OVER!!!

Well, thank God we are done with our teaching practicum for this cycle!

And I need to share with you my last experience with the Basic group of students. It was on Thursday 9th, so I got early to the class as I needed to prepare all the stuff. I was to teach or to review previous classes “there is and there are” “some and any”. So, I started with a warm up activity in which students made a circle and I said categories; for example, school supplies, so students started naming things of that sort. I used categories which students had already studied so that they could review the vocabulary.

After that, I taught students another new word. And they provided me some examples using it already. Then I had a table with many things (camera, cushions, books, a ball, cups, and many other objects) as they had been studying prepositions, I put some things on, in front of, under, behind and next to the table so that they could have a better understanding of how to use prepositions, and we practiced there is and there are at the same time. So I began saying there are many things on the table, and I continued naming each object, then they repeated with me. And they also were asked one by one. I was assessing their understanding on using there is and there are on all the form (positive, negative and questions). At the end, of this activity students were clearer on how to use the structures. I could see it was meaningful for them. And that made me feel cool!

Then I gave a brief explanation of the usage of some and any, likewise, I provided examples and now they were ready to practice.

So, I developed some fill in the blank activities in which they were to use either some or any. We checked as a whole class. And my time was gone. As it was my last time with them I bring some candies and say good bye to that group.

It has been a great experience, and for sure we will continue learning much more.

second class!!

To continue with our teaching process, I want to share with you guys my experience. On my second time teaching this group, the teacher asked me to make a review of the simple past as I was going to finish the lesson. So, I started the class and had a talking time with my students, then I developed a warm up activity, by the way, I did one that I´ve done before, I had students in a circle and they were going to write on their classmates ´back and at the same time they had to be turning, so I dictated some sentences in the past and after that we checked those sentences, I could see students enjoyed, likewise they were practicing the topic being studied.



This time, I brought a new word for students to broad their vocabulary, and give an example using the new word, and as a presentation I had a conversation, and I asked students to come to the front and performed it but they were to choose a paper and act the conversation according to the action they got, for instance, jumping, crying, and so forth; they really liked it and it was very funny, though some students did not want to participate.



After that, I just gave some explanation when making yes-no questions in the past and also about the negative form, I wrote some examples on the board and then I had students practicing, they work on a photocopy drill in which they had to make the sentences negative, then the whole class shared.
On the next activity, I pasted a chart on the board that contained some questions and students had to choose the correct form of the verb, and later they had to give an answer for the questions. At the end, I had I dictation practice as they are having evaluations next week I decided to include this activity.

Thank God students participated even though we were recording the class.