Thoughts -----Aug 3, Tuesday -
I walked to the school with my host little brother, Matia. It's a short 8 minutes steep walk down the mountain side. I say Hello to everyone I meet inside the school. Monica, the English teacher, greets me wisking me to our first classroom.
Aug 4, Wednesday - School day 2 week 1 - Cold, Cold, windy day. Here is how my day went.
Today is my second day at school. In this Liceo the school hours encompass from 8:15am to 5pm. The schedule premits students enrichment and some have English class until 5pm on Wednesdays. Also, students are not left idle at home if they let out too early.
Yesterday and today I have been collaborating with the English teacher in each of her classes. For example, the English teacher and I deviced a listening lesson yesterday after school. Then, in just a few minutes we typed it up before the class started today.
Last night, I created two power points that cover aspects about myself as part of my introduction to our classes. One was in English the other in Spanish. Both were an overview of where I was born (Puerto Rico) and of Orlando, Florida where I live. It went super well, as the students really engaged in listening and speaking about its content. These are the two communicative areas that I am supposed to help with as part of the government's program and guidelines.
Tomorrow Friday, I will not be assisting class since I will be doing my Temporary Residence papers. The Ministry allowed us volunteers a One year Temporary Resident Visa. Later, I will need to follow up on the rest of the process and register in my town of Zapallar.
My host mom and I are going to Vina del Mar to do another part of the process. While there, she and I will also shop for items we need and for birthday party items for Matia (my little host brother). The trip to Vina is a 2 1/2 hour trip because in Zapallar (it's a resort town) there are no shopping stores. The town mainly has a few grocery type places. People here go to another town called La Ligua or to Vina del Mar to shop.
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