Hi Everyone,
John, Linda, Theresa and Merlene. Thanks a lot for your input. It was very helpful. My tour for tutoring my particular group is ending soon. The original tutor should be back by the beginning of December. Boo hoo. I was really bonding with these ladies. But I am sure Ken and I will be able to come up with another exciting assignment.
John, I like your "sinking ship and deserted island" exercise and was also impressed by the list that came out of it. You mentioned that sometimes your group goes as high as 10 students. Is that more difficult to manage? And what would you consider the ideal size? Theresa, I like the idea that you are introducing more difficult words to your group, such as intimidating. I just assigned egregious and chaperone to mine recently. And there were quite a few groans from the students about that. But I figure books are not just made up of simple words. It certainly can't hurt for them to learn a few big ones. In fact, I dare say it would be "egregious" if they didn't. (tee hee.). Merlene, I really liked the way you called your group a family. I look at my group like that too.
It is amazing to me how dedicated these students are. They come in all kinds of weather and no matter how bad the transit system is. They may come late, but by Jove, they're there! The enthusiasm to learn how to read is quite high. I happened to arrive during the registering of new literacy students and could barely enter the building because of the crush of people, some pushing, others shoving to get inside. The last time I saw something like that, Macy's was having a HUGE sale.
Well I have to skedaddle. Tomorrow we will be reading about the tsetse fly and going over our word lists.
I hope everybody has a Happy Thanksgiving and I also hope to see everyone at the ALC annual Holiday/Winter Party Tuesday, Dec. 14th, 5 p.m. to 8 p.m.
Cheers.
Tania
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