So trimester two got off to a pretty good start I have to say. For my birthday I got together with my friend zackaria to prepare perhaps the greatest meat roast off this decade. It started with the standard ingredients of mutton, onions and tomatoes and then on top of it I put some southwestern green-beans that I prepared separately. Each part was quite savory, but the totality of the feast was truly something more than the sum of it's parts. I then invited about 9 of my friends to take part in the meal's ingestion. By the end of it we were all quite sated- Not to mention my directeur fronted two cases of beer for the party which was quite the addition.
A part from that I've been a lot more ambitious with my schedule than last trimester. I've split 5ème into 10 groups for individual attention in addition to there allotted time. I've realized that If i want to give them a halfway decent take on the scientific method I have to add more hours to 5ème's schedule. A part from that, I've gone about the business of forming an art club at lanfiera where the kids will have a chance each Saturday to come and do a variety of art projects with me. The first week was origami and it was more of a preliminary thing, while this Saturday will be the first official meeting. We'll be working on drawing in general, and perceptive in particular. They love drawing straight lines with their rulers so I think this will be a natural progression for them.
Besides that I've also taken a little more ownership of what exactly I teach them. As the confidence with my french has improved (and I've acquired more tools) I'm now able to stray a little bit more from the prescribed lessons and teach them material I deem to be important. Obviously if I were teaching 3ème (an examination year) I wouldn't have much flexibility but as it stands I basically can do whatever I want.
A part from that I've been a lot more ambitious with my schedule than last trimester. I've split 5ème into 10 groups for individual attention in addition to there allotted time. I've realized that If i want to give them a halfway decent take on the scientific method I have to add more hours to 5ème's schedule. A part from that, I've gone about the business of forming an art club at lanfiera where the kids will have a chance each Saturday to come and do a variety of art projects with me. The first week was origami and it was more of a preliminary thing, while this Saturday will be the first official meeting. We'll be working on drawing in general, and perceptive in particular. They love drawing straight lines with their rulers so I think this will be a natural progression for them.
Besides that I've also taken a little more ownership of what exactly I teach them. As the confidence with my french has improved (and I've acquired more tools) I'm now able to stray a little bit more from the prescribed lessons and teach them material I deem to be important. Obviously if I were teaching 3ème (an examination year) I wouldn't have much flexibility but as it stands I basically can do whatever I want.
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