Class observation  from Saturday, October 22^nd

The class began and teacher Ingrid started with a listening activity about natural disasters. Students completed some exercises then they compare answers. When they finished these activities students watched some videos about natural disasters to get familiar with the topic. Students were given with a worksheet and they did a matching activity. After those activities she explained “the past passive”. Students were asked to complete some exercises then they compare the answers.

For the next part of the class I had the opportunity to teach a reading class I started with a survey. I asked students to stand up to complete a survey about music. I asked students to look for 2 different classmates and ask the 5 questions. Then I asked students to share their answers. Later I selected some students to do a matching activity. I asked students to match the definition with the word; I checked Student’s answer with help of students. I explained the meaning and I gave some examples.

For the next activity students were given with a work sheet and a text about music. I asked them to read the text and then complete some exercises about the reading, when they finished the activities they compare the answers with some classmates. To conclude, students were asked to create a conversation to talk about their favorite artists using the passive voice; some students were selected to pass in front of the class and practice the conversation. When I finished my class, students went to the lab to practice listening and when they came back to the classroom it was time to do the oral evaluation.

class observation from Saturday, October 15th 2016.

Lily had the opportunity to begin the class; she did a warm up activity and when she finished the game she introduced the topic “So do I” and “Neither do I” she explained to students when to use those expressions and also she explained the formation of the sentences. After that, she gave students a worksheet with some exercises, she asked students to work in pairs and when they finished students were asked to compare the answers. Then, she gave another worksheet to keep practicing the topic, she asked students to work in pairs and then compare the answers with another classmate. When students finished these activities they were asked to create a conversation in pairs using the grammar presented before. Some students were asked to pass to the front and practice the conversation.

For the second part of the class teacher Ingrid explained the topic “used to” she explained the formation of the sentences also, she explained how to use the topic and when to use it. She worked in the book and students completed some exercises. When they finished they were asked to create a conversation using “used to” teacher Ingrid asked student to create a conversation in pairs to talk about what they used to do in their childhood. Some students were selected to pass to the front to practice the conversation.

Class observation from Saturday October 1st

In this class I had the opportunity to teach a complete lesson plan, I felt very excited and happy with this class because since the first time that I teach I had improved a lot.

To get started with the class I did a brainstorming activity, I started discussing about future plans and dreams and I asked students to stand up and go to the board and write a dream or plan that they had for the future. I read students plans and I asked students why they had those dreams. For the next activity I introduced new vocabulary, I had 5 words with 5 pictures, I selected some students and I asked them to look for the picture or word and match the picture with the word and paste the flashcards on the board. Then I asked students if the pictures were ok, and I told them if they had questions about the vocabulary. In the next activity students were asked to read a text about “future plans and dreams” I asked some students to read the text when they finished reading the text I ask them to complete some exercises related to the reading, after that I asked them to compare the answers. In the last activity students were asked to write a paragraph about their future plans and dreams. When they finished writing I asked students to give me the papers and I told them that they had to read the paragraph they got and I told students to guess the writer.

When I finished my participation teacher Ingrid started with her lesson. She introduced the topic “Adverbs” she explained the formation and when to use them. After that she gave some sentences and adverbs, students had to match the sentences with the adverbs when they finish teacher Ingrid checked student’s answers. In the next activity students practiced some exercises, she gave a worksheet and students practice some exercises. Later she did other activities and students work in the book. After all these activities teacher Ingrid gave students some time  to practice speaking because they were going to have an evaluated role play.

Class observation from Saturday September 24^th

To begin with the class my mentor teacher started with a warm-up activity. She played “hangman” students enjoyed this activity, because it was like a competition. Also, it was a good idea before to start the class and introduce the new topics.

The class began and Teacher Ingrid worked with the book, she asked students to read a history from the book and complete some exercises, Students were asked to compare the answers and then share with the whole class. In this activity it would have been better to introduce the new vocabulary before to read the text because some students were lost with the meaning of some words but at the end the activity worked very well and students could do all the activities that they were told to do.

After that activity, it was time for me and Lily to teach a complete lesson plan. First, Lily started with the encounter, some strips of paper with should and shouldn`t were given to the students, Students pasted on the board the strips of paper with should and shouldn’t. Then she explained the negative/ positive and contraction of should and shouldn’t and introduced the questions “what should I do?” When she finished explaining the topic, it was time for students to practice some exercises, she asked students to complete a worksheet individually using should and shouldn’t. Students completed the worksheet individually, then, they compared answers with the person that was next to them. For the following activities, I was in charge of developing them.I asked students to choose a picture and write a sentence according to the picture that they saw. I told them to use Should or shouldn’t to write the sentences after that I checked the sentences with Student’s help.

