23, March 2010: Teaching class #6

Bonjour!

Today was our group's last day teaching at the elementary school. We started off with the girls asking us any specific questions they had. We got requests for certain words like "project" and even some common expressions like "It's raining cats and dogs." I think they were all eager to impress their other teachers with french phrases they learned. Then I went over body parts again in order to play Twister. However, this time I tried to go more in depth and go over vocabulary other than just hands and feet. I also did a quick review of colors and left/right just to make sure they remembered. I was very happy to see how quickly it all came back to them! Most of the color and other Twister vocabulary they had not seen since our very first class in February. Once we did this short review we actually played the game and they all did a great job and picked up on the french directions very quickly. I think they had a lot of fun!

After the game, we sang L'Alouette together. They seemed a little shy at first but once they heard us college students trying to sing it too, and once everyone began memorizing the words, we were all able to join in together. I think every one's favorite part was of course, the "French feast" we had brought. This was definitely my favorite part! We brought in all sorts of French food, like French cheeses, bread, nutella, madelaines, truffles, cake, and a special African dish made with plantains and chicken. Everything was excellent! I was happy that the girls tried everything and enjoyed what we brought.
Also as a surprise, at the very end, we handed out special graduation certificates with each student's name and a CD of the French songs for them to take home. I think they were very pleased with these.
I was sorry that this was our last class but I was very happy with the program and very proud of the girls. I hope they enjoyed it as much as I did!