17 – 28 November 2013
On Sunday,
17 November 2013, I got to sleep in and chat with my parents. I also worked on
my lesson plans and the community project.
On Monday,
18 November 2013, I went to Russian for 3 hours. After lunch, I had individual
and pair tutoring before a community project update, where we outlined the plan
our workshop. I did a lot of home task, had dinner with my host-family, and
read for a bit before dinner.
On Tuesday,
19 November 2013, I taught a double lesson on recycling and writing letters to
the editor. After that, we had a technical session, lunch, and 3 hours of
Russian. I walked back to my host-family’s flat, where I did my home task,
outlined a lesson, had dinner with my host-family, and read before going to
bed.
On
Wednesday, 20 November 2013, I had 3 hours of Russian, and a long break before
another community project update. There, we planned our workshop. I walked back
to the flat, had dinner with my host-family, planned a lesson, made materials
for a lesson, did my home task, and read before going to bed.
On
Thursday, 21 November 2013, I got to observe the first Demo Lesson – a lesson
that everyone observes, so that they can see what works for what classes. I got
to observe the 6th form, who were learning about household items. They are a
very energetic group. After that, I observed a double 9th form lesson on
various global problems – earthquakes, pollutions, etc. Then, I got to teach me
Demo, where I had a review lesson. I had them review a lot of vocab, and then
had them play reverse Jeopardy! – I gave them the answer, they had to do
something with it. My students enjoyed the class. After that, we had a debrief,
where we talked about our demo lessons, before heading to lunch and 3 hours of Russian.
After class, I went back to the flat, had dinner with my host-family, and did
my home task.
On Friday,
22 November 2013, I had 3 hours of Russian. It was M’s birthday, so some of the
activities were tailored to his interests – movies. I also had 30 minutes of
pair-tutoring (which is still torture and still doesn’t work), before having a
long gap, where I was able to do most of my home task. After everyone finished
their tutorings, we saw Oblivion,
which is just as good on the second watching. Everyone seemed to enjoy it.
On
Saturday, 23 November 2013, we had a link tech session, where we went over our
counterparts and interaction with them. We then had a week debrief, and an X/C
session, where we talked about Holidays, Humour, and Slang. It was the Doctor
Who 50th Anniversary special, so I stayed off of Facebook until I was able to
see the episode. I spent the afternoon and evening reviewing Russian, and had dinner with
my host-family.
On Sunday,
24 November 2013, I was able to sleep in. I bought the episode, but didn’t
watch it until that evening. I did my home task, planned a lesson, made
materials for my lesson, and reviewed my Russian some more. I had dinner with
my host-family, watched my anniversary special, and read a bit before going to
bed.
On Monday,
25 November 2013, I had 3 hours of Russian, before individual and pair
tutoring. After that, I had a community project update, where we talked about
what we needed for our workshop, and on our “Readiness to serve form.” I
completed and submitted the form, had dinner with my host-family, and did a lot
of home task.
On Tuesday,
26 November 2013, I observed 2 Demos (9th form and 7th form), before
co-teaching a class on the next section of The
Hound of the Baskervilles. I had the students play two games: Who am I? and
Taboo (which they played with full rules). They did really well and had a lot
of fun. After that, we had a tech session (Vl from the PC came down to talk
about electrical safety) about how to negotiate our workload at site. We then
had a debrief of the day. After lunch, we had 3 hours of Russian. After that, I
walked back to the flat, had dinner with my host-family, and spent several
hours doing home task.
On
Wednesday, 27 November 2013, I had 3 hours of Russian before a 3 hour gap
before a run-through of our workshop. I was able to do some of my home task and
plan my lesson during the break. We had a good run-through, as we figured out
what we were going to say the next day.
On
Thursday, 28 November 2013, I observed the last demo lesson, and co-taught the
second half of the double, before teaching my final lesson. I had went over
their home task (H.O.U.N.D.), and then into the next unit – man-made wonders
and the passive voice. I had them read dialogues, then went over vocab words,
before we played a game of Who am I? over various landmarks. After class, we
had our workshop, which I think went over very well. The teachers seemed to
like it. After the workshop, we had tea with the teachers, who wanted to know
about where and when we are going to our permanent sites. After tea, we had
lunch, and got started on 2 hours of Russian. We had 2 hours because it was
Thanksgiving, and we could watch a movie if we wanted to. After class, I had
some pair tutoring, and then walked back to the flat. I got to video-chat with
my parents for a bit, as they had the day off. Took the night off, as I didn’t have
class the next day. We all took our one personal day to relax after our
workshop and before our LPI.
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