First teaching practicum with Intermediate English I

My first class with this group went pretty well even though I was kind of nervous because it is a new group for me and I don´t know them so well. 
I began the class some minutes later because just few students had arrived to the classroom. 
As a warm up I used a bingo which was about stative verbs ( stative and dynamic verbs was the topic I was to teach) all the students enjoyed the game and at the same time it helped me to introduce the new topic. After that, to formally introduce the topic I used a short paragraph which they had to read and underline the mistakes; the mistakes were some stative verbs written in the progressive form, and I got surprised because they immdiately identified them. As a follow up activity, we corrected the mistakes. Later, I gave the grammar explanation; luckly, this time doing this part wasn´t that difficult. Then, I had them doing a written practice which they developed properly. Furthermore, I had them doing a miming activity; in order to do this activity I ask some students to mimic and make gestures regarding a verb, and the rest of the students had to raise their hand and tell me if it was dynamic or stative and a sentence using such verb. If they did it accurately, I was supposed to give them a point. During this activity I could verify that the students actually grasped the new topic because they participated properly saying if the verb was stative or dynamic and using it in a correct sentence as well.  
As a wrap up, I had the students working on a exercise from the book. 
As I said before this class went allright, and I hope the coming classes turn out great as well. 

LAST CLASS WITH ADVANCED ENGLISH I

First of all, I would like to say that I´m glad because I finally finished with this period.
My last experience with this class was quite satisfactory because I was able to develop all the activities I had planned. 
I began the class with a warm up using scrambled sentences. The sentences were related to the passive voice structure. 
I was supposed to teach passive voice in the simple and progressive tense so then, I continued with the grammar explanation. I wrote some sentences on the board and explained the use of the structure; I also gave them a piece of paper containing a more detailed explanation and more examples as well.
After that, I had them doing a written practice in which they had to transform some sentences from active to passive. I helped them because they were 
The follow up activity was a fill in the blanks; it was a recipe and they had to complete it using the passive form of the verbs that were given into brackets. Later, I asked them to work in groups and take as a model the recipe from the previous exercise to write a recipe from their own of a dish they already know or it could have been made up. I provided paper and markers so that they could do it in a chart; at the end, I asked them to present their recipe. I could notice that they enjoyed this activity. 
It was a very nice class and I´m pleased with the work I have done so far. 

THIRD CLASS ADVANCED ENGLISH I

My third practice with this group went alright. Again, I tried to be prepared as much as I could, so I was more relaxed and comfortable before beginning the class. Another teacher, whom I didn´t know at all, was going to be checking my work, which got me a little bit nervous, but then I forgot about it.
My tutor teacher asked me to prepare activities related to the previous topic I taught in the previous class, so it wasn´t that hard. 
As warm up, I used the commonly known activity "Find Some Who...". In this activity students had the chance to practice the Present Perfect Tense, simple and progressive, in the oral form. I think they enjoyed it because they were speaking a lot and using the target structure a lot. 
After that, I had them doing a fill in the gaps exercise; it was also related to the Present Perfect. 
I also had prepared a reading comprehension which was about being a vegetarianism. I asked them to work in groups where they were going to read and then to disscuss some questions. After that I was going to ask them to prepare some presentations about the topic they were reading, but unfortunately time wasn´t enough; they took more time than what I had estimated to work on the reading.
During the feedback session, the teacher told me some techniques to handle such a large class because I´m still having trouble in managing them. There are too many students and it is kind of hard to have them all quiet. 

SECOND CLASS ADVANCED I

My second class with this group went pretty well. First of all, I would like to say that in this second practice I learned that attitude defines if things will go wrong or right; I got prepared for this class with plenty of time in advanced and I got in my mind that everything would go right, and so it was. 
I was supposed to teach present perfect: simple and progressive, so I began the class with a warm up called "truths and lies". The students have to write 4 sentences using the present perfect tense (some of the sentences could be lies and others could be truths) then, they had to stand up and read their sentences to their classmates and they were supposed to guess wich ones were false and which ones were true. I noticed that they enjoyed this game as well as they practiced the present perfect tense a lot.

After that, I gave the grammar explanation. I must say that I feel proud of the way I did it since I didn´t use charts; I had studied that topic a lot, so I was able to explain it in my own words, and I could see that everybody understood because they did the following activities without almost any trouble. I was able to clarify doubts exactly when they needed it. Honestly, it feels nice to be called "teacher" and gain the student´s trust by teaching them the correct way of using a certain grammar structure either in the written or speaking form.

