Hot Reflection 1 Second Period

Teaching in the Mayor 

Describe à March 18th, this was my first class of the second period. I felt confident because I had prepared my class according to the interests and needs of my students. At the same time I was worried because last period I taught in English Access program and people say that is pretty different the attitude of those students than the attitude of the students from the mayor. However, I noticed that they also like to participate; but, they need to be encouraged a little bit more because they seem to be afraid of speaking and make mistakes. An important factor that I worried about was the sitting arrangement because it is a large group and they get distracted very easy. I arranged the desks in an "U" shape; so that I could control and have eye contact with the entire group. I use the warm-up to practice the ING form of the verbs, because the topic was Present Continuous. Then I explained some rules about how to add the ING form to the verbs. I used a conversation for they to fill it and to practice with a partner. I showed a video and as a last activity I use a mimic. I liked the last activity because the students enjoyed it. All of them were engaged participating, and even my tutor was trying to help and guessing the action. At the end I felt pleased because my students participated in every activity and I am sure they get a significant learning.
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I prepared my agenda with activities which they can practice not only writing, listening, and reading, but also the speaking skill.	Based on what I already know, there are four macro skill, the four are very important but speaking is more challenging for students, so teachers must encourage them to produce the language orally.	Next time I will continue encouraging my students to use the target language orally with interesting activities for they to interact with their classmates.
I use a sitting arrangement in which I could have the adequate space to monitor and to control the attention of my students.	According to what I have learned, sitting arrangement is very important factor to consider, mostly when teachers have a large group. It is an strategy to control a large group.	I will continue using an adequate sitting arrangement according to the number of students in the class; so that, it will be easy to control students engagement.
In this lesson I show a video. It helped me because students enjoyed watching videos. Moreover, they were open to participate express their ideas about the video.	Based on what I know, using audio visual Aids is very helpful because students like to be in touch with technology and is a way to catch their attention.	In future lessons I will try to adapt more activities in which I can use Audio Visual Aids in order to catch students attention.
In the grammar explanation, they were able to identify the different forms of the verbs to add the ING form and the importance of the verb to be. Then, I used some practice for them to put into practice the input.	I know that the grammar part has to be followed by activities for students to practice the explanation; in that way, students will internalize the new knowledge.	Next class I will try to use different activities in which students will have the opportunity to use the target language using different skills. Furthermore, they will get significant input.