Class #3: Saturday September 18, 2016

This Saturday was nice because teacher Lily gave the opportunity to do the warm up I felt nervous but at the same time, I was excited to do it. The moment came I greeting to students I asked how they were. Also, I asked if they were ready for the presentation and hey felt a little bit nervous about it.

 Students were dividing in three groups they made lines the last students in each line saw a word and s passed it by whispering to next person until it finally got the first S who wrote the word on the board. They wanted to win for this reason they did not pass the word by one by one they said it to the first person. For the second time they tried to pass the word one by one and the person who finished first had a point. I am surprised with them because they are creative. For this activity, I showed the word  “ ENSURE” but they did not pass it like this, they said advanced and S wrote “ADVANCED” it was funny but I tried to encourage to say the correct word. 

T presented the vocabulary. She gave the words and the definitions some Ss. The matched the word and the definitions. After that, they checked if it was ok. She corrected the pronunciation of the words.

Ss made two sentences using the vocabulary. T gave a ball. Ss passed it to find a volunteer to share a sentence. They did original sentences. One of the said    “This is a silent town” all of them laughed because they know that they are very talkative. T said that example was excellent.

The next activity was answer questions. They discussed three question from the book. It was relate of Cataphiles, they gave their opinion what they thought about it. T gave Ss two balls of different colors. The color blue meant ask question and the white ball meant answer the question. Ss passed it, one S asked and the other answered. This activity was good because nobody wanted the white ball; they were expecting to pass it. 

Ss worked in an activity from the book; they looked at the diagram of Paris. They matched the events with the date. Ss shared the answer. They felt confused I think because they did not pay attention to the dates for this reason they got confused but they did it well.

T gave some seconds Ss for scanning the reading. After that, T asked what they thought about it. Ss read all the reading and T asked if they had new words.

Ss worked on page 72. They chose the best answer to each question. They understood the passage because the majority of answer were ok. They showed good reading comprehension.

My colleague Roxana did the second warm up. She made three groups and lines. Ss passed a word but in this time letter by letter, Ss passed the letter drew on the back until form all the word. One of the group was disqualified because they said the complete word. 

Ss created three comprehension questions and a T or F question based on the previous reading. T gave money lies. Ss asked to other classmate to each Ss if they answered  Ok they paid to their classmates.

 T gave some minutes to prepare for the oral presentation. Some of them were  and were not nervous. Ss spoke for 3 minutes about strange things from a country. They had to use four vocabulary’s words. Ss tried to do the best and they did it. They surprised me the way that they expressed their ideas. 

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Class #2 : Saturday 10th September, 2016

T greeting to students. After, Ss made an activity; they made a circle. They had to throw the ball to other classmate. The S who throw the ball, he/she had to say one of those words “water, air or earth”. The person, who had the ball, she or he had to say an animal depend of the words for example (S1 threw the ball and said “Water”, S2 who had the ball said “Fish”). I really like this activity. They enjoyed it.

In the next activity, Ss received a paper with a question and they had to ask to other classmate. For example, s1 ask the question can you say “hello” in Spanish. The S2 answered the question and he/she said “hola”. This activity was good because they showed interested to answers and did it.

 My colleague and I helped T to past the words and the definitions on the board. T asked for a number from 1 to 16. The group who guessed, they had the possibility to match the word with the definition. Ss felt confused with the definitions of some words because the word “Something” (Sth) was abbreviated. I think is better to write all the word or explain before the meaning. In addition, they practiced the pronunciation.

 Ss worked in the activity from the book related with the vocabulary. I liked it because they did it. After, they compared with the person next to them. Also, they made 2 sentences in pairs using three vocabulary’s words and they wrote on the board. T checked if it was ok. Ss showed interested to use the new vocabulary that means how much they learned.

After the break, they played stop the bus. They worked in groups of four. T said a letter, for example, “s” they had to complete the categories using a word that start with the letter “s”. The group who had more points was the winner. I could see that Ss worked as a group and they tried to do it as fast as they could.

Ss worked in page 59. Ss read the instructions. They did the exercises and they shared answers. If someone had the wrong answer, her/ his classmates helped her/him.

They went to see presentations of the module 16. I could see that they were impressive for the way that the Ss of module 16 talked and English. This helped to motivate them.  

 They came back to the classroom and they listened an audio and read at the same time. Ss worked in page 62 they had to answers according with the previous reading. Ss passed the ball to find a victim. The person who had the ball shared the answers. Ss worked in the activity in pairs. The identified the main or supporting idea of the exercises and wrote “M” means main idea and “S” supporting idea. They felt enthusiastic for sharing the answers. They understood the activity.  

