During this week, some
interesting events happened regarding the classes I had already planned.
Firstly, I had the class with Basic English two with Professor John Jairo. I
had planned some activities regarding the comparatives. I always try to make
the class interesting for students to feel good when they learn or practice, so
I did the “would you rather…?” game and they all loved it. I guided the
activity in order to get the expected answers I wanted. They must answer with
the comparatives in order to give the reason why they chose either option. It
was funny to see them all excited to play the game and the hardness of the
decisions. I made sure of it. Then some reading and speaking activities took
place. I felt good overall because they did what they were expected to do,
report what they were asked to, and enjoyed the activities as I wanted them to
do.
Regarding the other classes, with
pre intermediate English I actually saved the lesson plan for the week before
for this one due to the absence of class the previous week. Although the lesson
plan was good, the coordinator professor told me to do something in the lab. I
freaked out, like literally lost my mind because that was a different setting
for me as a student teacher. Therefore, I told him that, he understood and
asked me to do some outdoors activity. I agreed since that was somewhat easier
for me. I planned something that was
expected to last at least one hour. It was about doing some interviews in
groups and some other complementary activities. However, students finished it
surprisingly quickly. I again died for a moment because I had some time left of
my class. I asked myself “What should I do?” Then I planned like instantly an
activity regarding writing in which they must gather the information found and
put it into a report text, in that case was an article. They must use the
computers to do so and I saved my day. I gave them the deadline until midnight
of that day. That was tough. I did not enjoy that situation really. It was
stressful. In fact, I had to take some pills for headache afterwards. However,
it taught me that you must be creative whether you do like it or not. Thus,
being a professor is a challenge. I am not that willing to take the challenge,
but since I started this path, I must assume it.
With Basic English ll from
professor Jairo’s group I had a difficult time too (It seems that I do not have
good experiences being a teacher). I planned to do the same activities as I did
with the other Basic English ll group. To my surprise, they had already done
the reading exercise they were expected to do with me that day. Therefore, I
turned it into a speaking exercise where they must tell their partners about
the reading. Afterwards, they needed to report what their partners had told
them about the reading. It was good overall since they understood and did the
exercise I asked them to do.
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