Jounal Entry VII

On June 14^th, the ninth class was taught. This time the class was about future. I planned all the activities and my advisor just checked them in order to give some feedback on them. As usual he advised me to continue with the communicative activities, and every time to make them more meaningful.

That Friday when the lesson was taught, I started with a warm greeting among them. They had to greet the person next to them. Right after that, they had to ask them about the future and what they think it will be like. It was aimed at introducing the topic and the activities in a very smooth way. When they were done I just played a video to relate it with what they have talked before. The video was about the technology in 2050, and they liked it a lot.

Next, I just numbered them in order to make them work in groups. Then I gave them some questions to discuss. They were expected to talk about plans so the questions were focused on that. I went around them in case they had some questions or doubts about the usage of the structures. They were absolutely focused on the activity. I always use the strategy of associating the topics with some aspects of their lives. As I know a little about their lives, and many other things so I can include part of the information I know in order for them to feel identified.

Finally we started an activity to talk about predictions for the future. As it is very exciting I made them read their hands, and they had to continue working in pairs. To have a very close example I took one of my students’ hand and I did the exercise with her as a way of modeling.

I also included some categories in order for them to be guided. The activity was very fun, and they really enjoyed it. They were surprised and smiling because of the terrible predictions made by their classmates, but anyway they had a great time.

I keep working on controlling time because I know that is one of my weaknesses, and I always try every time harder to make my lessons meaningful, and unforgettable for my students.