Actually in the Classroom

I now have two days of teaching under my belt!  Yesterday we all had to attempt a young learners lesson.  We were split into four classrooms and everyone had half an hour to try and get through a lesson plan with 38 six year olds.  It pretty much felt like being thrown into a shark tank.  Apparently the kids were only there so that we could practice and were actually on their summer vacation.  Needless to say, it was difficult.  Everyone made it through without breaking down and we are all better for it.
Today, we each had to conduct a basic lesson plan with thirteen year olds.  They were ten times more well-behaved than the little ones, which made today much less stressful.  It was still pretty challenging because there were 48 of them in the classroom and no matter what, it's hard to make everyone pay attention to you without feeling like you are yelling.  The classrooms are really noisy: a combination of 48 students and no real windows or doors.  They're also quite hot; there are fans going, but when you're up there and no one's responding to your question it's hard not to sweat.  That being said, I think today went pretty well!  Tomorrow I have to do a listening lesson plan with 50 fourteen year olds, I'll let you know how it goes...