Motown to Seoultown

So this week is coming to a close and has been going pretty well. The lesson for this week was a game called "Alphabet Soup".

Basically I printed out a sheet of paper with all the alphabets on them. Then I cut all the letters out individually and put them into a bag. I split the class into four teams, and then one team at a time, I pull out a letter randomly from the bag. The object of the game is to create a sentence with as many words starting with that letter as possible.

So for example, I pull out the letter "M", I could come up with something like "My monkey made me eat mangos at the market on Monday morning." So there are 8 words starting with "M" and that team gets 8 points.

This game really showed how creative many of my students could be. Pulling out the letter "X" always invoked creative responses such as "We watched X-men on X-mas while playing the xylophone and we ate xylitol (a gum) after getting an x-ray."

So teachers out there, this is a good game to play to get the kid's imagination going and also recall their vocabulary. If you want to go through the alphabet, it will definitely take up a whole 40-45 minutes. (Also give teams a time limit of say 30 seconds to start saying their sentence...maybe a little extra time to finish their sentence and add on stuff)

Anyways, I thought I'd make a post about my top five foods in Korea so here it goes:

5. Tak Tori Tang

Tak ToriTang is basically chicken braised (spicy) with potatoes and some kind of noddles that I forgot the name of.

4. Kimbap

You can't come to Korea without knowing about Kimbap. It's one of the most popular foods for Koreans and foreigners alike because it's cheap and it's fast...hmm that didn't come out right...it sounds like I'm talking about a quick trip into a red light district.

What I mean is that it's low in price and it's very fast to make. I get it maybe one or two times a week and get about 3 sticks at a time. It consists of ham/tuna/insert other meat here, veggies, and rice wrapped in seawood.

3. Jajamyeong

This is another favorite and even though they sell it in "Chinese restaurants" it cannot be found in China at all. Kind of like Chinese food in America. It's a type of noodle covered in a black sauce with a bit of meat and veggies as well.

2. Donkasu and Curry

This is basically a type of pork mixed in with Curry and rice. Pretty simple meal that I could actually make myself. I eat this once or twice a week.

1. Galbi aka Korean BBQ

This is my favorite dish and it's usually eaten with a large group of people. It can be beef, chicken, pork, cooked directly in front of you and then eaten wrapped in lettuce (maybe with some sauce on top) and not very healthy but oh so good.

Cheers everyone.