Today I went for my first lesson planning session with Dra. Graciela. Although it was rainy, and all of my materials got soaking wet, I made it to ALPI. I met Susanna again while at ALPI, she works in the education department as well, and while Dra. Graciela was tending to a problem that they were having in the center, Susanna and I talked in Spanish about what I wanted to do in teaching the ESL class. She said that my Spanish is very good and that I even have a porteño accent! Awesome!
Dra. Graciela and I talked about starting simple with the students because they have never taken English classes before, and may not have much of a background in the language. We talked about reading and writing with the students. So far, this is what I will be teaching to the students:
Verb tenses:
-Simple present
-Present progressive
-Simple past
We decided to take out future and present perfect tenses for now because the class only goes until the middle of December and it´s a lot to learn for such a short amount of time.
Vocabulary:
-Meals
-Days of the week, months, seasons
-Going shopping, buying things
-Transportation
-Question words
-Time
Structures:
-Adjectives
-Adverbs
-Nouns
-Possessive pronouns
-Articles
My class starts on Thursday and will be every Tuesday and Thursday from 5-6:30pm and I´m very excited about it!
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Mia, I was so impressed with your description last night of what you're doing at ALPI. It sounds as if the residents there are really hungry for an opportunity to learn about English and that you're filling an important need. More importantly, you have a rare opportunity to make a real difference in the lives of a group of people who have been dealt a bad hand in life. What you're doing there could be the start of something in one of your students' lives that stays with him or her forever. You have a real gift for connecting with people, which is what makes you such a great teacher.
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