Grammar it is and they are

Class 01 Grammar 

This was my first time teaching. I was really nervous. I thought students would behave improperly and make a mess, but they did not. I think my classmate and I did a great job in this class because students understood the topic.

Instructions: to start the class, Whole Brain Teaching (power teaching) was explained. 

It is a technique in which teacher can accomplish: a positive and effective classroom, and a classroom where learning is fun for you and the students. Power teaching is based in seven basic components:

– Class!-Yes!

– The Five Rules

– The Scoreboard “Game” (and more!)

– Hands and Eyes! 

– Teach!-OK!

– Mirror!

– Switch!

For this class was only used Class!-Yes! 

and hands and eyes for the reduced time we had.

For more information click on the link

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBeWEgvGm2Y&list=PLF6D01726A970C905

Warm up

In this stage, the teachers presented a warm up called “Walking through the jungle.” It consisted that when the teacher mentions an animal; students will behave and produce the sound of the animal. Lion, elephant, frog, parrot, crocodile, sheep, monkey and panther.

Presentation

The teacher presented the grammar structure of the verb to be: it is & they are with the help of some flashcards. He explained it step by step. First, he made students to recognize of singular and plural. Then, he taught them that it is for singular and they are for plural. When they had recognized it, they were asked repeat many times until the teacher considered necessary. This process was followed due to that grammar is a bit complex for children. And if it is not taught in a simple and understandable way, it would not be learned. 

Practice 1

Worksheet

In this stage, students were given a worksheet in which they had to write the missing pronoun or form of the verb to be: it is or they are.

Students were really focused on the task. Everybody was completing it. The students that did understand the topic were asking for help to the teacher or to their classmates. When they finished the exercise and the answers were right, they received a sticker as a prize. 

Practice 2

Scrambled sentences 

The teacher gave a bag with scrambled sentences to each of the student. She explained it with an example. She had two sentences. One with it is and the other with they are. She asked them what could be the order of the sentences. She made them internalized the grammar structure by their own experiences and answers. It was fundamental for them to practice and develop the activity properly. 

Production

Class activity

Students were given a picture with different animals. They had to make a sentence about it using it is or they are. They were sat on the floor. The teacher taught them how to do it. Students seemed to be used with the topic. With the teacher's help, they could do this stage better than expected.

Wrap up

The teacher asked students one by one what they have learned. They answered it easily.

On Wednesday the 14th, I went to observe my classmate´s class.

Warm up

Students were asked to write their name on a tag name, so that they could ask and answer the question what is your name? to each other

Note: this activity seemed to be difficult at first for the students, but when the teacher helped them, they knew what to do and how to do it. 

Pre-listening

In this stage, the teacher presented the family members by using some flashcards. Also, he taught them the question who is she/he?

Students were paying attention to the explanation and they were really interested at the topic.

Note: the teacher focused too much on the question who is she/he? It seemed to be a grammar class instead of a listening class. This stage is just for presenting new vocabulary that could appear on the listening, so that the students can understand it better. 

During 1

In this stage, the listening was read by the teacher. He repeated two times.  Then students were given a worksheet in which they had to underline the family member´s mentioned in the listening.

Note: the worksheet should have been given before the listening. It is because students can be aware of the questions so they know what they need from the listening to answer the questions.

During 2

Students were in a line while the teacher was holding the flashcards... students had to answer the question who is she/he? If they did it correctly, they could sit.

Note: this activity was well explained and it reached its goal. Even though, students were nervous, the teacher´s help was ideal to get rid of their nervous.

Post listening

Students were given a bond page. They were asked to draw their family member. After that, with the drawing they had to ask and answer who is she/he? to each other.

Note: this activity reached its goal because students were answering the questions properly. In this group, pair work did not work. This is the only problem it had.

Class

Note: The teacher´s help was fundamental to facilitate the comprehension of each of the activities to the students in the class

Here I leave a link where you can find audios for your coming classes just clic here.

LISTENING