teachin'

So, teaching English to French 6-7 year olds is really, really hard.

Especially when a) you barely speak French b) it's their last class of the day.

My teaching partner and I had our most coherent lesson plan of 'Food Bingo' made out and went in there with a little less dread than usual, however about 2 of the students understood the concept of bingo and just x'd out pictures at random and screamed "BANAN, BANAN!" We kept playing because our favorite student, who informed me she lived in Louisiana for 4 years, was having a great time. She's naturally our favorite because she's that girl that bounces in her seat with excitement when she knows an answer and helps us control the wild ones.

The best part of the lesson was when we handed out a picture of Massachusetts to explain where my partner was from and told them to color it in with red white and blue to represent America! (We're just that patriotic) Again, a few students were confused, a few enthusiastic about it and the rest drew French flags inside the state of Massachusetts. Haha, it was a mega failure, except for our little English prodigy who drew a billowing American flag inside of the state. We should have probably known better than to introduce the state with the longest name ever.

After coloring we pretty much lost them (and ran out of things to talk about) so we asked them if they knew what kind of animals lived in Massachusetts. First of all, I don't even know what kind of animals live in Massachusetts...but I had to try not to pee my pants when all of the answers were zebras, gazelles and crocodiles. I get to teach them about the great state of Illinois, any recommendations? If all else fails I think I'm going to resort to showing them juicycampus.com and letting them in on all of the gossip about the KDs. I think I could probably have a whole lesson on the significance of PIKENATION. I think the boy with the rat tail that throws paper airplanes could really relate. Haha, am I a horrible teacher for making fun of my students? Maybe. WhOoPs!