MY LAST CLASS...!!!!

This was my last class in this group, and today`s class was pretty comfortable and really nice, not only for me,but also for my students. Several thing worked well today. Since the beginning of the class I told them that we were going to work in pairs in all the activities,but they had to change the partner. they enjoyed these activities because they were sharing and playing with other classmates.

I don`t think that something did not work well today. We were having fun with these activities because we were in the Free Practice, so this was the part in which students spoke more English. I think that I reach my objective, and not only today`s objective, but the objective of the whole topic.

As I said before we worked in pairs the whole class, but changing partners. I didn`t say good bye, because I forgot it, but I said good bye to my tutor at the end. At the beginning of this period I felt kind of worried because this was the highest level, but now I feel satisfied with my work.

Almost the Last Class..!!

Today`s class was pretty rewarding for me because I could finish the lesson for this week, and I noticed that students got the idea let`s say about this new topic which was the use of "I wish".

Many things worked well today. For example the warm-up where they had to complete a chart with some wishes and regrets they have on their lives. Another thing was that for the first time they had to perform a dialogue in pairs. The funny thing in this activity was that they had to create their own conversation about "cheating" they created nice conversations and we had good times with the presentations.

Something that did not work well was that at the end of the class students didn`t want to work they were kind of bored because they said that this day they only came for this class and they didn`t want to do anything. I tried to make activities where they had to work in pairs in order to make them feel more comfortable. At the end they worked, but not as I wanted to be.

The activities I presented helped them to perform the activity in which I was evaluating my objective. For me, the activities were according to what I was asking the students to do in the objective.
I consider that this helped this group of students to understand better the grammar structure they are going to use when practicing not only in oral form, but also in written form.I have been using different classroom management such as semi-circle, circle and rows. I also have been using different interaction formats. For example : pair-work, group work and also working in trios.One thing I know now is that I always have to correct students`mistakes and monitor them all the time in order to be not only usefull, but also to check their work and the understandable ideas they have from the class.

My Third Class...Something New

This was my third class, and I really enjoyed and I think my students did it too. On today`s class I brought 4 activities to be developed with some flashcards which they liked by the way. Many things went well today. For example: the warm-up, I included all the students. I gave them a picture and they had to create a sentence using the the given structure( I wish I had...)some of them are pretty talkative,the good thing is that they speak only English. And have like four students who don`t participate so much in the class, because they`re kind of shy, but I always give them the chance to be involved in the class.

Something that did not work well was that for one activity I needed the complete group and some of them did not go to class. I didn`t know what to do. So I made the activity without them, but working in pairs. It was not the same because they were supposed to throw the dice and say some sentences, but in this case it took less time to make this activity.

To give the students the opportunity to practice the language in written form is a way to help the students to feel confident about their own thoughts and opinions when creating new sentences about the Reading the had, and also to feel confident about what they were doing in this activity. They participated, used their creativity and they also enjoyed the activities very much. I felt really happy today because the teacher could see that they not only worked today, but also they spoke more english in the class.

The actitivity in which students spoke more english was in the Questionnarie. They were giving me not only the anwers , but also their point of view about the Reading.
Today I used some interaction formats for example : pairs, trios.
Finally, it is important for me to mention that classroom management and monitor is something that has been improving every class. It is nice to check that students are working, but at the same time I tried to correct students`mistakes all the time.

MY SECOND CLASS...REALLY NICE

Today`s class was very active because I had to teach for the first time the control practice activities from the lesson. I think I got my objective on this class. Something that worked well today was that I made the class very interactive with students asking them to pass in front of the board to complete the sentences using I Wish at the beginning of each sentence. All of them passed and wrote their part in the board.
Something that did not work well today was that was raining in the whole class, and it was really hard not only for them, but also for me to teach. We had speak a loud and it was really difficult for me to continue with the class, and for them to participate.
The activity in which the students used more English was when they were saying their own sentences about their wishes.
Something that is very important for me and I think for most teachers is not only to reach, but also to check if students are reaching the objective. At the end of the class I always make some question to some students in order to know if they understood the class. I always monitor my classes and check students`work.
I used different classroom management such as semi-circle and circle. This particular group always work in a semi-circle. I also used different interaction formats.For example : pair- work, group work and working in trios. They really enjoyed working in pairs today.
They work better in pairs and I let them to do it if they don`t talk much, but if I see they`re talking I don`t make or work in pairs.
This group is very nice. When I was giving directions today I tried to be clear, and for the first time I did not repeat the directions. I really like working with them.
This group is really special because they really like to speak English. They do it every minute, they don`t like to speak Spanish. Only two girls are the ones who don`t speak to much English, but I ask them to participate anyways.