I got up at 9am, so I could prepare for my 10:45am class. I decided to review the days of the week (sing the song from last class), teach them “How old are you?” and then practice conversations. Overall it went pretty well, although they have a lot of trouble pronouncing “How old are you?” Next time we’ll have to review numbers as well! At the end I let them work on the coloring project from last class. Of course there were those who finished really quickly, so I had prepared a coloring page of an American school bus. They don’t exist here, so it’s kinda cool for them. They were excited because it was for them to keep, not to glue in their English books. ;)
I had lunch (soup and a sandwich) with Catherine at home, before heading to the other school on my bike. I’ve been really, really lucky with the weather! Today it was sunny and about 60ºF—perfect for biking!
Both classes went okay…not amazing, but not too awful. The older class is going to have a test on nationalities and talking about where they come from next Thursday, so we tried to review for that. There are a few who totally get it, some that kinda get it, and a few who don’t get it at all…yep, that’s normal! But, frustrating all the same!
After class, I was done with teaching for the day! I stopped at the supermarket to pick up the ingredients for Pecan Fingers (a classic family cookie!), so I could make them this afternoon. When I got home, I made the first part (it has a shortbread bottom, with a pecan mixture on top) and popped it in the oven. Unfortunately the oven doesn’t work that well (especially on the bottom), so I had to wait a long time… I was about to start mixing the top part when I realized that we only had one egg, so I quickly shut off the oven and hopped on my bike. It’s so nice to have a little grocery store within 2 mins biking distance! In the end, my pecan fingers had to cook for a really long time and they were very gooey. I eventually gave up cooking them and they taste just great—it’s the texture that’s not normal.
Margot and I had tea when she got home from school and then I worked on planning tomorrow’s classes for a while. Around 7pm, I went down to start dinner. It was really simple—pizza (frozen) and salad. The frozen pizzas here are actually really good (unlike most that I’ve had in the US) and Catherine gets the kind with pesto goat cheese on top. YUM! Margot helped me get dinner ready and we even had about 15 mins to watch “Dr. Quinn” before it was time to eat!
After dinner I watched “Un bébé noir dans un couffin blanc”—rough translation: “A black baby in a white bassinette.” It was about a white couple who had a black baby (due to the mom having some ancestor who was black). Of course when the baby was born, the mom was accused of cheating (duh) and everyone in their town was talking about it. The movie was pretty good and the baby was adorable. :)
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