Almost done....

Hello everybody!!! I am so happy because I almost finish this last teaching mission. I am not saying that I do not like to teach, but what I really hate is to get a grade which sometimes has been that I have unfair after each class. I really like teaching, but not being observed and evaluated by people that criticize my mistakes, even though when they make the same ones. Anyways, I guess that's part of the process.

Let me tell you that yesterday, it was a little bit difficult to go to teach after a long period of vacations, but anyways, I did it. I had to continue on the less control practice of the same lesson we used last time. You know that I really hate the practice phase, but this time I tried to enjoy it more.

I began with a very common warm-up "change places if..." Since my objective was to practice the present perfect in the oral form, I asked them to say phrases like "change places if you have taken a shower, have done homework, have eaten, etc" Besides, the standees had to pick up and answer a "Have you ever...?" question which were on a box, and then, they had to say another phrase to make people stand up. I really like that activity in which students easily put into practice the target structure and they also had fun.

After that, I asked students to work on groups of four to work on some yes/no questions which were supposed to be in the handout, but they weren't. So I read a question, and they had to ask it to each other on the groups, but if the answer was yes, they had to tell the experience. I monitored their conversations, and every certain time I changed the questions.

We continued with a great activity in which a student had a minute to look around him to memorize the position of everything; then, he had to go outside for some minutes while we were inside the classroom making some changes. After that the student had to go in and try to guess what has changed...

Finally, they work on groups again, and I gave them an adjective flashcard to each group. They had to discuss and give ideas of what they thought that could have happened to the people on the flashcard for them to have those expressions on their faces. I was monitoring students when my tutor told me that time was up.

This time, there was no oral feedback. My tutor only gave me the evaluation page to read what she had written. I did not want to read so I just checked my grade which I think it was acceptable.