Second Teaching (Third Period)

Describe I was writing the agenda for starting the class, (Passive voice) and the Ss were talking about personal things. In that moment, I had just six boys. So, I had to start the class with those boys. The environment was really great in the class; the seating arrangement was in the traditional way; the Ss really cooperated in the class as always. I developed the broken telephone as the warm up, and after that, I did a brain-storming. Then,  I used worksheets and some pictures. I just had to do speaking activities. The hot potato for practicing the structure of passive voice, some pictures (they had to describe the pictures in the passive voice), and a photo gallery.
(Analyze)		Plan Action
Interpret	Generalize
Passive voice is not an easy topic. You have to be really prepared, and if it’s necessary study the topic again for clarify Ss’ doubts.   I think that sometimes make the Ss practice the passive voice is difficult because they speak in the most easy way. However, I had to look for activities in which I had to be almost sure that they had to be able to practice it.   I think that looking for adequate speaking activities for passive voice is something indispensable since you have to be almost sure the Ss have to practice it: if not, they will speak in the way they want.    Practicing the passive voice is really great for those Ss because I could see that they really liked to practice it.	Based on what I already know about passive voice, I think that it is not something easy to explain. Also, this was a challenge for me. Based on what I observed, I think students generally practice the passive voice in the way that I expected.   I believe that passive voice can help student learning because they will be able to use it the times they want. I mean, they can see different ways to speak and write the foreign language.	So, in the future, I will memorize names. I didn’t know the Ss’ names. In future lessons, I will teach with charts. They are really helpful.   The next time I teach this lesson, I will explain the grammar in an easier way. I think that we have to start explaining something with simple sentences.   In future experiences, I will also include more writing activities.