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Quotation of Day 21

This quotation is a kind of guidance for summer reading!

Clearing

After the tasty lunch and the afternoon snack everybody was busy clearing the classrooms and the staff room.
Our mighty counselors - Tseren and Igor - had to carry heavy things downstairs at school and then again upstairs back at university!

Closing Ceremony: Grannies

Our most devoted Granny Tatiana is a guest at each event! She has always brought tasty presents to all campers!

Today there has also come Lera M.'s Granny!

Closing Ceremony: Officials

Two directors - Director of the Summer Camp Alexander and Director of the Access School Vasili Ivanovich - greeted the campers and thanked them for their progress.
Coordinator Bossia introduced each team.

Closing Ceremony: Counselors

Our counselors were dancing and the audience was following with admiration and cheers.

Closing Ceremony: South

Cotton Kids showed two videos and one sketch "Let's Get Married".

One video used the stylistics of the famous "Star Wars" and introduced the epic power of the White Team. The campers saw one day of the Summer Camp life in the second video.

The sketch demonstrated various talents of their campers.

One of the touching moments: Happy Birthday, Erdem K.!

Closing Ceremony: Middle Atlantic

The 3Gs sang and danced. I liked their enthusiasm.

Closing Ceremony: New England

Honey Bees made the audience laugh when they performed the first sketch "The Casting on The First Day". Mergen A. is a brilliant actor.

The Yellow Team described their choice of names for the team in their second sketch.

Then they danced.

Closing Ceremony: West

The campers appeared as reperesentatives from different parts of The West. Everybody greeted the girls from the Hawaii and from Alaska.
The Reds have been one of the most dancing and singing teams.

Closing Ceremony: Midwest Team

The Blue Team opened the Closing Ceremony. The team prepared a sketch. The campers showed their view on some lessons of White, Grey and Yellow teachers. They also touched upon their teamtime.

Teams' Cheers

New England Yellow Honey Bees
Pennies, nickels, quarters, dimes,
We've got spirit all the time!
GOOO HONEY BEES!

The Middle Atlantic Grey 3Gs
3Gs, Come on, 3Gs,
Show them
What you've got, what you've got!
Come on, 3Gs!
The best, the top!

The South White Cotton Kids
We are white, we are bright,
We will always win the fight!

The Midwest Blue H2O
Keep it up, keep it up,
Keep the Midwest spirit up,
Happy, hilarious, original,
H2O,
Number One, Follow the leader!

The West Red The Reds from The West
Step forward, step back,
There is nothing that we lack,
We got spirit, we got fight,
We got a team that's full of might!
We are the Reds from the West!

Quotation of Day 20

"We do not remember days, we remember moments" Cesar Pavese

Brain Ring

Today this is our second activity! The counselors were responsible for this event. There were four levels, as they defined them.

Classy Counselors

Our counselors have always invented something unusual. Look at their labels 'Free Hugs'! Just for fun!

Around the USA in One Hour

Our traditional activity has started!

Five teachers representing the five regions of the USA prepared many exciting tasks for the campers.

Five different stations have been organized.

Cool Weather Again

It's cool again after the heat! It's cloudy and windy! And it's going to rain!

Quotation of Day 19

Water Fun

The long-awaited activity at last! Water throwing on a hot day is a real fun!

But before the fun the campers were reminded to follow certain rules:

Go through the escape entrance!
Don't block the main entrance!
Wipe dry the floor after the activity!

FLEX Present their USA

FLEX counselors - Nastya Ts., Tanya M. and Anya O. - told the campers about their host families, schools, travelling, etc.

Sports: Bakul

Good command of any skills!

Creation of Nation: Tamara

The campers drew the symbols of the USA Independence after they had explored Pennsilvania.

Great States: Tatiana

Play and learn, especially at lessons!

Presidents' Rhyme: Baira

What a rhyme to watch and have fun!

I've found one more - 'rap'rhyme!

Watch, enjoy and learn the names of the USA Presidents!

