There were only about ten students in class, which is quite low as we usually have over twenty. It was amazing to see how much more we were able to help students in-depth with fewer students in the class. It was nice to be able to spend more that a few seconds with each student before moving onto the next one. Today we worked on an activity in which there is a picture of an old man sitting on a chair, and in pairs, students get to make up a story from the prompts given about the old man. The worksheet called it a poem, and many of the students were unfamiliar with this word. I had a hard time describing what a poem using the limited vocabulary words they know.
Another thing that was difficult for the students was the concept of making things up. They kept motioning me over and asking me questions about the man. I had to tell them repeatedly that they were able to create the man’s story. After a while, they seemed to get the hang of it, and some of the answers were quite amusing. Each class period, the teacher and I try to encourage them to utilize words they don’t know in the class exercises. A picture dictionary is provided for this purpose. At the end of the class period, students read their poems to the class.
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