G'day Mates,
Ok so we didn't write anything yesterday, because we were to drained after our busy lessons so we will just tell you about both days today...
Day 3.
At the beginning of the day we found a bookshop, and brought some grammar and picture books for our students. Like everything else the books were really cheap - we were able to get Harry Potter for only $2. ( although some of the translations are a bit dodge). After planning our lessons we went to the school for our first lesson at 1pm. Elise and I had our university kids first up. It went much better with a planned lesson, we taught them about describing appearances and did some grammar stuff too. They responded really well and laughed at Steph again, especially when I had to correct her spelling on the board. We were really happy that it had gone a bit smoother today and they seemed to enjoy it.
I (Elise) then had my second class, with the youngest and least advanced kids. The planning helped more but I had over estimated how long it would take to teach the material I had, it didnt help that they already had a pretty good idea of what i wanted to teach them. I taught them some of the terms for time like quarter to and past and then taught them opposites. we had fun coming up with different ones and then I got them to draw some opposites which was the best idea ever because its their favourite thing to do! It kept them entertained for quite a while, and then i used games for time fillers which of course they love.
I ( Steph) then had my second class, with my troublesome 5. The planning helped a bit, but they are all just crazy and don't seem to like me very much. I have one student ( Vanna) who is really smart and just goes ahead on his own terms, then i have one girl who puts her head on the desk unless we are playing a game, and in general they are just not interested. I didn't know how to disapline them, and i think everyone else must of had this same problem because they have no manner, by the end of the lesson I just wanted to sit in the corner and alterniatvely scream, and cry.
Then for dinner we went to a place called''The lazy Geko" because Sarah has some weird phobia with gekos ( which are everywhere here) so it was rather amusing. The food was pretty average, but like everywhere else very cheap. When we got home we planned our lessons and then Elise went straight to sleep, where i had difficulty and stayed up doing crunches and squats, thinking how confused Elise would be if she woke up and saw me.
Day 4.
This morning we still got up fairly early even though we didnt have to be at the orphanage until 1. we had breakfast, both had pancakes which were very good, finished our lesson plans and then decided to head to the central markets. We expected them to be similar to the russian markets, largely aimed at tourists, selling cheap dvds, silk, bags, shoes etc. We walked there and when we arrived, saw lots of fruit and veges being sold, so decided to venture in and find the other things they were selling. After walking through a maze of crowded alleys, we found ourselves in the wet market where they sold all the meat and decided to head a different way. WE then came across a few sections selling clothes, but nothing very interesting. Andrew stopped to look at a pair of shoes, and then tried one on, but wasnt overly intersted. suddenly, the lady at the stall had called over to the guy at the next stall and he pulled out a stool and forced andrew to sit down. He put the other size on his foot and had practically decided the deal before andrew even knew what was happening. his thongs were shoved in a plastic bag and he reluctantly handed over the $10. it was quite funny how quickly it all happened, he's not partcularly keen on the shoes.
After that we walked though the fish market, this made us all ill, as live fish were just chilling on the ground and then were suddenly picked up and gutted on block of wood in front of us. Combined with seeing a chicken gutted, we decided to leave. because we thought the markets were going to be diffrent we hadn't really prepared our stomachs for what we were going to see. So afterwards we headed for lunch, i just had icecream because i felt sick, and the other only had half of their meals for the same reason.
Then we headed for the program again - For university class we felt pretty sick but it went really well still. We practised how to pronounce thin and shorts because they reallys struggle with th and sh sounds. steph likes to get them to pronounce words and get louder each time, they seem to find this pretty amusing, but it is really effective. we did some grammar and then more work on appearance, and played a game where they weren't allowed to say yes or no when we asked them about their appearance.
My (elise) class with the kids went fairly well, i had a book about animals and what they can and can't do which i read to them and then we discussed the use of can and can't and wrote down all the rules. At the beginning of the second half i got them to draw tehir favourite animal which was a bad idea because they were distracted for the rest of the lesson and i didnt get much else done. we played some games which are always a hit!
Mine ( Steph) were a little bit better today as i tried some new tactics, but by half time they had still had enough and one of th kids decided it was fun to continually punch me the whole time...enough said.
So to finish our day we had another delightful massage and a lovely dinner. now we're off to plan our lessons for tthe kids calsses. tomorow is a public holiday here so we only have the one class, no uni students, and because its a holiday steph and i are planning on joining our classes for most of the lesson and doing some fun stuff, like those papaer fold out peace dolls. so we'll see how her calss behaves when they're combined with mine!
Goodnight all!
Lots of love
Elise and Steph
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