Our students for the past 6 weeks were incredible. We had a full class of 10 students, who were all devoted to learning English. Their hard work was reflected in their exam scores. Krysta and I are proud to say the least. Our students learned how to introduce themselves, give personal information, say the date, use simple present of "to be", describe their surroundings and each other, etc. One of our objectives for the course was to engage students and teach them about United States culture.
With that in mind, our end-of-course fiesta was New Orleans themed. I gave a lesson on jazz music, cajun food, and Mardi Gras. Thanks to a recipe and plastic babies from Mama Booe, I was able to make King Cake for our class. Though it was a painstaking process (and took probably 5 hours in total), it was well worth it, and our class LOVED searching for the baby. After they found the baby, they named it "Gastoncito" (little Gaston) after one of the students in the class. They crack me up, and there is never a dull moment in the class. Our adults are so eager to continue learning how to speak English; their enthusiasm makes it an easy and rewarding job.
My first King Cake!
Finished Product
Silly students...
Some of our students-- THEY'RE AWESOME!!!!!
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