Building Rapport and Engaging Students (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781545555156)

With years of experience in teaching English at the middle school, high school, college, and adult level, Lili Kim has put together a collection of team building exercises, journal entries, and classroom tips to build rapport with students and engage them in meaningful lessons.

Such activities include:

• Team Building: Encouraging students to form genuine relationships with each other by participating in laughter yoga, asking open-ended questions, and sharing through diversity beads
• Assessments: Partaking in assessments that evaluate students' love language, strengths and personalities
• Being an Advocate: Contributing to the community by participating in walks for a cause, initiating a benefit concert and raising awareness on social issues
• Passives: Freely sharing students' stances on various subjects through the One Word Project and Wall of Advice
• Journal Entries: Connecting with others through creating a Last Lecture, Draw My Life piece, and by fearlessly seeking out rejection