Last Entry, First Period

Well, On Monday, August 12th, I had my last class for this period (Yes, I know it is too late now that I post this ._. ).

Ok, let's get into business! To start the class, I greeted them, and had a nice warm-up. The warm-up was "stairs." I guess you already know it. It is about writing a word on the board and write another word with the last letter of the previous word. It was something like this:

Tomato
          r
          g
          a
          notion...

And so on...

Well, after that, I had a reading with them and asked them to underline the modal verbs they find and also the new vocabulary for them. After reading it, I had them reading it out loud, and also, after the reading, there were some questions. I had them answering them, and later, we discussed the questions. Then, I asked them where the modal verbs they underlined were, and we checked them all together. After it, I helped them with the new vocabulary for them. I explained to them the new words (fortunately, I knew them all haha). After that activity, I had them form groups. I assigned them a number from one to four to get in groups so that number ones were working together, number twos the same and so on. I gave them some pieces of paper containing some questions to discuss them. I monitored their work and also asnwered their questions and doubts. It was very good because they all were participating and sharing ideas.

At the end of the class, I said goodbye to them. It was not so good because I really liked this group, but I am glad that I could work well with them and that they were cooperating with me. It was such a great experience, and I am sure that you all have gotten good experiences that will help you improve every time such as this one has helped me.

Cheers.

Second experience, period I

Well, to start, I want to say that I am enjoying teaching every time more. I am glad to have this opportunity because besides being a grade or a course, it is a new way to learn by practice and experience.

This Friday, I had my second experience with this group. I started the class by having a fun warm-up which is named Emotional Mirrors. I guess some of you have heard of this. This warm-up is about making your students to talk about anything they want, but they must speak with different emotions. For example, if I tell them to speak angry, they must speak like that and so on. Later, I had some questions about movies which were good for them because they enjoyed them too. At first, I gave them the piece of paper with the questions and asked them to read them for one minute to get familiar with the vocabulary and to think what to answer. Later, we studied the questions all together, and they participating by providing their own answers. The last activity was a dialogue which included new vocabulary. I explained to them the meaning of the words and phrases, and some of them performed the dialogue. They enjoyed the class, and I enjoyed it too.

About the feedback, well, I must say that it was what I expected (even though I do not know my grade yet), and I could see some points in which I failed, but what class is perfect? You must always have to deal with every detail that may not be as you want, but you must adapt yourself to overcome it. Well, this was my second experience with the English Access group. I wait for your comments and suggestions. Thanks.