My second teaching practice

Describe At the very beginning of the class, I could notice that some students were speaking Spanish. So that, I created two boxes: “Participation” and “Penalty”; and I told them that if they were going to speak Spanish, they were going to have a penalty. Moreover, during the warm-up I noticed that they really enjoyed the “bingo” game. I decided to explain grammar using a colorful chart, and I know that this helped me a lot. In other activities, I used a picture in the projector in order to describe and make Wh-words in present continuous. Plus, I developed an unscramble the sentence to practice the correct structure of the questions. Finally, I gave an egg to a student who told me the correct answer of a question. I really liked this class!
(Analyze)		Plan Action
Interpret	Generalize
During the presentation is a good option to use pictures because students tend to understand and acquire knowledge much better. The topic was really easy for them, so I took advantage of it because I developed more activities. If they know about the topic, the teacher should give them more difficult activities. This can help the students to gain knowledge about the same topic.	Based on what I know about developing activities, the teacher has to find the best activities that work well for the students. Based on what I observed, I think that the wart the warm up worked really well at the very beginning of the class. I believe that enthusiasm, visual aids, and good activities help the learning process of the students in order to withhold the knowledge.	So, in the future, I will continue using pictures, charts, and reading because I proved that worked well. In future lessons I will find new ways to teach “wh-questions in present continuous”, I will visit some websites or more books. The next time I teach this lesson, I will try to use more listening activities. In future experiences I will also include the idea of give the students candy when they participate and penalty when they speak Spanish.

My First Experience (2° period)

Describe At the beginning of my class, I saw that my students were speaking in Spanish. Moreover, when I started to teach, they paid attention to me and helped me with the activities. They are very good students and they like to participate in class. I arranged the desk in groups in order to develop a warm up related to the topic: “Technology and You”. I used that arrangement with a reading comprehension including some pictures in order to introduce the topic. The reading was about a scientific doing an experiment.  I proved that incorporating information that they already know is better for they to acquire knowledge. Furthermore, I used a big chart to explain the grammar structure of the present continuous. I did not include too much information in order to be clear. This class was nice. Although I was kind of nervous and sick, I enjoyed it.
(Analyze)		Plan Action
Interpret	Generalize
To start with a warm up keeps students to be active the whole class. Students learn better when they do what they really like. I think that tutors, when teaching beginners, should incorporate active activities.	Based on what I already know about beginning with a warm up, I think that some students acquire information while playing. Based on what I observed, I think students liked to learn with simple examples. I believe that praising students plays an important role in their participation.	So, in the future, I will incorporate the eye contact with the students because today I did not perceive that I just paid attention to one side of the classroom. In future lessons I will create more colorful charts. The next time I teach this lesson, I will include active warm ups. In future experiences I will also include more activities to develop in group.

MY LAST PRACTICE!

Describe What I saw during this slice of lesson is that my students were familiarized to play games and have the class more pleasurable, but I could not include too many games in this class because of the topic. However, they paid me attention when explaining the new grammar structure. The students were playing “follow the leader” as a warm up, and I noticed that this activity worked very well because they remembered what they had studied the previous class. I felt nice when some students told me that the birthday of 2 students were today; so we sang the “happy birthday song”. I arranged the desks first in a horse-shoe, and then we made a circle in order to play bingo. I used some colorful charts, and a multiple choice activity. Today was a nice class.
(Analyze)		Plan Action
Interpret	Generalize
I think that students seem the grammar explanation kind of boring because of what they have heard. In order to avoid being boring when explaining grammar, teachers must use colorful charts. I think this is important because this make the environment more enjoyable and interactively.	Based on what I already know about beginning the class with a warm up, it is proved that students tend to cheer themselves up. Based on what I observed, I think students generally like to play in the middle of the class, so that we played Bingo. I believe that confidence helps to keep a good flow in the class.	So, in the future, I will include more colorful charts. In future lessons I will incorporate kinesthetic activities. The next time I teach this lesson, I will incorporate groups work. In future experiences I will also include oral practice as English access students like to talk.