On Tuesday, I had a long day of teaching. In the morning school, I taught the students about prepositions and we read a little story called, “Where’s Spot?” which reviewed many prepositions. I also reviewed rooms of the house and had them glue labels on a house. In another class, the students asked each other questions in English and responded without looking in their notebooks. They had started preparing these questions/answers last week, and I could really tell that they had been practicing! One of the best feelings as a teacher is to see students learn and retain what you taught them :).
In the afternoon, I had a yummy lunch, and this time I got a picture like usual. I had chicken, crab/tuna salad, hash browns, bread, cheese, and pudding for dessert.
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| Tuesday lunch |
After lunch I had my two Skype classes. In the first one, I just continued to review the house. In the second class, I taught them about telling time in English. I taught them about using am and pm since we don’t really use military time much in the US. Before I started my lesson, I questioned the students on random things, such as the weather today. After I asked this question, they described the weather and then I told them about the weather in Roanne today. They were really confused about how I knew what the weather was like in Roanne… I wasn’t sure what was the cause of this confusion, but soon I got my answer. The kids had thought that I had been in the US all this time! Haha. They thought that I have been doing all of the Skype sessions from the US and that was the reason why I couldn’t always be there in person. After they realized that I lived here, they again wondered why I wasn’t physically at their school (because they are in a little town nearby). Well, I had to tell them that it’s not close by on foot… lol, and there are no buses that go there…
In the evening, I had my adult english class. We started off by continuing modal verbs (would, could, shoud, etc.) We did a few activities with that where they had to select the correct one to fill in the blanks. Next, we talked about the letter “i” pronunciation rules and exceptions. Then, we briefly reviewed all vowel pronunciations. At the end of class, we started talking about past, future, and present tenses of verbs. They started creating their own sentences and we will continue with that next week. Overall, I think that the lesson went well, and I hope that the adults are getting something out of this class.
When I got back, Kim cooked a delicious dinner for us! It was chicken, mushrooms, onions in a creamy sauce. Then, we had rice and carrots/peas on the side. Mmmmmm!
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| Yummy balanced meal |
On Wednesday, I had three classes in the morning. I worked with half of the class and reviewed actions (swimming, jumping, reading) with them. They got in groups of three and then took turns telling the others to mime each action (swim, jump, read). Then, we played Simon Says with the actions and the kids enjoyed that game. Then, I did the same thing with the other half of the class.
In the second class, I had half the class at a time again. We made a mini book and I gave all of the instructions in English. The kids liked making the books so I will try to incorporate more of these into future lessons. In the third class, I took a small group of 4 students and they played “who is it?” with celebrity identity cards. One student would pick out a celebrity and the others would ask them questions in order to figure out who they selected. This activity helped them practice using “he” and “she.”
After class, I went to my favorite bakery, and got a new treat! This one is called Guillaume-tell and it’s got Nutella inside! Mmmmm. The pastry was really flakey and crunchy!
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| Guillaume-Tell |
On Thursday, I taught all four of my classes about prepositions. We went over the common ones with little pictures of a boy and a box. Then, we did an activity where they had to fill in sentences that described a picture with the correct preposition. Next, they read sentences and drew what the sentences described. This activity was all based on a cat and aquarium. Then, I had kids come up and draw, and afterwards, the others in the class described a certain drawing. The student that drew the picture would have to stand up. I did this for a few rounds, letting the kids choose whichever preposition they wanted to base their drawings on. Overall, it went well and I think the kids are retaining what they are learning!
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| Here are some pics of cats and aquariums from one of my classes! Preposition fun :) |
One little boy gave me a little treat at the end of class, (he brought lots for his class because it was his birthday.) He is so sweet! :)
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| Candy Kabob |
After my morning classes, Kate, Kim and I went to the high school for lunch! Second time this week, whoo! I had chicken, seafood rice, radishes, bread, cheese, and lemon meringue tart for dessert!
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| Thursday lunch |
For dinner, I decided to try a Spicy Sausage and Mixed Veggie recipe that I found online. I modified it a bit by adding fresh veggies (green/red bell peppers, onion, and zucchini). It turned out really good! Here’s the link if you are interested: http://www.thekitchn.com/recipe-andouille-vegetable-amp-penne-skillet-recipes-from-the-kitchn-201033
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| Mmmmm sausage, pasta, and veggies |
Tonight, I did some lesson planning so that I can get ahead for next week.
Happy that it’s already the weekend,
Magdalena
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