Our third and fourth class

Class number 3 was given by Micaela. So, I will talk of class 4 since that was given by me.

Ok! I felt much more confident than in my first class. Not so nervous!

The first thing I did was ordering sts according to their birth date and from that, 2 groups were formed following the order achieved. It was a new way of getting sts out of their chairs and moving them to new places. That meant breaking with the canons (as regards the way the commonly sit) and creating a more-active atmosphere.

Then, sts played a game "guess the adjective" from definitions and examples I gave. I found out that it would be better to make this in the written form next time and to contextualize examples. Sts would be more likely remember the adjectives if they read the options instead of just hearing at them and if examples were closer to their every day lives. That is, if they could find a relation between the meaning of the adjectives and their own lives.

I also thought that next time I decide to give any kind of gift to the winner team (I gave candies to the winner team) , it would be much better if the looser team also got somethig. Or I could choose to give candies to all sts as a reward for their enthusiasm and participation. Otherwise, the other team doesn't feel motivated to go on working the rest of the class.

I realized that answer keys in teacher's books are not always correct. So, I should not trust on them. Rather I should carefully check the answers before giving the class. At the same time, new ways of handling a given exercise (text book exercises) can be found. And I will look for them and think about them so that I take more advantage of the material at my disposal.

Ok! I only know I'll never finish learning. But as Professor J.R. Tolkien says "It's a job that's never started that takes the longest to finish", I prefer to start learning from others now and, in doing so, be open to critics and comments from my teachers and colleagues. That openness will surely give me unending benefits in my teaching carreer.