A Game of Scrabble

Marty set out in the a.m. before breakfast for a long, long walk – all the way to CarreFour  (4km each way).

Then the three team members met for breakfast and were later joined by Sam.  Karl read his journal. The team expressed their gratitude to Sam for a delightful evening at the taverna in town.

After breakfast, Karl retreated to the library, Marty worked on lesson plans and Cathy ventured out, taking a bus to CarreFour to get some euros.  She met Maria enroute who was kind enough to help out with a ticket. They rode the bus together and at the next bus stop, Sam got on the bus. One or more of us seem to keep bumping into Sam at a bus stop or on the bus!

The students arrived at 5pm.  Marty continued to tutor Alice; Rafaela couldn’t attend today.  Alice continues to amaze Marty with her ability to grasp English.  She is also teaching Marty Greek.

Cathy and Karl decided to work together with the high school students.  Karl interviewed Maria, using the matrix he developed for the other students.  Cathy created a game using the word “Gingerbread”.  The students had to write as many words as possible using the letters from the word gingerbread.  Gabriella won the game but it was a close call.

The competition continued with a game of Scrabble. It was competitive, animated and fun.  Anthony was the winner and tomorrow there will be a playoff to see if he can maintain his lead.  As an added bonus, Karl was introduced to the game of scrabble and we think he enjoyed it. 

After the Scrabble competition, Cathy tutored the hotel staff in English – a nightly event.  They are grasping English very quickly.  Karl and Marty tutored Maria and Nick.

All in all, it was a great day.