I CAN DO IT!........... First class!!

Hello everybody, this was my First teaching practice of this period. I´m teaching intermediate I in the early morning as most of you are, also.

Today I arrived ten minutes before the class started and before the teacher arrive. As soon as he got into the classroom I started the class.

I started it with the warm up it was an activity in which the students would know their classmates´ names and also they would write about their abilities using the auxiliary “CAN.” The activity is called “Two lies and two truths”

The second activity was the presentation. I used some action flashcards and introduce the auxiliary “CAN” by giving them examples about what I can do and I cannot. For example I shown a flashcard about soccer and I said “I can play soccer.”  This exercise was nice since the students could know about me and feel confidence.

Then, I gave them the flashcards and they would tell me about themselves; what they can do and cannot according to the flashcards they got.

After, the grammar section was coming. I brought some charts with short rules and examples as well the structures. I gave the grammar by making a rotating task. They formed groups and took a trip around the classroom to read and copy the charts. Then, I asked them to explain one chart and to give an example. Thanks God they did it very well, they understood. I just emphasized some points and helped them with some doubts.

Here I went with the practices. “Spinning the bottle” it´s a very popular game in teenagers lives and they were happy when I told them we would play it. But I adapted it to the topic. One side of the bottle would be for questions and the other side would be for answering. So, two people would participate at the same time. They were asking kind of personal questions but it was ok since they were using the auxiliary “CAN.” Everybody participated.

To finish my first successful class I asked them to make groups according to the color of the paper they were given in the first activity (the warm up) and I gave them flashcards about some professions. They should talk about what the professionals can and can´t do.

As homework they were assigned to work in pairs and choose a profession from their handout and make a talent show in which one would be the interviewer and the other would be the interviewee. The teacher would check it in the next class.

In every activity I gave them examples and I made questions to see if they understood the directions.

I felt a little of bit nerves at the beginning but later on I forgot them!

My objective match with the topic and the activities were connected with it.

My feedback was nice because I was able to correct my mistakes, I noticed them!

I had a great grade and I hope next time would be better.