El Salvador Stories


Restaurant

Today is “Restaurant Day.” Teachers write original skits to practice vocabulary words and phrases related to food and going to a restaurant. Having 12 pairs of performers takes TIME – they were very creative and entertaining. We took some class time to catch up on forms, getting formal names for the certificates, seeing who needed which syllabi for...


Perquin

We were in the van by 6:30am and on our way to Perquin, a beautiful mountain town on the Honduran border. It was the center of the revolution in the civil war. We attended the special mass commemorating 31st anniversary of massacre of over 1000 people including 200 children in El Mozote. We walked in the square and saw an incredible embroidery disp...


Taxi

We made this our day of rest. After a late breakfast I prepared for Mon. classes and did a little sink laundry, and then Cindy and I walked to the nearby cemetery. It is HUGE, laid out in streets and blocks – and very peaceful. There are very old and ornate crypts, and a rainbow of artificial flowers everywhere. It was a good place to discuss relig...


Ice Cream

Cindy did a “cultural note” on the importance of this date, Dec. 7, 1941, to Americans. Vendors and customers prepared for the simulated market. This is a “culminating activity,” meaning the teachers/students have learned vocabulary, practiced skills in handling money and making change, practiced correct pronunciation of numbers, and roll played u...