I
attended the International Center’s Holiday Potluck on Saturday, December 1,
2012 with my conversational partners Edgar and Clare. We met many of our friends there and made new
friends too. This was a great
opportunity to try homemade international food.
I thought it was interesting because the event included a schedule of
activities. First, everyone helped to
hang festive decorations and lay our dishes neatly upon the buffet table. Then, we began playing interesting holiday icebreaker
games. In the first activity, we had a
piece of paper attached to our backs. We
had to ask everyone at the party yes or no questions to try to figure out what
was written on the paper. We had to find
other people that belonged to the same category as the person, place, or thing
written on our back. Many people, myself
included, felt that this game was slightly childish and not necessary, however,
the game turned into humorous chaos and it seemed to really teach many holiday
ideas to the international students. I
think I would enjoy using such a tactic in my classroom.
Clare
and I also enjoyed taking holiday photos in front of the photo booth
decorations. We were provided with
Christmas hats, Fill-in-the-blank Word bubbles, and humorous fake moustache props. This was a great time for everyone involved
and I absolutely loved all the time and effort that went into creating such a
cool holiday environment.
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