First Day Teaching!

So, yesterday was just like any other school day. I came to school went to class a few times, then had lots of break time before finally heading back to the village. After school, I walked home with this girl that told me she had 2 other CMU student teachers before. She was your typical high school girl. She talked my ear off. I couldn't keep up either. She was talking so fast. I am guessing that is what the other students who have walked to and from school with me think about me. I do like to talk. She didn't give me much time. During break time yesterday, I sat and talked with a student from India. She shared a lot with me about her culture and compared it to the culture in Ghana. She was very detailed. I really enjoyed talking with her. She told me how she hates how much rice people eat here. :) Once I got back to the village, I sat outside and talked with some of the other girls. We had a guy come over and fix the internet. It has not really worked at the village regularly. I think they are trying to make it more regular for us, although I think the group con census is that we don't need it all the time. But, this guy came to fix it and said it was fixed, then he left and the internet has been in and out since then. We lost power a few times last night, and when we lose power, we lose internet too. Usually at night we can get internet, but last night I could not. Dinner was pretty good last night. We had fried fish, some rice, and some coleslaw. It was nice to eat some fish with no head, tail, scales, teeth, or eyes.(At school when they serve fish with eyes and all that jazz, I do not eat it.) After dinner, I went back to my room to finish up my lesson plans. Today was my first day teaching. I am teaching two different classes. There are both first year classes. Some of the students are in both sections. In the section I already thought, I was teaching English, specifically about comparing and contrasting. First, I did an ice breaker activity. I learned their names, took pictures (so I can hopefully learn the names faster), and they were given different color pieces of paper. Each different color represented a different question. After the students told me their name and answered the question, I allowed them to ask me a question. To my surprise, there were just typical questions. Some were off the wall, like asking me if I am engaged. She didn't ask if I was dating or married, just engaged. After I talked to each student, we moved on to the actual lesson. To introduce the comparing and contrasting idea, I showed the class a picture of my dogs, Max and Paris. (Oh, one of the students asked me if I had any pets, which was a perfect connection to the actual lesson! Loved that!) The students worked in pairs to make a list of similarities and differences between Max and Paris. Then we talked about them before reading two stories and comparing and contrasting the two ladies of the stories. Finally, I gave the students an individual assignment, which asked them to write a paper comparing and contrasting their favorite musician and favorite movie actor/actress. The students LOVED this. I was pretty sure that the students are not given a chance to expresses their interests in their work, so I figured they would like the assignment. I did not anticipate them being this excited. I enjoyed it. So, that is that. Right now, I am just hanging out, waiting for the next lesson. I am not really looking forward to this one. I have to teach part of Act 2 of  Shakespeare's "Much Ado About Nothing." I don't mind reading the plays, I am just not sure how well I am teach them. I hope there are not a lot of questions!