My Thrid Class

             In my last class, SWBAT give and ask for direction correctly by practicing oral activities was my main objective, so I tried to plan as much oral activities as possible for them to speak during the whole class. My favorite and relevant part of the class was an activity in which students worked on the floor. I asked students to make 4 groups of 7, get together, and take a sit on the floor; then, I provided students a huge map of a town, some hot wheels toys, and some questions. When having the students with the materials, I utilized the cannon project in order to screen the huge map on the board; also, I asked a student “I am at UNICAES. How can I get to the beach”, and then the student I asked had to give me the direction; but, while she was giving the direction, I used a toy in order to perform what she was saying by moving my toy on road given. She did it pretty well, so I invited students to get a toy and do the same by taking turns in their groups. I did not want to stop the activity because they were having fun, and I was interacting with them by playing in each group as well; however, after several minutes, I asked them to select two representatives from each group and to pass to the front for them to develop what I did in the example. By the way they did a well-done job.

          The use of realia is really recommendable when teaching directions and I say this because my students work, understand, and get the idea quickly when developing my activities. Besides, I think that the usage of this activity is important because students are supported by others when having a problem; also, they can correct themselves because while they are giving a direction, they can see what they are saying and correct at the time if they are not doing it well.

            Based on what I have observed, I think that students generally learn better when they work in small groups; also, they do not get frustrated when doing something incorrectly because others can support them and give them options in order to improve what they are doing at that moment. Besides, the usage of realia is pretty nice because students manipulate and control every step of the activity. Indeed, students´ learning process is motivated because they do not feel like they cannot do something as in worksheet in which they have to fill the blank, and they know that there is just an answer. In brief, for me and my tutor, this class was almost perfect because of some little mistakes; and I am sure that I fulfilled my objective because they worked well and spoke a 75% of the class.

           To finish up, I will include more realia in my future classes because I am sure that it will help my students´ learning process. In addition, the next time I teach this lesson, I will not stop the activity if my students are having fun and enjoying the activity; also, I will include a well-designed map in order to students have more streets, avenues, places, roundabout, and so on.