A year in English: speaking, playing, cultural
exchange and having fun.
This year I've
learned a lot from my place in the European Voluntary Service here at the
Montessori school in Würzburg. I've tried to share my enthusiasm for
discovering new things in life. I've worked everywhere in the school, from
swimming and ice skating with the afterschool club, to debates on issues such
as justice and climate change disciples with the FOS (college). I would like to
thank the teachers with whom I had the opportunity to work closely together in
the classroom, thanks for being patient with me when I was new and could not
speak two words of the German language!
Our
first English project: "Casper the Friendly Ghost"
Together with the
4-6 class we watched that old ghost film in English and talked about all the
animals Casper scared away. Afterwards,
everyone took a picture from the movie and everyone wrote a caption describing
the image. Finally, we recorded our own version of this spooky but happy story.
Our
second English Project: The Mystery of the Icelandic Iceland
Once upon a time
there was a precious treasure in a small museum on the island of Iceland.
Unfortunately the
next morning the treasure was missing! Who stole it?
In small groups we
answered this question and finished the story. With a lot of creative thinking
we have decided what the treasurer was, who had stolen it, and if they manged
to escape at the end. One example was that it was an old fossilized alien who
was rescued by Lula, the lighthouse keeper.
Here are pictures of
two other figures from the story. We used these images as inspiration to
describe the drawings in the stories.
English
learning center
In the English base
I've worked with all students from the 4th to 10th class. With the 10th we've
talked about their "Topic-based talks," and I learned a lot about
dancing, graffiti, movies, skateboarding, gymnastics, and India. And with the
9th class we read a very interesting and
motivating story about Nelson Mandela.
Furthermore,
with the 4-6th classes we have learned all about the face and many adjectives
to describe it. We then drew a few faces and played a game where they had to
guess the face that was being described. Here are two examples of our faces
We have written, all
in English, something about where we come from and where we live, our hobbies
and interests, and our inspiration and our dreams.
Roy Clutterbuck
