Eleven students out of 17 came to our party at our home this afternoon. It was an opportunity to develop relationships outside of the normal classroom environment. We saw each other's crazy, fun side (even though, I must admit, the classroom is pretty crazy fun sometimes with skits to practice English as well as many other physically active games to solidify English skills!). One woman had to eat a piece of cake without utensils (because she lost a game). Another woman had to dance for us (she was shy about it and the dance lasted 3 seconds). Our co-teacher, Susan, showed us how she can roll her tongue into a "flower" shape!! We shared much delicious food. We hope to have many of these students back into our apartment again. We were disappointed that they had to leave before our Good News activity, but we also know that relationships were strengthened for future good news times!
It's a Good Friday!!
PS I was going to post pictures with this entry, but my "posting of pictures ability" is extremely slow and I'm in a bigger hurry than it will allow for...hence, just imagine our party in your mind because the pictures have been trying to post for over 20 minutes and it's not happening!
3 comments:
people are people, and you're breaking down the language and nationality barriers. Great job with taking this step toward establishing relationships with your students!
Seeds are being sown! It sounds like you're having too much fun in class. :) I was laughing at Kevin's grammar comments in a previous e-mail because I LOVE that stuff. Please, let me diagram a sentence again.....! (I don't think kids do that anymore).
Becky A. :)
Yes, Becky, sentence diagramming is still around! Primarily in 4th-5th grades...I'd still do it, but my 7th & 9th graders would rebel!
Have you read the book, "Eats Shoots and Leaves"? It's a great analysis of common grammar and mechanics errors. ie: a panda eats shoots and leaves. However, if you mess up the punctuation, suddenly the panda ate something, shot someone, and left!
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