Hello my dear and lovely chickens!!!!!!!
I already finished with my second practice in the Intermediate group.
Today in my class, I started with a great warm up which name was “backs to the board”.
That game was like the same we did in the presentation with Maritza but I made some changes and I adapted the activity with the class, so I was a nice to introduce the class.
I taught the topic of gerunds and infinitives with was not that difficult when I checked the lesson plan but in the real practice with the some students I realized that I need to be very careful to explain about some details because for some of the students the topic can be a little bit complicate.
In the feedback my tutor teacher told me that in this kind of topics the practice is one of the main points at the time of teaching.
In the second part of the class, I brought some examples about the verbs that can help the students to identify whether they can use gerunds or infinitives in a sentence, and they were taking notes about everything, so that told me how much interest they had for the class.
In the middle of the class, I played another game called the “basketball game” in order to check if my students were getting a clear idea on the topic, and it worked because their answers were very nice and appropriate. They enjoyed the activity because I brought a basket and some balls for the groups and the activity was like a competition for them to answer.
Guys, I could not get my grade but the feedback time was very nice because I learned a lot from my tutor teacher and for my next class I am sure I will learn more.
The most significant learning for me in this day was related with monitoring the class. In my last feedback my tutor told me that I should be monitoring the class a little bit more and I did it today.
The results were amazing because every time I got close to the groups they asked to me many things and showed their work to me which I am sure they would not do it if I get far of them. The teacher said, the students have always questions but normally they don’t ask because they feel ashamed to ask in public.
Congratulations big chicken!!! I can see that you are using the material I gave you, and that´s perfect since that means you are trying to improve your students´motivation through different ways...
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Nice chicken!! I like your basketball activity; I had done it but with children! In the other hand, I just want to say that when students ask things is because we have gain their confidence and that make easier their learning process as well as our practice!!
ReplyDeleteSometimes students don´t get the idea so easily, so it is necessary that they put into practice the theory; for my it is the best way to learn something new because if students notice that something is useful in real life, they feel more motivated to learn it. Try to connect your classes with the real life all the time; just remember John Dewey´s saying: Learning by doing. . Nice work, keep improving it.
ReplyDeleteGreat chickensota! I can see that you are learning... It is good to know that this teaching practice is helping us a lot. You are acquiring experience; and now, you know how to teach that topic, so in the future that will be like a piece of cake to you.
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