As you know, your first reflection is due tomorrow (Friday, Jan 28), by midnight. These should be sent to me by email, preferably as a pdf. If you have not yet started your service learning, make sure you send me an email (also by midnight tomorrow) to remind me of that in place of sending a reflection so that you are not penalized for a late reflection!!
In terms of writing, because everyone is volunteering in different places, I like to allow you the freedom to discuss the aspects of your teaching, your knowledge, and your students that you want to. However, I know that it's sometimes hard to come up with what to write, especially the first time. Therefore, I am going to give you a prompt that you can focus on for your writing, if you choose to. Please do not simply answer the questions! The point is for you to use the prompt to guide possible things to write about, and the important thing is that you are discussing what YOU are learning from your volunteer teaching experience.
A possible first prompt: Think about your expectations before your first meeting. How did you feel? Were you nervous or confident? Prepared or worried about what to do? Then think about how the class/session felt to you. Were your expectations met? In what ways? What did you learn about yourself in terms of interacting with students in similar situations or on the first day of class? Were you comfortable with it once you were there? Why or why not? What would you do differently if you could go back and teach that class/session again?
Also, if you have yet to start with a conversation partner, and you want some guidance and possible conversation prompts, here are some of my go-to sites for finding things like that. Feel free to add to them if you have particular favorites of your own!
http://www.eslgold.com/speaking/topics_conversation.html
http://iteslj.org/questions/
http://www.esljunction.com/conversation_questions/
http://www.eslgenius.com/Conversation_Questions.html
http://www.eslpartyland.com/teachers/nov/conv.htm
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