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    Language Buddies

    Today during class the students were paired up to begin work on an essay assignment. In this project, students had information on one of two famous figures and asked questions about their partner's figure. I was assigned to help two girls work on it. It was fairly difficult for one girl, as some words were too advanced for her. Usually, I could tell when this would happen and help to explain their definitions. They also had some trouble with sentence structure, so that was my main focus to help on. Although it was a difficult assignment, I think it is a very helpful way to better reading, writing, and listening skills.

    Gave 1.00 hour on 12/05/2018 with Gustavus Adolphus College
    Language Buddies

    We began class with quickly finishing up a project they were working on the day before. After that, we all gathered around in a circle to start a short novel. Since there were some newer students in the group, the teacher went over the basics of how the class reads through a book together. We read the first chapter, with the kids taking turns reading aloud. The book was fairly challenging for about half of the students, but we decided to continue reading through it. Honestly, it was really nice to sit and have story time, it reminded me of when I was at the beginning level of Spanish.

    Gave 1.00 hour on 11/28/2018 with Fall18-SPA-320-001 Latin American Culture, Gustavus Adolphus College

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    Language Buddies

    Today in class they started a project about food from different regions, and specifically the country or region they're from. I helped mostly with the initial creation of the slide and helped them copy and paste things. They didn't get too far, they mostly focused on getting things started. I didn't realize how many different nationalities were in the class, so that was really cool to figure out! It was also cool to see the beginning of their powerpoints and learn about different breakfasts foods from around the world!

    Gave 1.00 hour on 11/14/2018 with Gustavus Adolphus College

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    Language Buddies

    Today was a bit of a hectic day because it was the first day of their term. We spend the first part of class just handing back papers, and then afterward they began reading in a new chapter. The kids were also super rowdy, so it was hard to get anything done. The only noteworthy thing I did today was helping a girl with the reading and then chatting with some of the students in the free time.

    Gave 1.00 hour on 11/06/2018 with Gustavus Adolphus College
    Language Buddies

    Today in class I helped the students finish a paragraph long paper about gender stereotypes. The paragraph asked for the students to come up with a definition, give examples and a picture, and explain in what ways they break these stereotypes. I helped with generating ideas for examples as well as ways they break the stereotypes, in addition to helping with general grammar and spelling questions. Afterward, I talked with some of the students about movies and sports, and then we began watching a movie about the youth in Baltimore Maryland and the incredible influence of the ghetto on their high school experience, and about a program where 20 young students are sponsored to learn in Kenya for 2 years. It seems like it will be a very interesting and informative movie for these kids to watch.

    Gave 1.00 hour on 10/31/2018 with Gustavus Adolphus College

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    Fall18-SPA-320-001 Latin American Culture

    Today was my second day helping out at the high school. They started the class again with two grammatically incorrect sentences which they fixed and read aloud as a class, and then we moved onto the learning topic of the day. They were learning about International Day of the Girl Child and stereotypes of men and women. We watched two videos on the topic, read a short paragraph, and defined the difficult words. I helped by reading the hard words and presenting with the teacher on the gender stereotypes, which was fun! I am not too involved directly in the class, but I think I will become more integrated into the lesson plans throughout the semester.

    Gave 1.00 hour on 10/16/2018 with Gustavus Adolphus College, Language Buddies