Wanda_CO_#1

Date/Time: Wednesday, March 11, 2015 / 2:00 pm

Topic/Skill: Listening/ Level 1

Teacher Presentation: simple present and present continuous

            Angel Rios welcomed the class and then reminded the students to read the agenda on the white board. He did some warmup activities with the students. Then, the teacher explained the rules of present particle and gerunds and also gave examples. He gave out a worksheet and then had the students check the word corresponding to the ending sound of each word he called out for. For the second activity, the teacher arranged the students in two groups, each group worked together and the teacher helped as needed. If a student didn’t know the answer, he referred him/her to the textbook. After a reasonable amount of time, the teacher went over the answers with the participation of the students. Then the teacher told the class the definition of the word “leisure” and showed pictures of leisure activities and used the present continuous tense to describe them. Then, the teacher asked each student to tell him what he/she liked to do for leisure activity and to say it in the present continuous, and then he did a charade activity. I really enjoyed this lively class. The teacher was well prepared, organized, kept the interest of the students and motivated them to participate. I will keep this in mind in my teaching practice.