SECOND CLASS

TEACHER: LUPITA TOBAR (TEACHER OVIDIO'S GROUP)
CLASS:  16 STUDENTS 
LEVEL: INTERMEDIATE ENGLISH I 
SECTION: "C" 

Hello! Dear classmates, I hope you are ok. 

Today was my second class with this nice group of intermediate English class.  

It was supposed that I had to teach on Wednesday, but I had some problems with the public transportation…  You know that they are so fast (hahaha), and I arrived too late to the university so that I couldn't teach that day; for that reason I had to teach today. 

But today, I arrived early to the classroom and I prepared everything on time, that's nice for me. :)

This class was about practice of the topic: modals of obligation (permission, prohibition, obligation and no obligation) 

I had to reinforce this topic with some practice in which students had to apply the modal verbs in written and oral practices. 

Let's see what I did this morning!!!!

First, I developed the warm up that was related with modals, I did a group competition, and I divided the class in two groups then I told them a modal verb of obligation and they had to run and write on the board a sentence using this modal (example: I said "must' I must call my dad tonight) and so on. 

The group that had more correct sentences was the winner. 

With this activity I had some problems because students had made some writing mistakes, and at first, I didn't notice, but later someone told me about it and I could check them on time. 

After that, students worked in a filling the blanks activity (controlled practice) in which they had to analyze each sentence and use the correct modal verb. 

Then it was time for the semi-controlled practice which I develop a short reading about:   

                                                                                                   John's story 

    

One evening, Jon was sitting at home watching TV when the phone rang. It was his

girlfriend Kate. Kate asked Jon if he would like to go out tonight. Jon had had a hard

day at work and was feeling lazy and tired. So, he told Kate he was sleepy and was

going to bed soon. Kate wished him sweet dreams and hung up the phone.

Twenty minutes later his ex-girlfriend Anna called Jon. She was in town on business

and would be leaving town again tomorrow. She asked Jon if they could meet

tonight. They had not seen each other since they split up two years ago. They

agreed to meet at a local restaurant for dinner. Anna and Jon met at the local

restaurant, and they sat down for a meal together. They were half-way through their

meal when in walked Kate with her friends. Kate was shocked to see her boyfriend

having dinner with his ex-girlfriend! She walked over to Jon’s table…

First, I divided the class in 3 groups and give them the piece of paper with the short reading, after that I explained what they had to do. 

They have to read the story and then they have to write two sentences for each person of the story using the modal verbs of obligation.
Examples:  John must say Anna the true.
John doesn't have to go out with his ex -girlfriend... 

After all, they had to choose one person who had to read the sentences for the whole class and discuss their sentences with them at the same time, I started like a debate asking them the question below:  Do you agree with this group? or do you disagree with them? and why? It was a very funny and interesting activity because students enjoyed talking about the situation of the story. 

 I really enjoyed this class... it was very nice. 

FIRST ENTRY SECOND PERIOD

TEACHER: LUPITA TOBAR (TEACHER OVIDIO'S GROUP)
CLASS:  16 STUDENTS 
LEVEL: INTERMEDIATE ENGLISH I 
SECTION: "C" 

HELLO! EVERYONE, I HOPE YOU ARE DOING OK... THIS MY FIRST ENTRY FOR THIS PERIOD AND LET ME TELL YOU THAT MY FIRST CLASS WAS NOT PERFECT WE ALWAYS HAVE SOME PROBLEMS, BUT FOR THE REST IT WAS SO NICE... AND YOU WILL SEE WHY. 


 FIRST LET ME TELL YOU THAT I ARRIVED TO THE CLASSROOM ON TIME, THEN I STARTED TO PREPARE THE CLASSROOM, I ORGANIZED THE SITTINGS IN A SEMI-CIRCLE SHAPE AFTER I START TO PREPARE THE MATERIAL THAT I WOULD USE FOR THE CLASS. 
IT IS VERY GOOD TO ARRIVE ON TIME BECAUSE YOU CAN PREPARE EVERYTHING BEFORE THE STUDENTS COME TO CLASSROOM. 

AS A WARM UP I DEVELOPED THE GAME CALLED PASS THE BALL, I LIKE THIS GAME BECAUSE WE CAN USE IT IN DIFFERENT WAYS AND WITH DIFFERENT TOPICS. 
THAT DAY, I USED IT AS REVIEWED OF THE PREVIOUS TOPIC. I ASKED THEM SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT THE TOPIC AND DIFFERENT TASKS THEY HAD TO DEVELOP. 
AFTER THAT, I EXPLAINED THE GRAMMAR, AND NOW I KNOW THAT WAS AN ERROR BECAUSE  I DIDN'T DO ANY PRESENTATION ABOUT THE TOPIC: "INFINITIVES AND GERUNDS". 
THE MOST IRONIC PART OF THIS IS THAT I HAD PREPARED A SONG FOR THE PRESENTATION, BUT I DIDN'T DO IT BECAUSE I THOUGHT THAT TIME IT WAS NOT ENOUGH TO EXPLAIN ALL THE GRAMMAR NOTES. 
ANYWAYS, I CONTINUED WITH THE CLASS AND I EXPLAINED THE GRAMMAR THEN I DEVELOPED A CONTROLLED PRACTICE.
AND THAT WAS ALL...

THIS SITUATION LEFT ME A GREAT LESSON THAT WAS "A PRESENTATION  IS AN IMPORTANT PART OF THE CLASS WHEN WE HAVE TO STARTED A NEW TOPIC BECAUSE IT IS LIKE AN INTRODUCTION OF THE TOPIC.