Teaching!

I got to teach today!!! The kids were really nervous speaking to me. We feel like rock stars here because they get so excited ad nervous to speak to us. I wish my own students were as excited for me to teach them.

After talking with my host English teacher, Charlotte, we decided I could lead teach the Pardoner's Tale by Chaucer. Philippines English curriculum contains many Western Works of Literature, so I was able to jump right in with a lesson. I followed the format of the other classes I had observed. Start with a focus activity; give some direct instruction, and have them answer questions in groups. Then each group should share and discuss with the class.

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The students were so excited that sometimes I had to reign them in to make sure that they were learning from me. I wonder how long it would take for me to teach in the Philippines before they treated me as an ordinary teacher.  At this point, I think they view the culture of the US and anything American as something that they are very familiar with because of television, but also something difficult to grasp in the ordinary and everyday.