Second class, second period

Well, I had my second class with the advanced English I group. Well, this class was not the best at all, but it was not so bad at all. It was a "so-so class."

First, I experienced some problems with the preparation of my class. I received the part that I had to teach like 3 hours before the class, so you know that when you don't have enough time to prepare something, it is probable to be a mess. Anyways, I had to try my best. Well, I started the class by using the warm-up named: "tale-teller." I divided the class in two groups and asked them to make a circle with their group. They enjoyed this activity, and they had fun! This was a good way to introduce them to the new topic which was: "Narrative tenses."

Well, I started to explain what this was about, and I also answered their questions toward this topic. I spent most of the class talking about this, so there is not so much to say about it lol. After that, I had them speak in pairs about something embarrasing that had happened to them. To pair them up, I had a little game. I wrote several names of "famous couples" out of cartoons such as Timon & Pumba, Goku & Milk, Candy & Anthony, etc. They liked this way to pair them up :). Well, it was the last of the class, so after that, I said goodbye, and I hope to teach them again next week.

First class, II period

Well, finally, this is my first blog for the second period.
To start the class, we had a tic tac toe warm-up. I divided the class in two groups to participate. I adapted the warm-up to write verbs in participle since the topic they are studying is the future perfect tense and phrasal verbs. They had some fun with that, and I liked it too.

Later, I started the phrasal verbs with a reading. I asked them to write down the phrasal verbs they could hear which were six. After finishing reading, I asked them which verbs they heard, and I asked them to write them on the whiteboard. I explained the meaning of them and used some examples to enhance the learning. The next step was to talk about separable and non-separable phrasal verbs. I know that this is somehow hard, but I tried my best the explain them haha. As you know, you separate phrasal verbs when they are transitive and take a direct object such as "wake me up", "pick it up", "turn it up", etc. On the other hand, the non-separable verbs are those that do not take a direct object but an indirect object such as "looking for an answer" and others. After that, I asked them to write a paragraph including at least 10 phrasal verbs as a wrap-up of the class. They did it, and I asked them to read their story.

I worked with this same group last semester in Intermediate English II, and now, they are in Advanced English I. A group of students is always speaking during class, and it is something that always happens hahaaha. I remember when I was in their place; as most of us, they do the same. Anyways, people say that karma is a b*$%&, and we are paying what we did some time ago. I will find a way to stop that in the next class. Well, this is it! Take care, dear friends :). I wait for your comments.