The past two weeks I have gotten back into the swing of my teaching assistantship. I have met with the two boys for reading tutoring, as well as my group of 7th graders. With the 7th graders I played Hangman last week and Taboo this week, and all of the students have started participating, even one of the newer girls who is pretty shy. I also met with my American Culture group both weeks. Last week I introduced my group to some of my favorite children's books, including Green Eggs and Ham, Goodnight Moon, and Are You My Mother? Then this week we started watching the movie 10 Things I Hate About You. We got through about 30 minutes of the movie and worked through the basic plot set-up, since it is a bit complicated at the beginning.
Last week I went to Herr Hettig's two 11th grade classes a few times. On the first day I led a discussion with one group about what it means to be British when Britain is so diverse. Then with the second group we split the class into two groups, asking one group to brainstorm ways in which Americans are or are not humble and the other group to do the same except with Germans. The next day I visited that same class and I led a discussion with the half of the class that talked about Americans the day before about the humbleness of Germans and Polish. I also had each student talk about whether or not they or their family are humble, so that everyone participated.
This week I talked to the final 8th grade class about the American school system and answered all the questions they had. I also sat in on Frau Krumrück's 11th grade class as they watched a cartoon version of A Midsummer Night's Dream and filled out a worksheet as they listened to a selection of dialogue taken from the play.
- Amy
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