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ESL Printables

This is a website created for English teachers all over the world. You can download worksheets, lesson plans, activities, power point presentation, and online exercises, but to do this you have to share your own matarial first; you have to upload your acivities in order to get points, that allow you to download other people`s work.
This is a very useful website to plan your classes and activities, and it is a good oppertunity to get in contact with teachers from different parts of the world.

http://www.eslprintables.com/

Consejo de Curso y Orientación

I. Datos Generales:

1.Nombre del Establecimiento Educacional:
Liceo Benjamín Vicuña Mackenna
2.Curso: 3 medio b
3.Profesor jefe: Mónica Cáceres
4.Profesor en Práctica: Francisco Javier Rojas López
5.Fecha: 18/10/09
6.Hora: 12:10 – 12:55

II.- Desarrollo del consejo de curso

1.Tema de Orientación:
El tema de este consejo de curso fue acerca de los problemas de inasistencia que se han presentado al interior del curso durante el segundo semestre. La profesora apunta a que se esta llegando al final del año, por lo cual, es de suma importancia no descuidar este aspecto; ya que, faltando a clases se pierde la oportunidad de estar presentes cuando el profesor presenta nuevos contenidos y es la mejor oportunidad para aclarar las dudas. La profesora concede la palabra al curso, procurando la intervención de todos y todas, dentro de las opiniones mas relevantes que pude escuchar se encontraban la falta de motivación al ir al liceo y que por la llegada de fin de año todo se hacia mas desordenado ya que todos sentían que las vacaciones estaban muy cerca dejando al liceo en segundo plano. La profesora retoma la palabra y reconoce que los fundamentos entregados por los alumnos son validos de alguna manera, pero recalca la idea de que ellos recién están empezando; sus vidas laborales están a la vuelta de la esquina, por lo tanto, es muy importante que tomen conciencia de que cuando se adquiere un compromiso hay que cumplirlo con la mayor seriedad posible aunque el camino se vea complicado y difícil.

2.OFT cubierto:

Como se pudo observar en el punto anterior la conversación estuvo centrada en la responsabilidad cuando se asume un compromiso; en este caso el compromiso de ir a clases y responder académicamente lo cual crea los cimientos que le ayudarán a los alumnos a ser exitosos en su posterior vida como personas responsables y como futuros trabajadores y profesionales. También se destaca la perseverancia; superar los obstáculos que se presenten para alcanzar un bien mayor.

3.Tabla del Consejo de Curso:

-Lectura acta anterior
-Asistencia a clases
-Nomina de alumnos para asistir al taller de cine

TEAM TEACHING STAGE REPORT

Task Nº1: Collaboration activities

1. When I was asked for help the teacher told me that he needed me for walking around the classroom supporting the students in the activity. He thinks that this kind of assistance is very useful because the assistant teacher can check for understanding and give feedback to those students who have problems with the activity. I was doing this during two classes.

2.They were working on grammar content such us, object pronouns and possessive adjectives. They were doing some translation exercises on the whiteboard and on their notebooks.

3.The student reacted to my presence in a very good way. They were willing to hear my voice and suggestions; they felt free to ask me and to clarify their doubts. I saw the students very engaged in the task; I could see them working on their notebooks and paying attention to the teacher.

4. I was not required to do any work apart from the assistant teaching.

5. I was not asked to prepare any kind of material using technology; in despite of the fact that the school has the appropriate facilities for doing this.

Task 2: Lesson Planning

1. Once I knew what the content for the next couple of classes was, I started out by gathering information about that content on books and especially on internet. Then, I created two worksheets; the first one was a content guide where the new structures were presented and explained; the second one was a list of twenty exercises. The student had to work in groups of four in order to figure out the answer. I decided group work for the first class because in my observation stage I did not see this kind of work; I wanted the student to share ideas and knowledge.

2. My guide teacher did not give me any kind of suggestion for planning, but he gave me the possibility to plan the classes under my criteria; he told me that I could do any kind of activity because this is my chance to try new things.

3.I took me around five hours to gather, create and plan the activities and the material for my first lesson.

OBSERVATION STAGE REPORT

Name of student: Francisco Rojas López
Name of School: Liceo Benjamín Vicuña Mackenna
Number of students: 33
Date: September 2nd - 3rd
Class: 3º B

1. The school:

The Benjamín Vicuña Mackenna high school is located in Recreo, Viña del Mar. It is organized like any other public school in our country; it is composed of a group of more than thirty teachers, among these, we can find the principal and his team; the administration stuff, and the administrative assistant stuff. The student population is around 580 students.
This school has a long history training technicians and educating students for their future as workers and professionals in the Chilean society under the values of tolerance, respect and perseverance. The behavioural policies are managed by the school inspectors, and teachers.

2. The classroom

The environment inside the classroom is peaceful, and engaging in some way; the students are not under stress. The classroom is big enough for the class; the students are seating in lines, they have fresh air and the natural light is ok. The room has a whiteboard and a rubbish can; in general the space is quite good for this class; although, it does not have any kind of equipment. There are no posters in English on the wall; in this sense, it is not engaging for learning English because the students are not in contact with any stimulus in the target language.

3. The activities & resources

a) The class is based on the grammar-translation method, and the activities follow this principle. The students are asked to translate short sentences in Spanish into English and vice versa. The students are used to this kind of work; therefore, they do the task immediately. There is a good balance between the teacher’s role and the student’s role; the teacher asks for work and the students do it.

B) The school has appropriate facilities and resources in terms of technology and equipment. The students and teachers have three computer laboratories, and two audiovisual rooms. There are three laptops for the teachers work with inside the classroom, and two data show. These resources were not used in the classroom, at least when I was in the observation stage.

Task 2: Student´s learning

1.The learners

I could not say that all students are not motivated; in fact, there are some students that really like learning English and show some interest, but most of them think that it is difficult and demanding. When the teacher speaks English almost the whole class do not understand any word; for this reason, they do not understand the new content and the directions for doing a task. On the other hand, the activities do not promote the use of the language in a creative fashion. This kind of work does not encourage the students to take control over their learning; they just hope to understand something in the class.

2 Behaviour during classroom activities

I have to say that the guide teacher has an excellent classroom management; they students know what they can do and what they cannot. The rules are known by everyone inside the class, and the behavioural framework is clear.
One of the strategies that the teacher always uses is to give points to the students when they find out the answer of a certain question; these points vary according to the difficulty of the question. This strategy works quite well because the students make an effort in answering. The bad side of this is that only the students with good grade get the points; the teacher does not give the possibility to students who really need those extra points to answer and show what they know.

3. Discuss the learning styles and levels of English in the classroom.

Observations clear & well informed
Not Observed

Demonstrates understanding of social and educational factors
Low

Objective & factual information
Not Observed

Evidence of active search of information
Not Observed

Use of English expression clear
Low