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A letter to my sponsor teacher

PUBLIC_FLAG_#{@journal.pf_int} RSS feed of Englishlover's latest journal entries Mar 19th 2009 03:14

I wrote a letter draft to send it to my sponsor teacher last semester. I will send a surprise package to her enclosing this letter. Isn't it cool? I hope she and her students like my small presents.

Dear Mrs. Brown-Flack,

It’s been a long time since I e-mailed you. How are you these days? I’m pretty good and sometimes a little busy working on my thesis proposal. A few days ago, I visited your school homepage. I saw a lot of pictures of the students. It reminded me of last semester. They looked still so cute. I really miss you and your students. Thank you for uploading more pictures on Korean culture section. I enjoyed a lot with them.
This semester I do my practicum in the Kennedy Elementary School. I wanted to be placed in your school and class again, but I couldn’t. My new sponsor teacher, Nancy Rudiger, is an excellent teacher like you. She is in charge of a gifted and talented classroom. I think this special classroom is also helpful to me.
Time goes quickly. My commencement will be on May 16th. After graduation, I have a plan to go on a trip to the western part of America, and then I’m taking a three week’s summer course. I’m going back to Korea at the middle of July.
I’d like to give you and your adorable students a little something about Korea. It would be great if you pass out one ballpoint pen to each student and you can keep the rest. Say hello to your family and the students. I hope to see you once before leaving here. Have wonderful warm spring days!

With respect,
Kate
Mar 19th 2009 03:40 Pandamilk

  • I wrote a letter draft to send it to my sponsor teacher last semester.
  • I wrote the rough draft of a letter to send it to my sponsor teacher last semester.
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  • It’s been a long time since I e-mailed you.
  • It’s been a long time since I (last)e-mailed you.
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  • A few days ago, I visited your school homepage.
  • A few days ago, I visited your school's homepage.
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  • They looked still so cute.
  • They still looked so cute.
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  • Thank you for uploading more pictures on Korean culture section.
  • Thank you for uploading more pictures on the Korean culture section.
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  • I enjoyed a lot with them.
  • I enjoyed it a lot with them.
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  • This semester I do my practicum in the Kennedy Elementary School.
  • This semester I do my practicum at Kennedy Elementary School.
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  • She is in charge of a gifted and talented classroom.
  • She is in charge of a gifted and talented classroom. Nothing wrong here but both gifted and talented sort of mean the same thing or can imply the same thing, so it's a bit redundant.
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  • Time goes quickly.
  • Time goes by quickly. A more common phrase would be "Time flies by quickly"
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  • My commencement will be on May 16th.
  • My commencement will be on May 16th. I guess this is fine, but, to me at least, it sounds a bit odd.
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  • After graduation, I have a plan to go on a trip to the western part of America, and then I’m taking a three week’s summer course.
  • After graduation, I have a plan to go on a trip to the western part of America, and then I’m taking a three week summer course.
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  • I’m going back to Korea at the middle of July.
  • I’m going back to Korea in the middle of July.
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  • I’d like to give you and your adorable students a little something about Korea.
  • I’d like to give you and your adorable students a little something from Korea.
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  • Say hello to your family and the students.
  • Say hello to your family and the students.
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  • Have wonderful warm spring days!
  • Have wonderful warm spring days!
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  • With respect,
  • With much respect,
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Hey Kate! This is just some quick corrections I was able to make. Unfortunately I'm sitting in class, so I don't have the time I'd like to thoroughly go over this :S It sounds like you're had a great time with that teacher and her students! You'll be touring the west side of America? That's so cool! What places? ^^;;;
Mar 19th 2009 05:53 cheri

  • I wrote a letter draft to send it to my sponsor teacher last semester.
  • I drafted a letter to send to my sponsor teacher last semester.
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  • Isn't it cool?
  • Isn't it a cool idea?
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  • It’s been a long time since I e-mailed you.
  • It’s been a long time since I (last) emailed you.
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  • A few days ago, I visited your school homepage.
  • A few days ago, I visited your school's homepage.
Comment  

  • They looked still so cute.
  • They still look so cute.
Comment  

  • Thank you for uploading more pictures on Korean culture section.
  • Thank you for uploading more pictures to the Korean culture section.
Comment  

  • I enjoyed a lot with them.
  • I enjoyed it a lot.
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  • This semester I do my practicum in the Kennedy Elementary School.
  • This semester I'm doing my practicum at the Kennedy Elementary School.
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  • I wanted to be placed in your school and class again, but I couldn’t.
  • I wanted to be placed in your school and class again, but unfortunately, it didn't work out that way.
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  • Time goes quickly.
  • Time goes by quickly.
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  • After graduation, I have a plan to go on a trip to the western part of America, and then I’m taking a three week’s summer course.
  • After graduation, I have a plan to go on a trip to the west coast, and then I’m taking a three week’s summer course. If your teacher is also in America, you can just say "west coast" which is a commonly used term here.
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  • I’m going back to Korea at the middle of July.
  • I’m going back to Korea in the middle of July.
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  • I’d like to give you and your adorable students a little something about Korea.
  • I’d like to give you and your adorable students a little something from Korea.
Comment  

  • It would be great if you pass out one ballpoint pen to each student and you can keep the rest.
  • It would be great if you could pass out one ballpoint pen to each student, and you can keep the rest.
Comment  

  • Say hello to your family and the students.
  • Say hello to your family and the students.
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  • I hope to see you once before leaving here.
  • I hope to see you once more before I leave here.
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  • Have wonderful warm spring days!
  • Have wonderful warm spring days! This sounds a little awkward. It's more natural to say, "Hope you have a wonderful spring!")
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Mar 19th 2009 22:55 Zed

sponsor teacher... can i ask what the sponsor teacher is?
Mar 20th 2009 01:04 Pandamilk

Oh! Zed thank you for bringing up that point! I don't know if they're called sponsor teachers in the program Kate is in, but I think a more suitable name should be "host teachers."
Mar 20th 2009 01:13 Englishlover

Sponsor teacher was also new to me, but my professor called them like that. According to my search on the Internet, sponsor teachers are mentors for the practicum students. (한국에서는 교생실습 학생들을 담당하는 선생님이라고 할 수 있어요.)
I observe her teaching lessons and classroom management while staying my sponsor teacher’s classroom. I can learn her teaching skills from the experience.
Pandamilk, thank you for letting me know host teachers are similar to sponsor teachers.
Englishlover
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