UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE EL SALVADOR

Subject: Teaching Practicum II

Teacher: Ovidio Torres

Practitioner: Velkis Rosales

Level: English Access

Tutor: Wilson Zepeda

SECOND REACTION PAPER
(First Period)

Describe My second practice in the English Access was really amazing because the students learnt new verbs in the simple past and they practice them a lot. What I could notice in this slice of the lesson is that the students participated a lot and they liked to ask a lot too. I did not teach grammar, but we practiced the topic by making some activities. The seating arrangement was in groups because of the activities we made. In my second class I develop a short lesson plan where I include a warm-up, and then one semi-controlled activity and one free-activity.  The topic was about the simple past. The materials I used were the board, pages, sheet of papers, and a chart.
(Analyze)		Plan Action
Interpret	Generalize
First, I started explaining the objective and the agenda of that day. I did it because the teacher told me that it was important to do it at the beginning of the class in order the students know about what is going to be develop during the class. Consequently, I developed a short warm-up which was according to the topic. It was that the students had to say: I know the simple past of….. it’s……… But I do not know the simple past of……… So, each student had to say a verb, and the next student had to continue doing the same. Then, I started with the semi-control practice which was about finishing the story. The students had to read the story of Snow White and give it an ending according to the pictures that were at the end of the page. Finally, I developed the free practice which was really accurately because in this activity the students had to improve their knowledge about the topic. I had to choose a couple to past to the front and they had to start talking about any topic but using the simple past.	Based on what I already know, I think that it is a good idea to explain the students the agenda of the day because then they will know how the class is going to be developed.  What I could notice is that students had to think about many verbs, but they liked it and they learnt new verbs or the pronunciation of the verbs when they made mistakes. Based on what I observed, I think that the students liked to invent and they thought a lot at the same time. Students shared ideas and they were very creative. What I loved to see in this activity is that all the students wanted to participate. And they improved a lot without practicing before. It was amazing to see students’ participation at this level. They made mistakes when using the verbs in the past tense, but they learnt the correct way to use them.	So, in the future, I will continue doing the same because I could notice the students liked to know the agenda and the activities of that day. And so, they were impatient for doing the activities and knowing how it would work. I will take into consideration to develop a warm up where students can learn something new and have fun at the same time. I think it will help a lot. In future lessons I will try to continue implementing activities were the students share ideas, give their point of view, and get along each other. The next time I teach this lesson, I will be really sure to include activities like this one because in that way students can develop their capacities to talk in front the others and improve their speech at the same time.