Hello again dear bloggers!! I hope everything
is going on well with you. I’ll be brief this last time. I was teaching in the
English Access program. My last class there was on Monday 12th. The
class was divided into 4 principal parts. The warm up. A reading activity. A
speaking activity (Group work) and, finally, a “find someone who” activity. All
of them about modals which was the target language.
The warm up
In this class, I developed the
popular “rabbit wall and arrow” warm up. It was just to set the mood of the
class and give a little bit more time for the late comers. I saw the students
felt better and had fun when doing it.
Reading
The main objective of it was to
identify and underline the modals. Before developing that, I showed these
images to the class so that they started using the modals. “He might be sad;
they must be angry” and so on.
It worked very well under my view point. To
finish this, I elicited some of the students’ responses and I read along with
the class in case that there were new words or a problem with pronunciation.
Discussion (speaking activity, group
work)
This activity was successfully
achieved. In groups of 4, they discussed questions about real-life situations.
Questions such as: “Should marijuana be legalized? What must you do in your
country to obtain a driver’s license” among others. In this way, I think the
students practiced consciously and unconsciously the modals. Plus, it was a
thought provoking activity. To close this, I elicited some responses to see
what they thought about and to see if they used the modals for sure.
“Find someone who”
This is a popular and common
activity. I noticed that the students enjoyed this as it contained interesting
questions. This was for using the modal “can” only. To close this, again, I
elicited some of the students’ responses.
The class was very good, I think.
However, one of the things that went wrong was the fact that not all the
students were there. Also, I forgot to write the objective thought I did it in
the middle of the class. Then, I think that I did maybe not a great job but a
good one.
Hi Georg!!!
ReplyDeleteIt´s nice to see that you enjoyed your last class.
The warm up activity was nice because it helped you to break the ice.
The activities you developed during the class were nice especially the discussion activity because the questions you provided were controversial, I think that kind of activities encourage students to participate.
Hello Zar,
ReplyDeleteIn my opinion, it was a very good class because all the activities were very useful for ss to practice and learn more and they also were nicely developed.
It is always nice and important to use pics or any kind of visual aids in every class as you did in this one; in addition, activities like group discussions with questions about real-life situations and the final activity "find someone who" , which was a great closure and a perfect game for kinestetics, are very helpful to create the perfect enviroment for ss to practice, learn and have fun at the same time.
Great job!
Best wishes for next period!
Hello Yorch, Nice way to break the ice with your students, the famous "rabbit and arrow" is a great way to make them feel comfortable enough to start working. As you said, the find someone who activity always work in the class, because this activities make them work around the classroom and interact with their peers trying to find out as much information as possible, and let them have fun at the same time.
ReplyDeleteCongrats my friend...6 classes more and we will be free!!!!
Hy guy, It is nice to see you feel good about your job, The structure you were teaching it is kind of difficult and sometimes students do not know the usage of modals, but you did it in such a natural way that they were using them without realizing they were practicing the paterns.Remember it is always a good idea to have repeation, so every example you write on the board have Students repeating. Great activities.
ReplyDelete2nd period it´s coming let´s go for it!!