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.
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