To finish the class, I had them doing an speaking activity. I pasted 5 statements on the wall. The statements were written using the present perfect, for instance, I wrote: "how long have you been learning English and how has it been your experience?". I formed groups and I ask each group to go to one question and discuss it. After some minutes I asked them to switch, so each group was able to discuss the 5 statements. Then, I had some students to report what they were commenting in their groups. 
I could notice that they enjoyed my class a lot and I had a great time as well even though this group is kind of difficult to handle because there are too many students. 

FIRST TEACHING EXPERIENCE WITH ADVANCED ENGLISH I

Well, my first experience with this group wasn´t that bad, but it wasn´t that good either. However, I feel as if I´m moving backwards instead of moving forwards in my learning process to be a teacher; honestly, I already proved that teaching is definitely not my thing. 
Anyways, for this class I had prepared a very nice warm up, but it didn´t worked out as I expected. It was for students to fresh up their minds about verbs that take infinitives, verbs that take gerunds and both; For this activity I took to the class a set of verbs for each group and a chart with each category, and I asked the students to form four groups. When I read a verb, it was supposed that someone from the group had to go to the board to paste the verb in the right category; the first group doing it properly would get a point, but it became a whole mess because only two groups were participating and some students got too excited to past it first that they even ripped off the chart from the board and they were making too much noise, so I had to stop the activity.
The follow up activity was an exercise on the book in which they had to underline the correct form of gerund or infinitive, and they did it right. 
I had prepared a short listening, so I began with the pre activity and everybody participated, unfortunately, when I was going to play the listening there was no electricity. I felt kind of frustrated in that moment, but anyways I continued with another activity, and all the students were working. There I realized that it is always necessary to have a "plan B" because you never know what can go as you haven´t planned.
To finish the class I had two students doing a practice for impromptu speeches because my tutor teacher asked me to do so.

THIRD PRACTICE WITH INTERMEDIATE ENGLISH I

Unfortunately, my third practice with this group didn´t go so well. This time I was supposed to review countable and uncountable nouns and teach the use of "so and such as". I began the class with a warm up in which the students were divided into two groups; one group had to write as many countable nouns as they could, and the other group had to write uncountable nouns. At the end, the group with more nouns was the winner. After that, I gave the grammar explanation. The problem was with exercise I asked them to do; the exercise was in the lesson plan the tutor teacher gave me, but I guess it was too hard for them because almost any of them was able to do it. When I got closer to monitor their work, I could notice that everybody had written anything, so I had to tell each of them how to solve it. It took me a lot of time, and at the end, it was the only one activity I did, so it affected my grade, but I felt that it wouldn´t be right to continue with the class if they hadn´t understood well. At least at the end they had clearer the use of countable and uncountable nouns although I couldn´t move on with the other topic and other activities I had prepared. It made me feel kind of frustrated.

Second Entry Intermediate English I

The last Friday 27, I had my second teaching practicum with the group of intermediate. I arrived very early, but the students always come to class late; that´s why it is kind of hard to do the warm up activity since they are getting one by one to the classroom, and I have to explain every single student what they are supposed to do (it is something I hate). Anyway, I decided to do a wordsearch as a warm up because I was supposed to do a review of the simple past tense. This wordsearch contained about 20 regular and irregular verbs in their past form, so I thought this would be a good idea for them to remember about how the verbs are written and pronounced in the past form; it was kind of difficult to find the verbs, so I asked them to work in groups of 5 or 6, and the group finishing first was the winner. I think they liked this activity although it is not that dynamic. 

I took a very nice dialogue for them to remember the affirmative, negative, and interrogative form of the simple past tense. I gave them some minutes to read it, then, I read it to them so that they could listen to the pronunciation, and at the end, I required some volunteers to perform the dialogue. 
Later, I explained them some of the use of the that tense and I provide some examples. I asked them to provide some examples as well. Then, I had them doing some written exercises, and to finalize the class I did a story telling activity in which they had to use the simple past in the oral form. In order to develop this activity, I took a picture of a princess and a witch so that they could invent like a tale or story; I aked them to do a big circle and to say at least 3 sentences using the simple past. I began the tale, and then, each student would add a short part. I guess they liked this activity, and I think it is extremely helpful when teaching this tense since it contributes to check if the students are using the tense properly; in the case of this group, I could notice that there are still some students struggling with the correct use of it.

I think it was a nice class, but as always, there are still some weaknesses which I need to work on to keep improving as a teacher. My tutor told me to be firmer and not to let them use their native tongue, which is something I will definitely consider in further classes.