So this week, I came up with even more activities which were based on the Hungry Caterpillar book. This book is seriously a great intro to so many lessons!
I also had my first grown-ups english class this week!
In the younger classes, I taught them about the days of the week and about how the week starts on Sunday on US calendars. In France, the week starts with Monday. As I was explaining this distinction, one kid raises his hand and says, “so if Sunday is the first day of the week, then kids go to school on Sundays?” lol. I also taught the young kids an easy days of the week song, which is basically just singing the days of the week in order. The teacher liked the simple song, and he even recorded me singing it so that the students could listen to it later on to hear my proper pronunciation. Another activity I did with the younger kids, was that I reviewed what the caterpillar ate each day of the week through a little game. I put each day of the week up, and under each day, I randomly put pictures of the food that the caterpillar ate from the story. The kids had to say the name of a food, tell me which day it was under, and they had to tell me the correct day that the food should be moved to. This activity went pretty well.
For a few of the older classes, I reviewed the days of the week and hungry caterpillar story in more complex ways. In one class, I wrote the days of the week on the board, and had the students retell what the caterpillar ate each day. Sometimes, I would change the question and I would ask them to tell me which day the caterpillar ate a certain food. I also asked them the questions out of order, which made the activity a bit more challenging. Then, I would write each food on the board under the corresponding day. I also had one class sort the pictures into three groups: fruits, vegetables, and other. After they sorted them, they had to label them. Another fun activity that I did with the older kids was to have them complete a table with different foods as I said them aloud. The kids were given a table with two names written in a column and the days of the week written in a row. The kids had to listen as I told them who ate what food, and which day they ate it. The kids all had little pictures of the food that they placed on their charts as we went along. I had students repeat the sentences, and I even had them create the sentences. I would have them come up to me and I would show them on my answer key which day, person, and food, I wanted them to say. This activity worked out quite well and I was very pleased with it.
On Tuesday, I had some lunch at the high school with Kate. The meal was good. It seems to surprise me every time. This time, I tried rabbit, which tasted pretty nice; it tasted like chicken. Unfortunately, I grabbed a piece which seemed to have some of the organs still inside it… I tried what I think was kidneys and it did not taste good. The chocolate pudding was super yummy though so that made up for it.
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| The mushroom sauce the rabbit was in was really good as well! |
On Tuesday evening, I had my first Adult english class. I was a little intimidated at first, bit it ended up going pretty well! Only 7 out of 12 of my students showed up. First, I showed a short powerpoint about my life. Then, we played a name game where each person had to choose an adjective that described them that also started with the first letter of their name. I prepared a list of adjectives for them to choose from so it would make the game easier. Then, we went around in a circle and everyone had to introduce themselves, and everyone who had introduced themselves before them. Luckily, it wasn’t too difficult because there were only 7 people. Through this activity, they learned each other’s names as well as a few new words! Next, we played "Two Truths and a Lie." Some of the adults didn’t seem to get that the point was to make it hard to tell the lie from the two truths…lol. One lady said that she lived on the moon, another said that she was a master of english, and another said that she was 20 years old (she was an older lady). After that game, we played, “Never Have I Ever.” This game was good because we got to learn more about each other. Some of the people came up with some interesting things… “Never have I ever…been in a car accident, wore glasses before the age of 40, dyed my hair, been afraid of spiders.” Next, I had the adults complete a questionnaire that I designed in order to gauge their level of english. I also wanted to know what they expected out of this class and why they decided to take it. These adults are all primary school teachers around the area, so of course they want to better their english so that they can teach their students. The majority seemed to really want to improve their english so that they could use it when traveling, and so that they could communicate with other english speakers.
On Thursday, I got a few little presents from some of my students :). They are so sweet!
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| Little gifts from some students! |
Love teaching these kids,
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