Affective Teaching

ASSIGMENT 3 - TASK #3 This assigment was dificult to acomplish. I did this task with two groups and none of them like the idea puppet in the classroom. First the oldest students, they really dislike the idea. there were problems such as presenting their puppet or interact eachother. The second group like doing the puppet but they were younger students so, it was difficult for them to comunicate. After reflecting i consider that my students need more activities like charades or mimics for them to feel comfortable using new materials such as puppets.

ASSIGMENT 4 - TASK 2 When i am planing writing activities i usually choose topics where my students feel comfortable writing about, due to the fact that i work with almost teenagers and it is challenging for me that they do not get bored. 1. selection of an apropriate topic according to level, age and likes 2. i start the class with a warm up of ideas an write those ideas on the board. 3. i plan a game that include the same topic, maybe a vocabulary game for students use during the writing. 4. before to tell the students what are they going to write i tell the students the begining of an invented story i tell them that they are going to help me to complete the story. all the students participate by telling a shor sentence. This is funny or scary some times, my students like to invent scary stories. 5. i give the students a related topic and i tell them that when they finish writing they should include a draw that represent it. My students write a journal after class and as a homework, ...

ASSIGNMENT 4 TASK 1. writing activty warm-up: Std. did a brainstorm of moods and feelings on the board. After that, std played on a board game to review second conditional. Std. cut out an activity from the book Thumbs up! 6, there were some pictures were students describe what was happening, the dicusssion was in groups of three. After that, std glue the cut out on their notebook and write a sentence for each picture. As a homework studets write their ideas and their thoughts in their daily journal. During this class we review second conditionl, std have the oportunity to practice in communicative activities and to interact eachother to come up with ideas. The writing activty showed to me how some students are able to to print those ideas in their daily journal and include them in their daily life, and to see how sow students still have problem dealing with second conditional. I am going to share a picture of the material and activity. i can not share a picture of the journal becau...

What aspects are important in your opinion to take in consideration when planning a storytelling activity?   I was teaching storytelling to maternal (3 year old kids) it was so difficult because they are spanish speakers learning in a bilingual context. the first I did  was to choose the correct story for their age. I choose The hungry giant.  i choose flashcards for the story and after i did pictures of vocabulary. I started the class introducing vocabulary showing the flashcard and i intruduced the chracter. After that I started with the story. At first was difficult for them to understand, but at the end they mimic what the giant was doing in the pictures.  thing to consider in my opinion: age, level, context.   How do they affect the moment in which we are with our students?  I believe that storytelling specially for young learners is very important. As a teacher i like to give my students this moment of fun where i can see that they not only enjoy the pictures but also to make the...

WEEK TWO TASK #1: A everyday object for me are these letters. i use it all the time for vocabulary, games etc. In this class I did 4 teams of 3. I gave the cards and asked them to make words related to music in two minutes. There are a lot of ways to use this letter.  TASK #2: This is a picture i took last year. They were my first students. After 2 years of teaching them, they graduated. One of them told that thanks to me he has good grade in English class in his new school. I consider this effective learning not just for what they learned but also because they taugh me to be apreciate my job as a teacher. The last picture it was from today and also is effective learning because we have fun a learned about bridges. 

Hello! I enjoy the first session! FOCUS ON TEACHING VS FOCUS ON LEARNING I strongly believe that if we focus on teaching we will be able to improve learning and if we pay attention on learning will be able to improve teaching. How can we do this?  Teachers must be able to recognize student’s ability and learning style as well the methods that help them learning better. The role of the teacher is to present a plan class that contains fun and appropriate activities according to the age and level. From the beginning of the first class we must be prepare and ready to handle all kind of problems and attitudes. We do not want to "force or to have reluctant students that are not able to work due to our bad direction of class. I think it is necessary to monitor the student´s response to give them the necessary stimuli. I want my students to feel comfortable to work in teams, individually or in pairs. Also, to work in communicative activities that help to develop their language. I believe ...

Hello Everybody! My name is Aby. I´m from Mexico, Guanajuato, I´m an English Teacher in elementary school. Is my second time in iTDi. I love teaching and learning. looking foward to start.