Today I went to visit Mr. R’s ESL 10th grade literature class. It was very exciting because I have never had the opportunity to sit in on an English Language Learning class. The students were very friendly and welcoming. Today they read a story called Delicious Death. The story was about a fifteen year old boy who wanted to go hunting with his friends, but his mother was afraid to let him go because he was so young. The story was about eating the food that you kill and thanking a higher power each time you kill food to eat. The goal was to compare and contrast the story with another story they had read last week. In the other story a group of hunters had gone to South America to kill boars for sport. In the end they were killed by the boars. The students discussed the merits of each story and the differences between the two stories. The interesting part of the class for me was that the students who read the poem aloud in English and then discuss the poem in Spanish with Mr. R translating words they did not understand. The process was very interesting to observe. I am glad I had the opportunity!
