Thursday, September 3, 2009
Welcome to my First ever Blog
Hello everyone, My name is Karim Zami, I was born in Casablanca Morocco. I graduated with a Bachelor's degree in History and Geography, I worked in a catholic school for 4 years as a French teacher. I had the chance to see several countries, learn about the different cultures and study the different behaviors. My focus has always been on similarities more than differences. My travels ended me in California then in Kentucky where I have been living for the last 6 years, and working as a French teacher with the JCPS. I teach at the elementary level grades k-fifth. I really enjoy my what I do, but there are days I just want to stay home J. Teacher a world language can be very challenging, especially when you have to come up with your own teaching materials……..for the last three years we have been working on building a content based curriculum for world languages which is related to Kentucky and the world language core content. I am excited about this class because it relates directly to what I am doing with this program. I am hoping to share some of what we have experienced while building our curriculum.
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Love your blog- very cool. And welcome to the class- it sounds like you have some really interesting experiences to draw upon. My son goes to a German Language school here in Cincinnati- I am sure his teachers can relate to making up a curriculum but I love that he is in fourth grade and has a really good command of a different language- wish I did too! Eager to work with you!
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ReplyDeleteI can sense the frustrations of coming up with your own teaching materials. I have to do the same. All the work for my students must be modified and since they are not at grade level changing material is very difficult.
Good luck this semester :)
I love your photos- did you take the ones in your slide show? And is that your lovely wife? I like the personal touch- I need to take some notes on how to do this?
ReplyDeleteThank you Dr. Clarke, yes that is my wife we had a traditional moroccan wedding, we were teated like king and queen for one night. as for the slide show those are automatic pictures generated by the blog.
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