Lesson 2 – 27/06/2013

  

·         REVISION:

Notion: parts of the body

Function: Creating a monster

Exponents: legs / head / arms / foot-fee t/ toes / hands /eyes /body

·         TEACHING POINT:

Notion: actions which involve the body

Function: Moving your body

Exponents: shake your body / move your leg / nod your head / wave your arms / stamp your feet / point your finger / touch your toes / clap your hand

About my teaching

I was able to do everything in the lesson plan but at one point I though we wouldn’t have enough time to do the song. However the students grasped the meaning of the new vocabulary really fast, so I was able to do the song. They knew the song so I didn’t need to write the lyrics on the blackboard. This allowed us to sing it again.

I didn’t use Spanish during the lesson this time.

The students remembered the parts of the body quite easily. At first I had to help them with feet and toe, but I made a drawing on the blackboard and they got it immediately.

The flashcards were really effective. They liked the pictures I made and they recognized the movements right away.

The listening activity was very good. I might include a dictation or some other listening activity next time.

About the students

The activity where they had to draw a monster was a bit challenging for some of the students. They took longer than I expected. Some of the students get really upset if what they do is not “perfect”. When I told them monsters are supposed to be ugly and scary they relaxed and were able to finish their drawing.

The students have a very well trained listening skill. They like dictations and they don’t get nervous at all.

Once I introduced the new words they automatically repeated after me. I had to mime the movement in the card at first for them to recognize it. When I showed them the cards the second time, the students said it without me asking “what’s this?” They enjoyed the song “if you’re happy and you know it” very much; they wanted to keep doing it. The one they liked best was shake your body, so I repeated it at the end of the lesson.

Thiago (the boy who has difficulties with his writing-reading skills) had no problems with this type of activities, he responds really well to TPR exercises (the song).