jueves, 25 de agosto de 2011

What is your role as an attached student?

FIRST, YOU ARE OBSERVING. WHAT? THE TASK ALREADY AT HAND FOR THE WEEK.
SECOND, YOU ARE A HELPER. THAT IMPLIES, STICKING THINGS ON/OUT OF THE BOARD, PLUGGING IN TH TAPE RECORDER, DISTRIBUTING MATERIAL, HELPING WHEN NECESSARY.
THIRD, YOU ARE WITH THE CLASS FROM THE VERY BEGINNING. THAT MEANS , YOU READ THE PLAN BEFOREHAND, ASKING AND HAVING A CRITICAL LOOK AT IT.
FOURTH, YOU WRITE DOWN ALL THE ACTIVITIES, GAMES, MATERIALS ETC THAT YOU FIND EXCITING , NEW , NICE FOR YOU TO USE IN THE FUTURE.
FIFTH,REFLECT ON EVERY CLASS IN YOUR JOURNALS.

As regards ATTACHMENT!!!!

Here you have a list of trainees , some of them are already with attached students. I would like you to share with classmates , I mean if you´ve been an attached for a month now , move on find another and leave your place to a classmate.

Alejandra Nuñez
Belén Capello
Natalia Sandoval ( Ya se encuentra haciendo su residencia en Wings)
Marina Montenegro
Florencia Terraes
Ariana Avellanal
Ivana Cáceres
Liz Armendía
Silvina Sosa
Sara Romero
Vanesa Pavón
Paula Romero Tepper
Camila Muzzi
Raquel Ramírez
Lorena Gomez (Haciendo residencia en Wings)
Vallejos Luján
Ethel Aguirre

Try to contact them as soon as possible!

Observation Task nº 6 THE LEARNERS

As you arrive in the classroom, choose (privately!) one student to focus on in your observation. Watch this student through the lesson and make notes under the headings below:

a- Choose a random 2´period. Write a narrative description of what he/she is doing.

b-Choose a random 2´period again. write a narrative description of what you imagine he/she is thinking, feeling.

c- Towards the end of the class, write students own description of what has happened in the lesson. Have they enjoyed it? Have they learned something? What helped them? What was difficult for them? How did they feel? This is an interview done in L1 to students after the class, you take notes.

jueves, 11 de agosto de 2011

Observation Task nº 5 OPTIONS AND DECISIONS

This Observation should be handed on August 24th, not a minute after!!
Dealing with unexpected problems
Example:
Situation: A student arrives very late for the lesson.
Action: Teacher said "Hello" politely, (the student sat down quietly and talked with his neighbours).
Other options:(here you give your suggestion) Teacher could have asked why the student was late.
In this way you will make comments on these different topics:
A)Dealing with unexpected problems:
Situation:
Action:
Other options:
B)Grouping of students; arrangement of seating.
Situation:
Action:
Other options:
C)Setting up activities; instructions:
Situation:
Action:
Other options:
D)Student participation in the lesson
Situation:
Action:
Other options:

If you can´t observe one of these topics, focus on the others. Make any other note you consider worth sharing with the class. GOOD LUCK!