Week 2-Tuesday

Today was by far the best day of my project so far. I reported to Proctor at around 8am, and taught my first class ever. I taught Mikaela's French 1 class. When I got there, Mikaela wasn't there yet, so I had no option of being shy. I got to talk with the students and tell them what we would be doing that day. When Mikaela got there, she just went and sat in the back, and everything was up to me. I began by reviewing their homework and answered a couple of questions. Next we did an activity all together on adverb placement. I was so pleasantly surprised at how much they know and are able to answer. Also, they were all really vocal so there were no awkward silences and always plenty of volunteers. After that, I had them write skits. I answered their questions while they did that which was really fun. Tomorrow, they are going to perform their skits. They will also have a quiz which I wrote and will grade. It was fun reviewing things with them and making my lessons become a reality. I then led some reading, vocabulary, and a game of French Pictionary in the French 3 class. We had a lot of fun. Unfortunately, that was my last time in their class. They were also very nice and really engaged. I had a ton of fun! I really enjoyed my first day of teaching! I hope tomorrow goes even better. After the quiz, we will watch their skits and play some games to make sure they understand the current grammar and vocabulary. If the rest of my project pans out like this, all the work will be well worth it. I'm learning a lot.