Today, Jake and I made our own way to the school - without getting lost! We arrived in the Year 7 class with Clive at 9am to observe the class. Clive was telling the students that they will spend time with the Year 6's next week to help them feel better about making the transition from Year 6 to Year 7. Following this, we were scheduled in the Year 8 class. They were learning how to write formal letters, and we were asked to help them with their final drafts if they needed it. A few of the students did need the help, so they brought their copies to us at the back of the room, or asked us to help them at their desks. At 10:50am, we had the Year 9 class, and began our quest with them.
The quest we are doing with each of the 3 classes is so that the students can help us to help them. After telling them they're genre, the students send us on a quest to find things/pictures for them. These things/pictures can be anything they want. Objects, people, places, food, a colour, etc. Jake and myself then go in search of these objects/pictures around Spain. Once we find them, they will then be used to aid the students with their writing.
The first stage of the quest was carried out with the Year 8 and Year 9's today. We separated each class into two groups. One group was with me and one group was with Jake. Jake and I wrote down everything that they would like us to get for them for them to work from.
With the Year 9's, who are doing Horror, we made it clear that what they send us to find does not have to correspond with their genre. A good writer can turn the most un-horror thing into horror. This would be their challenge. Examples of things that they said are: Wolves, Scorpions, something dark purple, shadows, broken mirrors, animal skulls, a rocking horse, needles, blood, a sunny day, statues, someone laughing, a knife, ice-cream, a banana, a puppy, a cow and emojis. One of the boys even said a Rat Kebab. I won't be trying that, but thanks.
The Year 8's, who are doing Mystery, said things such as: old dolls, a time machine, an owl, a crow, fog, a teddy bear, a boomerang, an abandoned city, a calendar with an important date circled, a pink sky, a scar, a safe and footprints. They also gave us some places to visit, such as, Parque del Buen Retiro, Puerta de Alcala, Museo Nacional Del Prado, and, the Penneys.
On the way back from the school, I noticed that the strap of my bag was breaking and, as soon as we got back to our accommodation, it had completely snapped. Only my third day here and I'm already texting my mother for help. Why was I left unsupervised?
Jake had to put all of my things into his bag before we headed into Madrid to meet Phil and Michael. Phil texted us the steps for getting the bus to Madrid, and then getting the metro to Sol, where they would be waiting. Getting the bus was easy enough, but we had a bit of trouble with buying tickets for the metro and finding out where to go to get the right one. We figured it out eventually though, and hopefully now there will be no more problems in the future for getting around. Even got my selfie stick in the metro station!
We christened our new selfie stick with photos with Mickey and Minnie, and then with Phil and Michael in Sol! Soon after this picture was taken, Phil and Michael left us to our own devices. This is the last day that we will see them and then we are completely on our own. Pray for us.
The rest of our day in Sol consisted of Jake and I getting mistaken for a couple, getting a meal in KFC for only 5 euro, and finding pictures for our quests.
We were falling asleep on the bus home, but ended up staying awake to watch The Hannah Montana movie. We're adults, I swear.
We do have photos of our classes with the students, but we are waiting on the school to email us back with permission to put photos of the students on the blog. Hopefully they will be added later!
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