When they finished the activity I asked them to write a problem

that they had, I told them that it could be real or imaginary. They wrote the Problem in a blank page, when they finished of writing I collected all the papers and asked students to work in trios. I gave to each group 3 problems and students had to write at least 5 advices per each situation.Then I asked students to read the problems and share the advices with the whole class.

Class observation from Saturday September 17^th.

  During this class I was 

given with the opportunity to teach two stages of the lesson plan. I was in charge of encounter and remember. 

I introduced vocabulary about jobs around the house. I selected some students to go to the board and   paste the definition with the words. Then, I asked students who didn’t participate in the activity if the definition with the words   were ok. After that I asked  students  if they had  questions about vocabulary; some students  were not clear with  some words like “do the vacuum” I explained  the meaning and I gave  some  examples.  Luckily I had the pictures and that was useful because with the pictures students had a better idea of the meaning.  For the next stage teacher Lily the other TA was in charge of the grammar explanation she explained the topic “be going to” using a power point presentation. Later it was time for me again to practice. I asked students to go to the board and do some exercises on the board. Then students practice other exercises in the book and they compared the answers. In the second part of the class teacher Ingrid explained another topic. She explained the use of have and has, and then students practiced some exercises in the book when they finished, students did a review of the whole unit. To finish, students practice writing before the evaluated exam.

Class observation from Saturday September 10th

 In this class I felt more confident and relaxed, this time I had the opportunity to meet my mentor teacher Ingrid Girón as it was going to be the first time with her I was not assigned to teach any stage of the lesson but I was asked to monitor students.

She started the class by asking what students did in the previous class some students gave their opinion and then she introduced the topic “The comparative”; she explained the rules and exceptions to form the comparison after, the explanation, she asked some students to go to the board and do some exercises.

After, the last exercise students did a listening activity about physical appearance when they finished, teacher Ingrid asked for a volunteer to stand up in front of the class and she asked students to describe their classmate. In my personal opinion that was a good activity before to do next one because then, pupils were asked to describe the physical appearance of one of their classmates so that, using that example was easier for students to describe their classmates.

For the next activity teacher Ingrid gave students a blank page because they were going to draw a monster. She gave instructions and said that she was going to describe a monster and Students had to listen to the teacher a draw it. I could notice that students enjoyed this activity and they were laughing a lot when they were comparing their drawings.

In the next activity students work in pairs and they write 5 questions about preferences when they finished, they were asked to go outside and ask 5 different teachers those questions; when they came back to the classroom they shared the answers. Finally, it was time for students to do the oral test students were in pairs and they had around one hour to study and prepared the conversation.

Class observation from Saturday, September 3^rd

During this class I was really excited and nervous about what it was going to happen, because it was my first day as a TA (teacher assistant) and also, the first time that I had to work with teenagers. So I felt a little bit nervous but positive and with many expectations about the class. Sadly my mentor teacher was not in the university that day that is why I did not have the opportunity to meet her and explain the reason of why I was there, but another teacher came instead of her. 
Before the class started I introduced myself with the teacher and the students, I told them that I was going to be with them helping the teacher and helping them in the whole module. In that moment I could notice that some students were surprised about me but then, they were kind with me and I started asking them their names.

The class began and as it was the first time that teacher Karla was in that classroom, she asked the name of the eight students that were that day, after that she asked to her Ss if they were good with verbs some of them said yes and others said no. Teacher Karla wrote on the board some verbs in the base form and she asked students to pass the marker and the student who got the marker had to go to the board and write the verb in the past form, after all students passed to the board she checked the answers, teacher Karla was surprised because all verbs were in the correct form. When T Karla was developing this activity I could see that students were excited to pass to the board because they knew all the verbs, in that moment I thought that it was a good activity to check the background knowledge of students.

For the next activity T Karla asked students to work in page 24 from the book American More 2. They were asked to fill a chart with some information in the book, after that activity, she introduced for questions: Where did you go on vacations? When did you go to the mall? What did you do on vacations? And How long did you stay there?. She asked one by one the questions and students answered and gave their opinion. In the next activity students worked in the book, they had to put in order some questions students work individually and when they finished I checked student’s answers I asked them to compare the answer with the people that were next to them; then I selected some students to read the sentences out loud to compare with the whole class.

In the next activity students were asked to stand up and ask 4 different classmates what they did last vacation using the 4 questions that were introduced when they finish the activity all students shared their answers.

One of the activities that I liked in this class was Sharks are coming because students were bored and when they played this game they enjoyed it and they felt more relaxed for the next activity because it was going to be a reading task and sometimes some students might find really stressful and boring this kind of activities so as teacher I must find the way to have my students focus on the class by doing activities that they enjoy.