The end of yesterday was great! I was able to get into a class where I could help students. Their assignment was to read a book that was also made into a movie and compare the similarities and differences. I helped one student brainstorm an idea for her introductory paragraph. I helped two students who had read the same book, brainstorm ideas on how the movie and book were similar. The last student translated his essay in order for me to see if he could add anything. It was nice to be in a class where i understood what was going on.

When i was in the other classes I was able to get an idea of what it would be like to be an ELL learner in my own classroom. It was hard to concentrate, I was searching for clues to understand what was going on and it was uncomfortable at times. This experience has been very helpful to understand how some of my students may feel. Even the culture shock i experience the first couple days allows me to relate to my students from out of Canada.