Second Period... second entry.

Hi guys, today I had the opportunity to teach my second class at English Access and I started at 3: 00 pm, but this time I felt more comfortable because I asked the teacher if I could create my own lesson plan which she told me if was ok, so I was surer about my class. 

I started the class with a warm up activity called: “Draw it all’’, this time students had a lot fun by drawing and trying to guess some verbs; they enjoyed the activity a lot. After that, I asked them to make groups of three and one of them should be the representative in which they had to choose a famous person whatever they wanted and then the others asked them some questions using simple present; they developed the activity in a nice way.

Then, I gave them some topics in which they had to choose whatever they liked the most and create some conversations about the topic. What I realized is that they like speaking activities, so I tried to include speaking activities in order to make them practice.

I had a great time teaching because the students are very nice. This time I really feel comfortable about my class and I really enjoyed how the students developed in a nice way what you asked them to do.

Second Period... First entry

Today was my first class in English Access, and I felt Little nervous.The class started with the activity called “Bus stop”,  Some students develop the activity in a good way some others don’t. After that, I started my class asking them some questions about the previous class which it was good because they remembered many things about the last class.

 Then, I had students working in pairs where they need to fill in the blanks using simple present. After that, students have to create a conversation in trios in which they have to perform the activity for two minutes, and students developed the activity in a very good way.

I like this group because they really like to participate, they asked a lot of questions about things they don’t know which I think is very nice because I noticed they want to learn English.

 By the other hand, it was a big challenge for me to teach in English Access because I had to teach with the lesson plan the teachers have created which was a little uncomfortable for me, but at the end I think I did it well. There is something incredible about those kids; they caught the information in a very good way and that motived me a lot because now I know that I can develope a lot of creative activities with them and for sure they are going to participate. 

My last practice

My last teaching practice was on February 23^rd. This time I felt more comfortable for was my last practice with them and I knew them a little bit more, so I started the class with a warm up activity called “Draw it all”. Students participated in all the activities in a very nice way, but there is a big problem with them. As they are in a very basic level, they speak Spanish all the time; they do not practice English, so is kind of difficult trying to make them speak English.

In the middle of the class some students were not paying attention, so I tried to get their attention by standing in front of them and it was a nice technique because they realized what was the problem, so it was no necessary to ask them to be quiet. 

This experience was very nice for me because I was getting accustom to my group, but unfortunately, I had to say good bye to my group which was kind of sad for me, and I hope my coming experiences could be nice as this one.