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domingo, 20 de septiembre de 2015

Third Class (Second Period)

Describe
I was writing the date and the agenda on the board, and some Ss were talking about a homework assignment they had. The environment was great as the previous classes; the Ss were friendly as always. The seating arrangement was in the horse shoe style, and the materials that I used were worksheets for writing exercises, a chart for explaining the grammar part (some and any; affirmative, negative and question form) and some pictures for a story telling in the free activity.

(Analyze)
Plan Action
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Generalize

At the beginning, I was under pressure since I had to do it better than the second class. However; little by little, I felt more comfortable. I saw that the Ss got what I explained.

I think that I explained as clear as possible the use of some and any with examples, and the activities that I did in the class.

Giving examples is something really important because if Ss do not get the topic with just the grammar explanation; they can get it through the examples.  

When I asked the Ss, they answered in the way that I was expecting. I could see that they were able to go to the next practice.

Based on what I already know about variety of activities, I saw that the Ss were enjoying the activities.

Based on what I observed, I think students generally got the explanation, and I could see it through the responses of the activities.  

I believe that any and some is not something difficult for the Ss because they made an effort for using them in the best way.

So, in the future, I will be more relaxed. Sometimes, I worry too much about the class and I don’t enjoy it.  

In future lessons, I will apply variety of activities since this really works for maintaining the Ss active all the time.

The next time I teach this lesson, I will ask the Ss to share the storytelling in pairs since I just asked some of them to pass to the front because of the time.

In future experiences I will also include speaking activities. I could see that the Ss always enjoy talking and sharing with others.

sábado, 12 de septiembre de 2015

Second Teaching (Second preriod)

Describe
I could see that some Ss were eating in the classroom, and I was preparing the materials that I was going to use.  Some Ss were in the classroom on time and the others arrived 5 minutes late. The environment was really good as the first class. The seating arrangement was in the traditional way because of the space.  I used a baby bottle for the warm up activity that is called spin the bottle for reviewing the phrasal verbs of the last class. Then, for the presentation, I gave a reading in which Ss had to underline the phrasal verbs they find. After that, I used some pictures and concepts for doing a matching activity, and I explained the meaning of each phrasal verb. And then, some worksheets for the other activities.
(Analyze)
Plan Action
Interpret
Generalize

I used a reading activity, and it worked really great. I think that readings are important since they refresh Ss’ minds, and also, they worked well when we want to introduce a topic.

Also, I used a matching activity. I told the Ss to come to the front and match the pictures with the concepts. Ss’ responses were great since I had a lot of participations.   

I think that encouraging the Ss is something that we have to keep in mind in every class since that catches Ss attention since the beginning.  

Ss are active if we maintain them active since the beginning of the class.

Based on what I already know about speaking activities, I can say that they really work in the classroom, and Ss do not get bored.

Based on what I observed, I think students generally got phrasal verbs I could see that they used them in the writing and speaking activities, and they did it really great.

I believe that speaking activities can help student learning because they put in practice the vocabulary that was given in the class, and in that way we can know if they are able to use it in the appropriate way when they speak.

So, in the future, I will give a variety of activities for make the Ss practice a lot in many different ways.

In future lessons, I will prepare the examples that I will give because in this class, I was hesitating a little bit.

The next time I teach this lesson, I will be careful with the time sometimes; I feel that I’m running with the last activity.

In future experiences I will also include readings. I could see that they are important for Ss to remember how to write some words.

sábado, 5 de septiembre de 2015

First teaching (Second Period)

Describe
When I was in the classroom, I saw some Ss there. They were talking about a presentation they had in another class. I was writing on the board the agenda and the objective. The environment was great the Ss made me feel comfortable. The seating arrangement was in the traditional way because of the space of the classroom that is small. I used a small teddy bear for playing the hot potato, a chart for explaining grammar (past continuous related with parts of a car) pieces of paper for unscramble sentences and markers for the free activity.

(Analyze)
Plan Action
Interpret
Generalize

In the warm up, I developed the hot potato for reviewing the topic of the last class. I played music, and the Ss had fun with the activity.

Teaching the past continuous is not difficult. However, the vocabulary about cars was a challenge because it was new for me.
  

This may help Ss learning since it increases their vocabulary. Now, Ss not only know about what contains a house also they know about cars.

Based on what I already know about speaking activities, they are important when you want your Ss to practice their speaking skills. However, written activities are important since they practice the grammar part.

Based on what I observed, I think students generally got what I explained, and I felt happy for their reactions

I believe that I could do a better job since I got nervous. It was my first time with them, and I was thinking about their reactions. When I gave my explanation about vocabulary, I just did it once. I think That I could give them more examples about each word.

So, in the future, I will give more examples in the vocabulary for being sure if Ss got some words.

In future lessons, I will make some speaking activities in order to practice the vocabulary taught.

The next time I teach this lesson, I will use funny activities I could notice that they enjoy and at the same time, they put in practice what they saw in the class.

In future experiences I will use a variety of activities because of the time I just did three. Also, I will control the time.