Class Dinner

 Class Dinner

This week we were able to go on a class field trip for the beginner students. We met up as a class and walked down the street to a local Italian restaurant. By this point in the semester (the last week) the students had grown accustomed to having me around and we all happily talked about our hobbies and work on the way. We showed up early before the evening rush, to try to eliminate any extra background noise that might make hearing the waiter difficult. 

We worked with students to study the menu and decide which foods they like from the selection, a lot of dishes they had never tried, so we made our recommendations based off what we worked on in class. We had done activities talking about our favorite foods etc. All students this day were Spanish L1, so they worked as a group to help each other and we just supervised and made our recommendations as were needed. Everyone practiced their orders with both teachers before we called over the waiter. Dinner went smoothly and everyone had a great time. Afterwards we all stopped back at the classroom to pass out cake and sing happy birthday for one of the students! The students request had been a pineapple tres leches cake, and it was delicious. It had been a good semester for them all and it was a great way to have the last class before breaking for a few weeks. 

Below is an image of the restaurant's menu, which myself and Mrs. Kolcun used to introduce different foods to the students, who had not seen many of the dishes. Learning new words takes on a new meaning when you get to eat it.