Betül
She focused on sea animals in her
lesson. Students are 3rd grade and the class is crowded and active too much.
She started with a power point slide to make students familiar with sea animals
and the slides were very colorful and attractive. It immediately caught their
attention and also mine. It was a very effective introduction, I guess.
Students were ready to start and learn. Materials that she prepared herself
were well-designed and organized. That introduction part was very integrative
and she engaged all students to process and by repeating animal names aloud,
she did a good job. Then comes the informatioın gap activity. Students
understand the instructions,because she explained them clearly and slowly, but
somehow they tended to look at their partners’ paper to complete missing
information. Fourtunately, Betül took the control and immediately warned them
and prevent them from cheating. J
To observe each and every student is a very tough thing for a teacher and I
think, during the lesson, Betül was very active and managed the class very
well. The activities were appropriate for their level and classrom size, but
maybe the information gap activity may be a little bit difficult for them. The
reason for that might be because they are not familiar with this type of
activity. ( I don’t know their background so much, by the way) Last activity
was to create an aquarium, as far as I can remember and that activity was more
like a wrap-up and use what they learnt during the lesson. Based on my
observations, they liked it because kids love to create, design things. At
those ages, this type of activities could be very effective and engaging for
them. Overall, I congralute Betül for doing a good job. Her lesson was effective and students learnt sea
animals and made enough practice about it, so she accomplished her goals.
Elif
Elif taught first graders and the
topic was toys. The class were very active and students were energetic and
ready to blow up J
She prepared such kind of activities that they discharged all their energy and
no problems occured. She started with a game and it was very enjoyable for
their age. There were toys’ pictures on the board, very colorful and
attractive. She asked students to stand up and find the toy that she said and
touch it. They loved it! One student came to board, she told the toy and she/he
looked around, found it and touched it. The activity had movement in it, so
students moved around, gave out energy and relaxed. They did not sit still,
which is good. This activity warmed them
up. Then comes the matching activity. Students matched pictures with toys on
the board. It was a good revision activity. Maybe, here she could have given
them a worksheet,the same as the one on board, and while she was matching on
the board, students could also do the same on their own worksheet. This could
have been added to lesson plan. Overall, they enjoyed this activity and it
served its purpose. Last activity was a very creative one. They were asked to
write their favourite toys and draw a picture of it. Their thinking skills were
triggerred and they were asked to write a complete sentence. I liked the last
activity most and to evaluate the lesson, what I can say is they practiced toys
and did different exercises, which was good to develop their skills in
different aspects.
She did a poetry class and she
used the star diagram, which immediately catches my attention. The lesson was
with 9th graders, which I am afraid of most, but she managed it very well. She
built up such kind of a relationship with them that they saw her like a real
teacher. She designed the activities very well and she integrated technology in
her class very effectively. She knows her learners’ profile and what they are
accustomed to and that’s how she shaped her lesson. By using star diagram, she
made them see the overall picture and then examine the poem deeply, in detail.
She showed them how to work step by step,so they understood each and every step
because it was clear for them. For the star diagram, she divided the poet into
subtopics (5 topics) and asked them to think and write what they can find about
these topics. It is both creative and controlled activity. You give space for
them to create and also by giving them the heading, you put a limit to them,
which must be the case in teaching. Ümmü here is a model for a being a guide
and by prompting, she shows us how to be a teacher but not by taking all
control over them, instead by showing them the way that they are better to
follow. For classroom management, I can see no problem. As I mentioned above,
she built a good relationship with them. they respected her and did she as
well. During the whole lesson, she did
not let them lose their attention and integrate
them to class discussions. Congratulations! J
Sema
Sema started with a gap filing activity. How enjoyable it
seems! She used her voice so effectively and her gestures, as well. The
activity could be done veryy boring as usual, but she made it like a game and
students are very eager to give an answer when she stops and waits for it. She
is standing in front of the board and readging the passage and without saying
anything, when she stops,students know what is to be expected. I am amazed by
such kind of synchroneity. She catches student attention by making her voice up
and down. When she moves onto vocabulary practice, she told a sentence and stop
it in middle and asked which word that was, students get excited and tried to
guess. She used contextualization here
and it was very effective to teach and practice vocabulary. This type of
tecahing strategy makes it easier for students ro remember and learn
vocabulary. They do not memorise it, instead they hear words in context like in
real life. Overall, it was an enyoyable and effective lesson for students, as
far as I can see. They actively participate to class discussions and I do not
think that they can find any moment to get bored. You can work with learners at those ages, Sema. I’m sure
that they will adore you, as you love them and love teaching.
Ali
Ali knows how to teach and whom
to teach what. He gave too much effort to pepare his lesson and I want to say
thank you to him for making a great effort to be good teacher. He prepared
photos to make his lesson contextualized and his activity are all bound to each
other. Here, he is working with young learners, and he did everything to catch
their attention and focus on the activities. At those ages,students’attention
span is very short and they can easily lose their attention and focus on things
around them in class. He is asking prompting questions. Ali is active during
the lesson as much as his students. He is maybe much far energetic than they
are. In addition to these, I want to mention the strategies that he used before
he started the lesson : He showed them some shaped, I mean he drawed them on
board and explained what they meant. This was a very effective technique for
classroom management. You took action before the war started. Students know
what to expect from the lesson and bahave accordingly. He spoke clearly but
maybe a little fast. His voice was audible and this is very important for a
teacher. His lesson was very visual and attention-catching. He used his own
pictures and this was very authentic. Students were amazed to see their teacher
projected on the board. This idea was very creative and interesting. Ali
prepared his own material. As being prospective teachers, I myself always look
for readymade materials, but when I watched his teaching, I was suprised and
thought why not? Sometimes it is too difficult to find the appropriate material
for your learners’ profile and age. Therefore, in those cases, we can take
initiative and create our own materials. He was kind to students and asked them
to things politely. He respected them and I’m sure that this makes students
feel comfortable in class. As a conclusion, I can say that it was very
well-designed and well-organized, and effective lesson plan and teaching.
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