Emily TS #16

Date/ Time: 4 May 2017 @ 7 PM

Location:  Tallahassee, FL

While working with Kavira over the past few weeks has presented me with an interesting learning curve, it was quite sad to see our final session come to a close. This week we focused on creating sentences. Whenever Kavira speaks freely she is more than capable of creating long, complete sentences, but when I ask her pointed questions she becomes monosyllabic. So, this week I introduced Kavira to the concept of nouns, verbs, and adjectives. I showed her a kid’s ESL video and wrote down some example words, such as “I,” “me,” “dog,” “run,” and so on, on our chalk boards; creating defined categories for nouns, verbs, and adjectives along the way. Then I had Kavira pick  a word from each word bank and create a sentence. Slowly, I would add more words and have her add a noun or adjective to the original sentence. For example, Kavira would at first write, “the dog runs” and then add an adjective like “brown” to the sentence. It took her a bit, but she caught on eventually and had fun creating silly sentences. Teaching Kavira over the past few weeks has definitely taught me the value of patience and creativity, and I have walked away with an even greater respect for ESL teachers who work primarily with younger children.