Last teaching on basic... The farewell

Hello dear bloggers! First of all, let me congratulate you because you have also finished your practices. I think we all have done our best. I’m proud and glad of being with a group like you (Teaching practicum I).

Well, getting in matter, in this last practice of the last period, I had to make a review on the use of There is/ there are, and also the use of some, and any. To start, I developed a warm up activity called “hangman”, which everybody knows what it consists on. I took into account the previous topic, which was furniture, to develop this warm up. After developing this, I began to ask my students what they remembered about the last week and the themes they had been seeing. Some of them said “there is/ there are”, and at that time I pasted the same chart I had used in my second practice, so that they remembered even more. (This is the chart I used)

Later on, I asked my students when was that we used those words, and at the same time, I asked for some examples. They gave me many examples; nevertheless, I only used 3. With those same examples, I invited them to form the negative and interrogative form. I saw they had no problem, and since it was a review I did not provide a huge explanation, but I made emphasis on the usage of each of them. The following point to be developed was a review of “some and any”. For this, I made use of the same dynamic of asking my students when was that we used “some” or “any” (I asked this, because, again, it was a review so they already knew). I pasted a little chart with very concise information so that they could remember well (this is the chart)

They provided me some examples, and, in this part, I wrote on the board my own example with a mistake to see if they noticed it. I realized some of them did and some others hesitated about it. I had spent like 20 minutes of my class by that time. Afterwards, I “passed the ball” to my students so that they could practice. For the practice of there is/ there are, I pasted on the board the image of the house I had used in the previous class, and ask the class to elaborate 4 sentences using  “there is” and 4 using “there are”. This is the image.

 After having done that, I asked them to pass the sentences to the negative and to the interrogative form. I monitored the class all the time. As they had developed a written activity I varied in the next one, being this a speaking activity. For this, I gave some copies to my students with some questions, so that they used the target structure.

 I asked these questions
1.   how many rooms are there in your house?

2.       Is there a TV in the dining room?

3.       Is there an LCD screen in the living room?

4.       How many chairs are there in your house?

5.       Is there a second floor in your house?

6.       Is there garage in your house?

7.       How many bathrooms are there in your house?

The activity was a success, and I was very satisfied with what I had done. All the things worked the way I had planned them. I had some other activities that I could not developed because of the time, and also the SS had to present homework later. So, to finish my class, I just thanked them and talked about the good characteristics that they have as a group. I left the class clapped.

Special thanks guys to all you who were following my blog and were commenting it during these 6 months. Your comments are highly appreciated. Thanks for everything, and, again, congratulations for you too. Undoubtedly, you all are great teachers, and I wish you the best as always. Blessings!!