Most Successful Activity

Description of Procedures  

The main purpose of this activity is to help students to identify parts of the house and furniture items. I wanted to design a simple activity in which they could create their own material, so students could be able to complete the task successfully. On this activity, the first thing that students have to do is to observe the big poster of the empty house and express their own opinions about it. Second, students have to gather in groups of three. Then, they have to draw and color the furniture that goes inside the part of the house that the teacher assigned to them. Finally, students have to come to the front and paste the drawing on the empty house in the corresponding place. 

Lesson Plan

Topic

Objectives	Procedures	Useful Language	Assessment Criteria	Material	Time
Ss will be able to: -Identify basic language related to the parts of the house -Identify furniture inside of the house -Describe house items -Express actions perform inside the house	Warm up: -Ss clean their desks -Ss pay attention to T instructions Presentation: -Ss observe and express their opinions about the big poster pasted on the board. It is an empty house with just the name of the parts on it -Ss follow instructions drew by the T on the board, and gather in groups of  3 -Each group of Ss get a sheet of paper with the name of a part of a house on it Practice: -Ss brainstorm about the part of the house assigned -Ss draw and color the part of the house assigned with all the corresponding furniture on it. Consolidation: -Each group come to the board and pastes the part of the house on the corresponding place on the big poster. One group member explain the drawing to the T and classmates Closing Activity: -Ss repeat the name of each part of the house after the T	-Living room, dining room, kitchen, bedroom, bathroom, garage, garden, office, backyard. -Where is the table, TV, bed, sofa, toilet, sink, stove, refrigerator, car, lamp, etc? -This is the dining room -This is the toilet -Here is where I play -I sleep in the bedroom	Students: -Show comprehension of expressions being use by naming, pointing or describing -Apply language or expressions being studied -Imitate words, phrases and sentences through repetition -Brainstorm and compare each part of the house -Participate -Complete the assignment	-Board -Chalk -Poster -Color papers -Crayons -Pencil -Tape	-5 min -10 min -10 min -10 min -5 min

 

Reflection

This week I worked with 3^rd grade. I brought a huge poster of a house that I hardly drew myself. The house was empty, but had the name of each part of the house on it. I started the lesson by telling to them what we were going to do first, then I gave them the instructions step by step; some of them even required translation. After they were finally gathered in groups, I gave them a piece of paper where they had to draw all the corresponding items inside the part of the house that I assigned to them. I was monitoring the groups during the process while the teacher was just observing and taking pictures. At the end, each group came to the front of the class, pasted the drawing on the poster, and explained it to the rest of their classmates. The activity was a huge success to me because it reached its purpose, and I was finally able to manage them; however, there still were some weaknesses. My tone of voice is too soft, so I had to make a painful effort to speak lauder. Then, kids took too long gathering in groups and were very noisy in the process. The teacher gave me the tip to count until three to gain their attention. I also had to translate some of the instructions because some told me: “Teacher, no entiendo”. Later on, I came up with more examples of how could I had explained to them the instructions in a different way before translating.  Finally, each group supposed to present the drawing and explained to the rest of the class, but all of them were on the board waiting for their turn to paste the draw. Anyway, the important thing is that each told me what they draw, and some of them even walked the extra mile by drawing pets and family members on the house, which were the previous topics taught. I really enjoyed the activity, even though there still were some drawbacks. The final result is what I liked the most because the house looks beautiful with all the great drawings of the kids.