Where in the world

Today’s topic was traveling. The questions alternated between "have you" and "would you like to":
• Have you been to South America?
• Would you like to travel to Antarctica?
• Have you seen the Pacific Ocean?

We used the globe to point out various countries and continents. Nearly everyone decided they wouldn’t like to visit Antarctica expect for Aziza and me. Many cited the cold weather as their reason, but Aziza was determined to see the wildlife. It was interesting because sometimes the students didn’t grasp the concept of imagining, in that they thought that they had to answer based on if they had the financial means to travel to that place at this time. I had to explain to them that we were only thinking in theory and that it didn’t matter if we literally were able to go to those places.

One thing that impacted me was when the students were asked if the weather in the north and south poles was hot or cold. Some students repeatedly answered hot for one of the poles. It was a good reminder of the disparate previous educational backgrounds of the students in my class.