Nicknames of USA States: Galina

The USA through the nicknames of the states! Is it fascinating to explore?!

Quotation of Day 18

First Mr and Miss Narn Sun

Never before there has been such an event: choosing Mr and Miss Summer Camp!


Each team did a great job. The contestants were supported by their teams. Everybody took part in the competition that could be compared to the concert.

During the first round the contestants danced, recited, sang. They are so talented!

The second round turned out rather difficult: the would-to-be Mr or Miss Camp was to mime the quotation of the day and the Mr or Miss was to guess.

The third prize went to Dayana and Ayuka from the "Red Team".
The second prize went to Ayush and lera from "Cotton Kids" "White Team'.
The winners are the contestants from the Honey Bees "Yellow Team". They are Lyuba and Vitaliy!

Volleyball

Volleyball can be played anywhere and at any time. The campers enjoy playing this exciting game!

Jack Be Friendly: Tamara

Tamara K substituted Andrey. The campers learned a lot and they finished the lesson with the chant:

Jack, be friendly,
Don't be shy,
Don't forget to say good-bye!

Creativity: Baira

"Cotton Kids" is the name of Baira's team. But at her lessons all campers have become 'cotton kids': they have created these wonderful things.

Give me a Home: Bakul

The campers explored the USA Regions through the famous song and the notion of 'home'. They gave their own definitions of an ideal home.

"Home on the Range" is the state song of Kansas. Do you want to listen to the song?

Quotation of Day 17

Important For Speech

I enjoyed that workshop by Svetlana Suchkova very much. Svetlana invited her audience to join her fascinating lessons by miming, reciting, standing up, etc. Svetlana is a real teacher and teacher trainer!

Fabulous Fay Fence

David Fay, English Language Officer, (The ELO, Moscow) presented one format of teaching/learning in such a fabulous way that we gave him a thunderous ovation! He spoke of public hearing. David used the old case of the installation Running Fence. During his speech we made a 'clothes line' of a perfect teacher's qualities.

Under the Linden

Chelyabinsk has become a city of linden for me! The sweet smell of the trees is amazingly pleasant.

Do the newly-wed couples come to the museum in your town or city? In Chelyabinsk they do!

Quotation of Day 16

Academic Literacy

One of the plenary sessions

I think everybody was fascinated and charmed by Irina Korotkina. She spoke about the importance of academic literacy. I found only the article in Russian.

English Unlimited

I liked the workshop devoted to the new course. Two charming ladies - two Ludmilas - told us about it.

Technology-Enhanced Teaching English

I attended one of the eight Special Interest Groups Sessions.

One of the most hard-working NATE participants was Valerian Tukbaev from Zlatoust. He seemed to appear almost at each workshop!

Dr. Stephen Hoyt spoke about "Teaching English Online".

Natalya Patyaeva from Nizhniy Novgorod used blogs to teach business communication English.

Treasure Hunt

Quotation of Day 15

Technology and Second Language Writing

John Mark King, Senior EL Fellow, presented new perspectives on second language writing.

Our American speakers demonstrated us how to share their presentations.

Characteristics of Effective EF/SL Teachers

We were lucky to hear Christine Coombe, TESOL President Elect, from Dubai Men's College.

You can download her PowerPoint presentation "Teacher Effectiveness: A Review of the Literature" that describes 10 characteristics here.

After Access Panel

Everything went according to the schedule. Though we didn't have enough time, I hope we managed to impress the audience.


We exchanged visiting cards. Vivien asked about Bossia and Vasili Ivanovich.


I am using the WiFi Internet.

Karaoke Day

It was another unusual day.

From NATE Chelyabinsk

We're going to the registration. The programme is so fascinating that we can't decide how to attend everything!

Besides artistical, there were also speed competitions. The aim of the first competition was to tape up someone's hand, the winner of which became yellow team. In second competition campers had to wrap someone with paper. The quickest wrappers were white team.
Event was funny and interesting