T enumerated each S with number 1 or 2. The number 1 was the “taxy” and number 2 the “driver”. The taxi closed the eyes and the driver had to guide the taxy. When T said green, they had to walk. If the T said red, they had to stop and if she said yellow, they had to change partners. They enjoyed it. Something that came to my mind while observing this activity was the noise. T controlled it and Ss were careful in it.  

Ss read the reading one more time and they closed the book. Then, Ss divided boys and girls. They played a board game.  They had to throw the dice. After, T asked a question if the Ss answered correctly, they advanced according with the number of the dice.  This activity was awesome because they practiced all that they have learned.

Note: In this class, something that I like is that Ss like to participate in all the activities. T encourage them to do a good job and when they have a question she help them in the better way. 

Class #1: Saturday 3rd September , 2016

Program: Saturday

Level: Module 9  

# of Ss: 20 

Book: Reading Explorer "Unit 1-6"

The first big day came; I was nervous because I did not meet my tutor and my colleague. At the same time, I felt excited to meet who were the students.  I am doing my second practicum in the module 9. In the first day, just fifteen came to class.

When we arrived to the classroom, students were speculating why we were there. I thought they would feel shy or afraid.  I was surprised because I saw that they felt comfortable. Our tutor teacher gave us the opportunity to introduce ourselves. I felt very comfortable with them.

At the beginning of the class, Ss made two groups girls and boys.  Some capitals and lowers letters were writing on the board. T said a capital letter. Ss had to touch and think a word with it. For example, T said letter “B” Ss touched the capital letter and said “Boy” the way that student reacted to this activity was good because they felt comfortable in each group. I would like to do this activity because they enjoyed it. However, I would modify some things. First, I would like to model it because I saw at the beginning they did not get the instructions and they were confused. I would like to mix the groups because I said before they felt comfortable and they did not socialize with the girls.

After this activity, T presented the vocabulary, she asked the winner to match the word with the definitions. I noticed that they reacted afraid I think it was because they did know the words after Ss tried to match it and they did it very well. After that, Ss practiced the pronunciation. This activity was good despite they did know the words they tried to do it. The only thing I saw was some Ss did not repeat the words to practice the pronunciation.

The next activity, T gave papers to each groups (girls and boys). They had to match the words with the synonyms. They did it very well. Ss checked the answers with the T. one of them was wrong and they tried to correct it.

T ask to Ss opened the book and worked in the page 51. This activity was about the match the words to definitions. After, Ss played “hot potatoes” to find a victim for sharing the answers.

Ss made sentences with the vocabulary. When Ss finished doing it, they wrote on the board, T asked them if it was ok. If one of the sentences was wrong, Ss helped to correct the sentence. When I observed this activity, I saw Ss motivated doing the sentences.

Ss moved to the next unit “Bride of the Sahara” T asked if they found information about it. Nobody did not found it. Then, Ss read the information from the book. I could see that the majority of Ss payed attention to the reading. T played an audio and Ss read at the same time T asked if they had new words and they had, she explained it.

 Ss moved to the exercise in page 56 they had to choose the best answers for each question. Before they shared to the all group, they shared with the person next to them they wrote a question and they had to answer. If the answer was wrong. They had talk for 30 second. The tried to do the best of them.

After the break, T divided the word in two and wrote the word “CONSTANTINOPLA” Ss worked in the same groups and they wrote a word with each letter. They enjoyed it.

In this activity, my colleague and I helped to T. I gave the words and she gave the definition to each students. Ss had to look for the definition, and they pasted on the board. Ss checked the vocabulary. T asked if they had any question. They were afraid because they did not the vocabulary. The word that they did not get the meaning was “Tent” but they tried to find it.

Ss discussed questions related to wedding and they gave good examples. One of them was “The boy does not see the girls with the dress before the wedding”. I like this kind of activity because Ss shared their own ideas.

Ss moved to read the text from the book in pairs taking turns. After, they read and listened the audio at the same time and they looked for a new vocabulary after they made exercises about reading comprehension. Ss passed a ball to find a victim for sharing the answers.

 T divided the class in two groups and make some questions but in this time they did not see the book and if they answered correct they had the opportunity to write X or 0. Ss like this kind of games.

Students wrote one sentences and in pairs, they asked to each other if someone did not know the answers. They had a punishment. They were motivated to do the best because they did not want a punishment.

Ss saw a video and they have to answer the activity from the book. They were focus on the video they answered correct the exercise.

Note: Something that I have learned in this class is Ss love competitions and they want to show how they have learned. T is a dynamic person and she always wants to do an interesting and funny class. I thought the class would be boring for them because they do not like reading, she tries to do it interesting for them. They show curious to learn more.