First day of Class!

Today was our first day of really teaching, last Friday we just had a day where we had them read, write and speak to figure out what level they are at.  Last night we stayed in and stayed up late expanding our lesson plans and figuring out exactly what to do and teach.... looks like this is going to be alot of work! Being a teacher is a lot of responsibility, but I am definitely excited to get going and getting to know my students :)

We split up our class into three levels: beginner, intermediate, and advanced.  I'm doing the advanced group with Meredith, and we have a really big range of ages in our group. We have students as young as about 15 or 16, and we even have 40-something year old university professor! It's crazy and exciting to think that someone so educated is taking our class, guess she must really have faith in us!

Class went very well today though.  The people in our group were very interested in learning and were soo friendly.  They participated in everything, and seem to genuinly want to do all they can to learn.  After our class we have an "optional interaction time" where people can stay longer and get extra help, or just spend time talking and practicing their english.  Only two girls initially stayed today, so we went with them to what they said is the most famous bakery in Terceira and I got a galão and their most famous pastry (forgot the name!).  A few more students met us there, and we spent quite a while talking with them in English about all kinds of things.  They are really excited about telling us about the island and places that we should visit, so it looks like we'll be helping each other a lot!