Second
Round of classes!!
In this
period, I am teaching the basic group, again. You may think there’s no
difference that perhaps is the same difficulty, the same issues, the same
teaching approach I used with my previous group. Indeed, I can be really sure,
from this experience, that each group is different, no matter if they are on
the same level, as in this case, the way you are going to approach your
students is really different.
Some of the
characteristics of this group are:
- It’s a full girl group with only 1 boy in it.
- Most of them if not all are repeating the same level again
- As the teacher commented to my partner and me, students do understand the classes, but they do badly in exams.
- They like to speak Spanish during the class.
So, knowing
their background, I decided to plan activities which make them work.
The topic
was adverbs of frequency.
The warm up
I did was an activity that my partner developed with the other group, the new
version of the hot potato (played as if it is an onion) the one who got the
“Onion” had to answer the question in it.
Later, I
started the presentation of the topic by listing some of the daily activities
the students do. Then, I changed the sentence adding the adverb of frequency in
it. This to me is more substantial because they see real examples made
basically by them.
I gave them
as well a mini chart with the list of adverbs and the percentage they have, so
they could see clearly the ones they could use. Pronunciation of the adverbs
was also taken into consideration.
I provided
them some practices as well, to see if they had understood.
Later, I
asked them to pass to the board and write some examples for the class.
At the end,
I provided them some sentences as homework. They are going to be checked on
Monday.
Wow! Most of them are girls? Anyways, you will have more fun because you will get along well with them. This group is different, so it represents a new challenge, but I know that you can make it well :D. DO your best as you always do. This challenge will help you move forward and establish yourself as teacher. Have fun and enjoy this new experience :)
ResponderEliminarThere are some aspects that may scare you at first! Because if almost all of them are taking again this course.....This is a difficult situation for us as teachers becuase we get aware of the hard time those guys are getting throuhg. But I kow that your activities must have helped them! The hot onion is a good activity to develope because students always get fun with that kind of activities! Well done Ely!
ResponderEliminarI see they are only girls!! I wish I was teaching there haha! kidding. I liked how you managed the students because you used topics that are not so complicated but effective, You're very organized Ely, I admire you. Blessings
ResponderEliminarI like the way you prepared you class, because they participated and I know that your lesson was meaningful for them. It is a challenge Eli, but I know you can do it and also you will learn a lot!! I am eager to read your experience every week pretty!
ResponderEliminarEly, because we are working together, I know that we share the same feelings, first we were afraid of the group, later on worried, and finally we felt a nice satisfaction because they are not so bad as we thought at the beginning. What I can say about the class in general, is that we must keep them working a lot, kn order to have a nice environment and the troublemakers out of temptations...keep working my dear!!!
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