YUPIIII!!!! TEACHING PRACTICE DONE!!!

HI THERE!  I FINISHED MY TEACHING PRACTICE AND I FEEL SO RELIEFE AND MOTIVATED. FOR MY LAST CLASS I HAD A CHALLENGE WHICH WAS TO MAKE STUDENTS UNDERSTAND THE USE OF CAUSATIVE VERBS. MY TUTOR TOLD ME I HAD TO TEACH THAT TOPIC IN A WAY STUDENTS WOULD UNDERSTAND WHEN AND WHY WE USE CAUSATIVE VERBS. I STARTED THE CLASS, BUT I FELT ASHAMED BECAUSE I WANTED TO MAKE TWO GROUPS AND CHOOSE A REPRESENTATIVE OF EACH GROUP. SO NOBODY FROM ONE OF THE GROUPS WANTED TO PARTICIPATE, SO AFTER A WHILE, I JUST ASKED ONE OF EACH GROUP TO GO TO THE FRONT AND ORDER THE LETTERS ON THE BOARD TO WRITE A CORRECT WORD. THESE WORDS WERE ABOUT VOCABULARY THEY LEARNED THE PREVIOUS CLASS. I THINK THIS WARM UP ACTIVITY DID NOT WORK AS I THOUGHT. AFTER, I PRESENTED THE TOPIC WHICH WAS CAUSATIVE VERBS. I TRIED TO MAKE IT EASIER BY WRITING THE VERB, STRUCTURE AND A KEY WORD. I EXPLAINED AND GAVE EXAMPLES OF EACH VERB, AND I ASKED FOR QUESTIONS FOR THEM TO MAKE IT CLEAR. SOME OF THEM HAD DOUGHTS, BUT AT THE END I THINK I ACCOMPLISHED MY CHALLENGE. MOST OF THEM HAD A POSTIVE FACE THAT MENT THAT THEY GOT EVERYTHING. I FELT SATISFICED. THERE WAS A SPECIFIC MOMENT I WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU. THERE WERE TWO GIRLS TALKING AND I ASKED THEM IF THEY HAD QUESTIONS, AND ONE OF THEM TOLD ME,  " WE WERE JUST SAYING THAT WE WILL BE IN YOUR SHOES WITHING 3 YEARS", I AGREED THAT AND THE OTHER GIRL TOLD ME, "AND WE WILL THINK THE SAME AS '"YOU ARE THINKING RIGHT NOW" I ASKED HER TO TELL ME WHAT I WAS THINKING, AND SHE DID NOT WANT TO TELL ME, SO I ASKED HER IF SHE WANTED ME TO TELL HER WHAT I WAS THINKING, BUT SHE DID NOT WANT TO. HOWEVER, I TOLD THEM THAT I WAS THINKING ABOUT WEATHER I WAS ACHIEVING MY GOAL THAT MY TUTOR REQUESTED ME OR NOT. AT THE END THEY LAUGHT AND IT WAS FUN. THERE WERE SOME GIRLS THAT I COULD NOTICE I DIDN'T LIKE THEM, BUT I DO NOT TAKE IT PERSONAL. I RESPECT AND TREAT THEM ALL THE SAME. I JUST WANT THEM TO LEARN FROM ME AND TO RESPECT THE CLASS AND ME. I THANKED FOR THEIR PARTICIPATION AND ATTENTION TO ALL OF THEM AND THEY CLAPPED ME.

THE END OF THE TEACHING PRACTICE!!!!!!

2nd teaching practice

Almost done!!! Hi peers, today I had my practice. I video taped it today. I felt worried because it was time to start the class, and the people were not in the classroom. I started with 5 students only and that worried me because that affected the activities of my lesson plan. I starte with a warm up activity about riddles. I made two groups and I told a riddle to each and the one who answered got one point. They liked the riddles, but there was only one student who answered two riddles and the rest were thinking but couldn't guess. Then, I introduced the topic which was indefinite and definite articles. I gave them pieces of paper with grammar rules to some of them. They had to go to past the correct rule in the correct article on the board. We review the grammar rules and then I explained them. After, I gave some cards with some pictures and nouns to some of them in order to go to the board and write a sentences in the correct article according to the noun. I liked the way they developed in this activity. Then, they worked in an exercise from the book, I was checking their work and I facilitate them some clues for them to answer the exercise. I felt fine with them working in that because they were working in pairs. Thought the class seems to be separated , they are a good group. I wanted to get them close, but they didn't like it, so I didn't force them to do so. The time flies when you explain grammar, so I couldn't finish everything I prepared. I asked them for questions or doughts they had , and one student ask for some explanation and I answer him with grammar rules I got and everything was clear. They seemed satisfacied with the explanation. I told them to write me to my mail writing about one of their favorite adventures they had. This is because it was requested by my tutor. So I have to follow the orders jejejeje. if not , there will be a bad grade jejee. Well, see ya in my last class people!!!!