Giving My First English Class

Today, at my Spanish school.... I gave my first real English class outside of the TEFL school.  During our break at 10:30, the director told me that he wanted me to teach a class for the professoras at 1:30.  He said that he wanted it to be on questions and the present continuous tense.  Luckily, I had done that lesson in my TEFL class and I had the lesson plan on my flashdrive in my backpack.  Good thinking, carrying the lesson plan flashdrive around with me.  You never know when you may need a spontaneous English lesson - haha... like Mary Poppins, but with a flashdrive instead of a suitcase.

So, I had one hour to eat my measly lunch snack comprised of crackers and cheese... (the same lunch I had yesterday on the bus on the way to the funeral) and to plan.  I need to start bringing better lunches as it seems I never have time to get food.

I taught the class to the three teachers and they loved it!  It was so much fun and I felt so well prepared.  It was smooth and I adjusted to what they needed to practice and the 50 minutes were over in no time.  They took good notes, asked good questions, and made errors that I was able to correct.  They all said that they wanted it to happen again tomorrow and I told them to tell the Director that.  They practiced asking for the class in English and that made me happy :]  We'll see what happens (what he wants to do), but I couldn't have asked for a better start.  There could be no better class to teach than an eager class of good friends; it is also awesome that they already understand the grammatical structure and words from teaching Spanish.  I'm hooked.