Kyle Timmermeyer
I'm a Catholic, a novelist, an ESL teacher, a Japanese language buff, and Bucketman.
I have been writing since I was first able to tell stories. I wrote most of the epic Squoosh Man and Bucket Man series when I was in elementary school, and became Bucketman at an 8th grade Halloween party. At about the same time, I began working on a novel entitled The Legend of the Elementals, a book I have been working on for over a decade now.
After graduating from the University of Kansas with a BA in English (Creative Writing) and 3 years of Japanese classes, I taught English in Nagasaki, Japan for 2 years on the JET Programme. I created my own curriculum for Yagami Elementary on the east side of Nagasaki City, and revamped the oral tests at nearby Higashi Nagasaki Junior High School.
As I improved my survival, conversation, and business-level Japanese, I took advantage of a volunteer opportunity, and have now been regularly publishing Japanese-to-English translations of articles for Japan Catholic News Online for over a year.
Latest Articles
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ESL Basic Subject-Verb Sentences Lesson
This lesson plan was written to teach elementary school children basic sentences with the most common verbs, and subjects I, we, and the imperative you.
Jan 23, 2009
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ESL Basic Directions Lesson
This lesson plan was written to teach elementary school children how to correctly give and receive directions for movement, "Go left, right, back, and straight."
Jan 7, 2009
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ESL Basic Animals Lesson
This lesson plan was written to teach elementary school children how to engage in English conversations about which animals they like.
Dec 27, 2008
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ESL Basic Sports Lesson
This lesson plan was written for elementary school children as their introduction to simple sports in English, as well as the "Do you like (something)?" grammar.
Dec 21, 2008
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ESL Intermediate Body Parts Lesson
This lesson plan was written for elementary school children to introduce/review English body part vocabulary and apply it to the sentence "My (part of the body) hurts."
Dec 11, 2008
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ESL Basic Vegetables Lesson
This lesson plan was written for elementary school first graders as their introduction to 11 simple vegetables in English.
Dec 3, 2008
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ESL Basic Colors Lesson
This lesson was written for elementary school first graders as their introduction to 11 simple colors in English.
Nov 27, 2008
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ESL Basic Numbers Lesson
This lesson was written for elementary school first graders as their introduction to numbers, 1 to 11, in English.
Nov 18, 2008
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ESL Basic Introduction Lesson
This lesson was written for elementary school first graders as their very first English lesson, an introduction to English greetings.
Nov 11, 2008
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Earned Value Management
Earned value management is the art of separating a project into discrete tasks, dividing the budget among the tasks and graphing completion to objectively chart progress.
Oct 22, 2008
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