Okay so I know a lot of you are angry at me for not updating in a long time, but I've been out of internet for quite a while. I think I left you hanging during my first camp. Since I didnt really take notes during the week, I'll try to give you highlights:
My first camp had 7 new tutors and 1 returning tutor. There was Gabrielle, Matt, Brigid, Emily, Trevor, Rosalie, and Mark (RT). They were all very nice, energetic, and funny, so we had a great time. It was our camp director's first time at an ACLE camp. Her name is Pinuccia, and she was a very excitable, emotional woman. I was considered her translator, although she spoke very well without my help. But there were some tears throughout the week because she couldn't understand what we were saying all of the time. haha poverina.
During this week I taught the Red book (ages 1011). My students were great and were very eager to learn. Names: Gaia, Federica, Mattia, Marco, Michael, Crislaine, Alessia, Giorgia, Camilla, e Stefano. These kids were awesome to have for my first camp. They were generally attitive, except after lunch. But then again I was getting restless then too. During our breaks the girls would always draw on the board and I would frequently come back to a chalkboard of my name decorated in so many different ways. It was such a confidence booster. We had to work on a skit for the Final Show. I'll share with you the summary of our skit (fyi the kids picked the characters and i had to somehow make a story out of it):
Darth Vader kidnaps 1 or 3 princesses with the help of Chewbacca and Hon Solo because he wanted a wife. The other 2 princesses run into Bart and Lisa Simpson who call for help using a magic trumpet. The trumpet calls Scooby Doo and Velma, and together they locate the mothership. They all fight, save the princess, and tell Darth Vader that friends can love you too. They all end in a big group hug.
The kids got really into the play and ended up doing a great job at the show. Other highlights from the week were my trip to Bergamo with my host family, the cookout that Pinuccia had for the tutors and their families, the dinner with other tutors from other camps around the area (i got to see some friends from orientation and Bajardo), Mini-Olympics (My team was named the Yellow Crocodiles), and Safari. Safari is a game that we play with the kids where the tutors pick an animal to be, which is a certain amount of points. The kids then have to caputre the animal and bring them back to the zoo to get points. I was a dog (6 points) and taped a drawing of a dog on my shirt. I was good at first at running away, but they called for backup and I was quickly tackled to the ground. I barked at the kids and was squirming to get away, but again more backup came and I was literally lifted off the ground and was carried by all 4s to the zoo. It was a blast.
My first camp had 7 new tutors and 1 returning tutor. There was Gabrielle, Matt, Brigid, Emily, Trevor, Rosalie, and Mark (RT). They were all very nice, energetic, and funny, so we had a great time. It was our camp director's first time at an ACLE camp. Her name is Pinuccia, and she was a very excitable, emotional woman. I was considered her translator, although she spoke very well without my help. But there were some tears throughout the week because she couldn't understand what we were saying all of the time. haha poverina.
During this week I taught the Red book (ages 1011). My students were great and were very eager to learn. Names: Gaia, Federica, Mattia, Marco, Michael, Crislaine, Alessia, Giorgia, Camilla, e Stefano. These kids were awesome to have for my first camp. They were generally attitive, except after lunch. But then again I was getting restless then too. During our breaks the girls would always draw on the board and I would frequently come back to a chalkboard of my name decorated in so many different ways. It was such a confidence booster. We had to work on a skit for the Final Show. I'll share with you the summary of our skit (fyi the kids picked the characters and i had to somehow make a story out of it):
Darth Vader kidnaps 1 or 3 princesses with the help of Chewbacca and Hon Solo because he wanted a wife. The other 2 princesses run into Bart and Lisa Simpson who call for help using a magic trumpet. The trumpet calls Scooby Doo and Velma, and together they locate the mothership. They all fight, save the princess, and tell Darth Vader that friends can love you too. They all end in a big group hug.
The kids got really into the play and ended up doing a great job at the show. Other highlights from the week were my trip to Bergamo with my host family, the cookout that Pinuccia had for the tutors and their families, the dinner with other tutors from other camps around the area (i got to see some friends from orientation and Bajardo), Mini-Olympics (My team was named the Yellow Crocodiles), and Safari. Safari is a game that we play with the kids where the tutors pick an animal to be, which is a certain amount of points. The kids then have to caputre the animal and bring them back to the zoo to get points. I was a dog (6 points) and taped a drawing of a dog on my shirt. I was good at first at running away, but they called for backup and I was quickly tackled to the ground. I barked at the kids and was squirming to get away, but again more backup came and I was literally lifted off the ground and was carried by all 4s to the zoo. It was a blast.
My host family in Covo. 
Visiting Bergamo for the day.
Tutor Safari - all tutors act as animals.
BBQ with the tutors and their families.
My group of stuents. Such awesome kids!
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