Second DAPA Last period

Describe  On May 4th, 2016 was my second class with Intermediate English II. The topic that I was going to teach was adjective clauses using Whom, Whose, Where, and Which. In my case I needed to review the use of whom and whose because there were some things that were unclear for me since it was a topic that I had studied some years ago. This topic was new for the students, so I had to explain the grammar part with details. I prepare the explanation going to adjectives clauses at the time. Since Whom and Whose were kind of complicated I decided to explain them together. I started to explain first Whom with examples but I notice that for my students was difficult to understand. So I asked for volunteers to come to the front and write a sentence. I had 3 of them writing correct sentences so I felt satisfied because they were catching the idea. I did the same when explaining the use of Whose because I also notice their confused faces.Then I gave them a practice for they to use whom and whose which they did very well. The matter was that I took to much time explaining both adjective clauses because asking for volunteers was not in my plans. After the practice, I explained the use of which and where. These adjectives were pretty easy to understand for my students. After the explanation I gave them a practice. At the end of the class I could not do the final practice which was to fill in the blanks in the conversation using the four adjectives clauses because I took to much time explaining whom and whose.
Analyze		Plan Actionà
Interpret	Generalize
I needed to review the use of some adjectives clauses because since it was a topic that I have studied long time ago I did not have a clear perspective about the use.	Based on what I already know, teachers must be sure about the input that is going to be explained. Teachers do not have to invent about something they do not know.	Next time I will take my time to investigate about a certain topic that is not clear for me in order to give my students a veridic input.
I took too much time in the grammar part because I was not sure if my students were catching the explanation. So I decided to ask for volunteers to write examples on the board which was not in my plans to be done.	According to what I have learned, grammar part is important but sometimes teachers must give students time to internalize the new input. Moreover, the practice will clarify their doubts.	Next time I will explain the grammar part and prepare more than one practice for my students to get the idea easily and faster. Also, I will include in my plans asking for volunteers.
Asking for volunteers helped me to elicit if the students were catching the input I was explaining	Based on what I know, eliciting is a technique to see how much the students know about a specific topic or how much students know about something.	In future lessons I will care about eliciting in order to notice about my students knowledge and also I will have my students participating in the grammar part for them to internalize the learning.