397. He will likely see the fruit

Anonymous — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 14:16:00 GMT

One day teacher A said to teacher B, "You've asked me for a class planning of mine, so as to have one example of my classes. Here you go.

These notes are for a regular day of my schedule: they may be not the best-thought ones, just one class at random. I've written them briefly, as a prompt for myself: behind are years of experience and battle.

In no way do they show exhaustive notes of the class planning.

The main goal of the current course is some craic in the classroom: practicing listening and speaking - it's an extra-curricular course. Kids 11 and 12 year-old. One hour approx."

1. Learning their names.

2.Tell them "I do not understand Spanish at this time..." [So they've got to say their messages however they can]

3. Competition. Two players. Topic: means of transportation.

4. Competition. All the class vs me! Topic their choice.

5. Revise alphabet.

6. Hangman. Clue: objects in this room. DICTIONARY. BOOKCASE. TRASH CAN. ATLAS.

7. Dictionary competition. The kids who find the given words (3) are the winners.

9. Hangman with words. THE SWAT SQUAD BROKE INTO THE HOUSE OF THE MAFFIA, IN GLANDALE [I write the words scrambled on the whiteboard].

10. Simon says. Also one volunteer acts out as the teacher.

11. Describing pictures by me [From National Geographic. They just listen, they cannot see the picture; follow-up questions. I show them the picture].

12. One student describes one picture [from NG too]. / Photo from www lavozdigital es cadiz

284. What's your dream?

Anonymous — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 18:04:00 GMT

One day teacher B said to teacher A,

"You know what happened today?

Like you know, my goal is for my students to say words - as replies; then, later on, sentences or expressions; and farther on conversations and presentations of whatever topics.

Today I was with three of my students in my class-period - they are 11 or 12 years. So far they have said words or even invented words - as an effort to communicate with me; the positive point of this inventing is they try a guess, they try theories or ways to produce messages.

Well, for today I had planned to interview N. - Some variety of questios: full name, eternal-in-Spain football team, favorite activity in our center, one activity he would like to do, favorite color, one subject of the school, one smell, taste, letter, what else?, ok, whatever - some a bit more questions.

They three got involved in the conversation, also because I roped the others in the conversation. So the result has been an authentic exchange of information, so something longer, something more interwoven, better outfitted, a more accomplished exchange of sentences."

Thank you, www alayos com, for the photo: some kids in Santiago Bernabéu stadium (Real Madrid), in a trip to Madrid. One of the dreams most kids from Granada love to achieve.

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397. He will likely see the fruit

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