Fairy Tales

Well, i felt like i am at my limit with all the assignments; therefore i decided to read some fairy tales. i currently into some old story from France but the story is too long therefore i put Romanian Folktale instead. i hope that you will enjoy it.   

 Youth Without Age and Life Without Death

Romanian folktale

Once upon a time something happened whose like never occurred before—if it had not happened it would not be told—since the flea had one foot shod with ninety-nine pounds of iron and jumped into the skies to get us fairy tales.
There was once a mighty emperor and empress. Both were young and handsome, and as they desired the blessing of children they did every thing that was necessary to secure it, that is they went to the witches and philosophers and asked them to read the stars to find out whether they would have children or not. But it was all in vain. Finally the emperor heard that a very wise old man lived in a neighboring village, and sent for him. The messengers returned with the answer: "Let him who needs me come to me." So the emperor and empress set out for the wise man's house, taking with them several of their courtiers, attendants, and soldiers. When the old man saw them in the distance, he rose, went to meet them, and said at once:
"Welcome! But what do you want to know, oh, emperor! your wish will bring you sorrow."
"I am not here to question you about that," replied the emperor, "but to learn whether you have any plants you can give us that will bestow the blessing of children."

Cooperative Learning

 COOPERATIVE LEARNING STRATEGIES

Through cooperative learning, students work in small groups or in pairs to actively engage in the learning process and improve their understanding of the content.  Each member of the team is not only responsible for their own learning, but also for helping teammates learn.  Cooperative learning promotes achievement, enhances retention,increases desire and motivation, develops interpersonal and social skills, builds self-
esteem, and improves student satisfaction with their learning experience. Here are some activities that you may apply in your class room. have a nice try and good luck on your class.

Teaching Media

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Teaching Media

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NOVEL

Hello. it is one of the novel that i have read long time ago. it is kind of refreshing book, easy to read and it has light theme. i hope that you enjoy it as much as i am.

TOEFL

A book about Toefl based internet. it is very suitable for those who want to take their Toefl score. i hope it will help you and good luck on your toefl test.

grammar

Teaching Technique

10 Teaching Techniques for young learners 

1.      Cuisenaire Rods 

With this teaching tool the teachers may teach many kinds of language materials such as teaching word stress and also preposition, colors, degree comparison, etc.

For example, teaching procedure in using this technique to teach degree comparison.

a.       Make small blocks of woods in different lengths and different color for each length

b.      Show it to the students and ask them to differentiate between one Cuisenaire rods to the other one.

For example: - the red Cuisenaire is bigger than the yellow one, the green Cuisenaire is smaller than the yellow one, and the red one is the biggest of all. 

correltion

this is some material about correlation that i got from some sides on the internet. i am sorry that i did not copy the side address but i am really grateful for giving this material. Correlations

READING TIME

The Frog Prince

By Brother Grimm

One fine evening a young princess put on her bonnet and clogs, and went out to take a walk by herself in a wood; and when she came to a cool spring of water with a rose in the middle of it, she sat herself down to rest a while. Now she had a golden ball in her hand, which was her favorite plaything; and she was always tossing it up into the air, and catching it again as it fell.

  After a time she threw it up so high that she missed catching it as it fell; and the ball bounced away, and rolled along on the ground, until at last it fell down into the spring. The princess looked into the spring after her ball, but it was very deep, so deep that she could not see the bottom of it. She began to cry, and said, 'Alas! if I could only get my ball again, I would give all my fine clothes and jewels, and everything that I have in the world.' Whilst she was speaking, a frog put its head out of the water, and said, 'Princess, why do you weep so bitterly?'

 'Alas!' said she, 'what can you do for me, you nasty frog? My golden ball has fallen into the spring.'

                The frog said, 'I do not want your pearls, and jewels, and fine clothes; but if you will love me, and let me live with you and eat from off your golden plate, and sleep on your bed, I will bring you your ball again.'

                'What nonsense,' thought the princess, 'this silly frog is talking! He can never even get out of the spring to visit me, though he may be able to get my ball for me, and therefore I will tell him he shall have what he asks.'

                So she said to the frog, 'Well, if you will bring me my ball, I will do all you ask.'

                Then the frog put his head down, and dived deep under the water; and after a little while he came up again, with the ball in his mouth, and threw it on the edge of the spring. As soon as the young princess saw her ball, she ran to pick it up; and she was so overjoyed to have it in her hand again, that she never thought of the frog, but ran home with it as fast as she could.

                The frog called after her, 'Stay, princess, and take me with you as you said,' But she did not stop to hear a word. The next day, just as the princess had sat down to dinner, she heard a strange noise - tap, tap - plash, plash - as if something was coming up the marble staircase, and soon afterwards there was a gentle knock at the door, and a little voice cried out and said:

'Open the door, my princess dear,
‘Open the door to thy true love here! And mind the words that thou and I said by the fountain cool, in the greenwood shade.'