Journal entry V

On May 31^th, the seventh class was taught.  The lesson was planned as usual, and my advisor gave me some important recommendations in terms of the sequence of my activities, and what the main focus should be. This time I was going to take some vocabulary related to the parts of the house, and how to describe them.

My advisor has always told me that the most important about a class is the communicative style, and how significant it is for our lives. Fortunately, that is something that I always consider when planning a lesson. I am really convinced that it is the right path to teach a language. During the taught class I started greetings my students, and then I just showed them a video about a haunted house which is based on a real life story. As they are talking about ghosts and other entities, the new topic fitted perfectly. I could notice they were very curious about that house.

The previous video was aimed at highlighting some important elements that can be described with there is / are respectively. They seemed to have understood the topic, so it was time for them to practice it. They worked in pairs. They had to answer some questions about Camilo’s house. Each of the students had a part of the description of the house that is why it was required to have them all asking up. They looked very excited at participating, and I controlled the time in a better way this occasion.

Finally I just made them describe a part of a house or an object. They played Pictionary, so they had to work in teams, groups of four people. They were very attentive trying to make themselves understood about the object they meant. In my opinion, the time I just destined for the activity was exact, and the students wanted to continue playing. I felt it was a very productive class, and I would like continue innovating every single lesson. I want to make them progress, and get better as the time goes by, step by step.