Journal 9

Journal 9

During this week, classes were not as normal as usual, because the weeks before this one we, students were on vacation. In fact, the day we returned classes was a Wednesday so I did not have class with Basic English ll, which is Professor John’s group. However, I did have classes with Pre-intermediate English and Basic English ll with professor Jairo. The problem was that I do not live in Neiva while I have nothing to do in the city. Therefore, I travel every time I have vacations to my hometown. That Wednesday I was expected to get the bus at seven o’clock in the morning. Likewise, I had everything ready for my two classes. Unfortunately, the driver had some kind of problem and could not solve it on time. In consequence, the bus started working on at 9:30 in the morning. Since Garzon is two hours away, I would get to Neiva around 11:30 or later, depending on the traffic jams or the driver’s speed.

I could not teach the classes I had expected on Wednesday. However, I did talk to Professor Wilson about it and told him the situation. I asked him for permission to do my intervention of my innovation plan from the practicum. He allowed me to do so on Friday. Therefore, I got my stuff all together and I was ready to roll on Friday. I went there and applied the peer evaluation I had planned for that day.

Students were willing to do so even though they had forgotten to bring their essays finished. I had told them to bring their essays before entering back to the university. In that session, what I needed them to do was to criticize a text with some criteria I had adapted from an investigation. They did so and I told them to finish it at home since most of them did not finish it at the time. In addition, I told them that have a look at the feedback their peers had given them, so that they can have a final version of the essay and, therefore, sent it to me. The deadline I told them was next class, which is going to be on July 17. I hope they do not forget it. Sometimes they forget about everything and I get frustrated.