Teaching English, Getting Comfortable

My first week teaching was both challenging and exciting. I have never taught more than one person at a time. Now I am in charge of teaching English to ten students. I have enjoyed my first week with them. They are all really nice and want to learn. The hardest part is that not everyone is at the same English level. I have a couple of students that are fluent and can write but on the other hand, I have students that can barely understand what I am saying.
The second week was much better. The students are starting to loosen up and I am getting more comfortable as their teacher. They really enjoyed the field trip this week. I wanted to show them that English isn't just for the classroom. We will definitely be taking another trip.

*The class is Monday to Thursday from 9:00am to 12:00pm

A brief overview of the past weeks (each week has a theme that I try to incorporate into the

lesson plans and field trips):

Week 1: Game Week

• Monday
• Overview of program
• Icebreaker (get to know your classmates)
• Games:
• Picture, telephone?
• Draw the Picture
• Tuesday
• Lesson on sentence structure, nouns, and verbs that I found online at http://www.instructorweb.com/languagearts.asp
• Wednesday
• Short Story: "Just Once" by Thomas J. Dygard
• Read out loud and discuss with class
• Thursday
• Movie: The Game Plan

Week 2: Career Week

• Monday
• Talk about professions they are interested in
• Activity: look up information about a profession you are interested in and share the results with the class.
• Tuesday
• Talk about elements of a story
• Book report:
• Choose a short book from the library
• Read it and write a report
• Share the results with the class
• Wednesday
• Watch Grey's Anatomy and House
• Thursday
• Field Trip: Visit a veterinary clinic