7:30am - 11:30am
Activity #1 Review
Teacher pasted on the board some Wh-questions using the verb"be" in past form "was/were". One of those questions was "When was the last birthday in your family?" Teacher took time for let students repeat those questions and she gave her own examples.Then, Students discussed and shared their answers with everybody.
Activity #2 Milestones.
It was our turn! I wrote on the board the question:
"What age do people usually...?
1. leave the school
2. learn to drive.
3. graduate from the University.
4. get married.
T.A Abi explained to the students the meaning of the word "milestones" and she gave some examples.Then, I explained to the students the questions and what they had to do.
Students had to make pairs and discuss those questions, thinking in what age people usually achieve those goals and giving their own opinions about what is the perfect age to do those things.Then, some of them shared their opinions with all the class.
We walked around to check how they were doing the activity and we helped them with some doubts.
Simple past tense - Irregular & Regular Verbs
Teacher wrote on the board some verbs and she asked to the Students to help her.She explained the differences between regulars and irregulars verbs and she taught pronunciation of the verbs end in "ed".
Teacher gave to the students a list of irregular verbs. Students made 3 groups, the group 1 was with me, the group 2 was with Teacher Ana Maria, and the group 3 was with T.A. Abi.We helped to the pronunciation of the irregular verbs. Then, Teacher asked to everybody the past form of some verbs.
Students showed interested in learning the difference between those sounds. This is someting very important, as teachers, we have to help to our students to develop this skill.
Activity #3 Role-play
what they love to do! Students had to think about what they did in the last Christmas, where they went, what they ate and etc. then, they had to perform the conversation in front of their classmates. Teacher made some observations and corrections with pronunciation.
Note: I understood that they like the role-plays because they can laugh, they like to be creative and maybe, they feel nervous when they are talking, but the feel comfortable to make mistakes, maybe because Teacher help them to feel like that. they have fun doing that.
Hello Hazel. I am excited to read that you are working with another classmate in the same classroom. II wonder how you both are attending our tutor. I consider it will be useful for us in order to get experience teaching teenagers and interacting with them. I hope you both can continue learning in what seems a very important part in our development as teachers. Let´s continue doing the good job on the rest of this semester.
ReplyDeletehi hazel! i like the activities that you did with your classmate, and i like that your students wants to be creative and participate in classes. as you said that they feel nervous at the moment and its normal. i know that you are a amaizing person and you and your classmate will learn a lot of ways to teach with teens.I know that you do a good job.
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