind of fruit is never alone? • A18: • Q19: What shoes can you make from banana peels? • A19: • Q20:What is a computer’s favorite food? A20:

12. Others • Q21: What do you get when you practice karate in the forest? • A21: • Q22: What has many teeth but never has cavities? • A22: • Q23:What is the tallest building in every city? A23:

13. Others A24: Why can’t the elephant surf the Net? A24: Q25: At the moment, everyone in the world is doing the same thing. A25: Q26: I am better than God, and worse than the evil. If you eat me, you will die. Q26:

14. Advanced one • Crossing the river riddles

15. A very cute one • Q: What do you call a person who keeps on talking when people are no longer interested in it? • A:

16. Blow -Up • the School!

17. What’s good about Funny Riddles? • Brainstorming • Entertain yourself • Get closer to students • Keep students awake in class • Learn more about the usage of words • Appreciate the culture differences

18. Useful books and websites • 101 American English Riddles Passport Books • Funny Riddles Coloring Books Dover • www.brainteaser-world.com • www.riddlenut.com • www.kieto.com • http://gopoetry.com

19. Psyche Test • blogthings • http://www.blogthings.com/popular/ • http://web.tickle.com/ • ## Register first

20. What Lina Means: L is for Lovable I is for Intelligent N is for Normal A is for Articulate You Follow Your Heart You're romantic, sentimental, and emotional.You tend to fall in (and out of) love very quickly.Some may call you fickle, but you can't help where your emotions take you.You've definitely broken a few hearts, but you're not heart breaker by nature.Your intentions are always good, even if they change with the wind

21. Customs and Superstitions101 American Superstitions ~ Harry Collis If you sing before seven, you will cry before eleven. • There is an old belief that the morning is too early to be happy. Happiness has to be earned each day—otherwise, you are sure to have bad luck. • A: (singing) Oh, what a beautiful morning! • B: Do you really want that new job? • A: Of course I do. • B: Then you’d better not act too happy, at least before noon.

22. Customs and Superstitions101 American Superstitions ~ Harry Collis • Pulling out a gray hair will cause more to grow • People have always thought that hair had magical powers and there are many superstitions about human hair. One belief is that pulling out a single gray or white hair will cause ten more to grow in its place. • John got angry every time he looked in the mirror and see a new gray hair. But he was afraid to pull out even one because he believed that if he did, he would grow even more gray.

23. Something old, Something new, Something borrowed, Something blue, • When getting married, brides traditionally wear or carry something old, something new, something borrowed, and something blue.” Something old” can be anything that has brought good luck to its owner in the past. “Something new” is a symbol of hope for the future. ”Something borrowed” adds the good luck of the giver to traditional protection for all women. • A: Anna, the ceremony is about to begin. Are you ready? • B: Yes. I’m wearing my grandmother’s necklace (old) and my beautiful wedding gown(new). Dad’s lucky penny (borrowed) is tired into my bouquet with a blue ribbon(blue). Everything is perfect.

24. Taking the last piece of food • There is a superstition that warns us never to take the last piece of food on a plate. To do so means that we won’t marry, or if we are married, we may soon find ourselves unmarried again. • The family laughed at young Michael because he ate so much. They said he would still be unmarried at 40 because at dinner he always took the last piece of meat and drank the last glass of milk.

25. Pulling a wish bone • The forked bone that lies between the neck and breast of a bird is called the wish bone. When two people pull the bone until it breaks, the one holding the larger piece is given a wish. For the wish to come true, it must be kept secret.

26. Placing shoes on a table • Placing shoes on a table is a reminder of death by hanging, since criminals were often hanged while still wearing their shoes. Now placing shoes on a table is believed to invite a family argument or even death. • A: Are you trying to cause trouble? • B: What did I do? • A: You put your shoes on the kitchen table. • Mother won’t like that. • B: But the shoes are clean, and I don’t want to • forget them tomorrow. • A: I smell an argument coming on.

27. Customs and Superstitions • Why Wedding Ring on the 4th Finger?

28. What does the finger represent? • Thumb • Pointer • Middle finger • Ring finger • Baby finger

29. Games and Activities (tug of war)

30. Games and Activities (tug of war)

31. Stories…Diary of a Wimpy Kid • SeptemberIn my class, I got stuck with Chris Hosey in front of me and Lionel James in back of me. Jason Brill came in late and almost sat to my right, but luckily I stopped that from happening at the last second. Next period, I should just sit in the middle of a bunch of hot girls as soon as I step in the room. But I guess if I do that, it just proves I didn’t learn anything form last year..

32. Stories…TheChristmas Carol 1. When and where did the story happen? 2. What kind of person was Mr. Scrooge? 3. What did Mr. Scrooge do? 4. What did Mr. Scrooge dead partner warn him on one Christmas Eve? 5. Where was the first ghost from? 6. Where was the second ghost from? 7. What did the third ghost represent? 8. What had Mr. Scrooge changed after the visit of the three ghosts? 9. What does a carol mean? 10.What do we learn from the story?

33. Go to Bed Late Go to bed late, Stay very small. Go to bed early. Grow very tall. Always Say “Please” Always say “please,” When you ask for some cake, Don’t forget “thank you!” When a piece you take. Easy poems

34. We are the best! • Education is not the filling of the pails, but the lighting of a fire. • The best way to learn is to learn from the best. • “Stressed” is “Desserts”. • 新莊國中 曾麗娜 • 2276-6326 # 265 , 0926-038-694 • tseng.lina@gmail.com