Second Class (Third period)

Good afternoon my siblings  :p

Today, I taught the second class of this period and thanks God it was very, very good despite of the little mishap I had before to arrive to the class and for which I actually got late there.

I began the class with a “Find someone who…” activity, I know that all of you know this activity so I won’t describe it. The grammar used in this activity was the present perfect simple in order to remind ss about it. Most of the ss seemed to enjoyed the activity even while I was checking their answers orally; I guess that it was not only because they stood up and interacted with each other, but also because of the questions since they asked each other questions such as: “Have you eaten frog legs, tattooed any part of your body, cheated in an exam and been to another country?”   

Next, I developed a listening activity which was on the student book followed by a review of the present perfect simple and the target grammar explanation: The use of “Since and For” and “The Present Perfect Progressive”.  First, I explained the used of “Since and for” with “the present perfect” with the help of a chart and extra material, which I gave to ss; then,  I asked ss to solve two short exercises from the book, and after some minutes I checked them orally and I gave feedback. Second, I explained “the present perfect progressive” with the help of another chart and extra material; then,  I asked ss to solve an exercise from the book and after some minutes  I checked them orally and I gave feedback.

Finally, I developed a competition game which was challenging for ss at first, but at the end of it they were very happy because they reviewed the target grammar and learned a lot. For this game, ss formed two groups, the butterflies and the stars; I asked each team to choose one member to compete with a member of the contrary team. Once both ss were in front of the board ready to write a sentence by using the present perfect simple or progressive with since /for, I pasted on the board a verb which they had to use as the main verb of the sentence. Both ss wrote their sentences as soon as they could, but both sentences were wrong so I checked the sentences and everybody learned from their mistakes. The same mechanic was repeated till everybody participated. The last two sentences were correct for both teams, but only one team won because they wrote the sentences first. 

We all enjoyed this activity because it was a great way to practice and review the target grammar; it was useful for me as a teacher to know the student’s mistakes to help them to improve by reviewing the target grammar, the spelling of the verbs in past participle and the verbs with dynamic and stative meaning as it was useful for the ss inasmuch as they learned from their own and their classmates’ mistakes.

I feel very happy with this class and with the student’s attitude too because they are a nice group.