Hot Reflection #2, Second Period

Hot reflection paper #2 (My second time to teach English with real students )

Describe à It was around 6:45 a.m. and I was ready to start the second 50-minutes class at UNICAES. I was starting the class when I saw three new students entering to the classroom so they were students from the afternoon group, and they were asked to attend to that class that day because their tutor was not able to teach that day. I was totally relaxed because I already knew the group but when I saw the new students I got a little nervous because I did not know them. Also, I have not gotten extra practice for them, but I implemented another technique. The teacher was seating close to the door writing some aspects about the class. The students were on time seating on their desks, waiting to start the class. This class was interesting because the whole class was participating. I developed a reading activity where students had to read, analyzed and create some recommendations according what they have read. I thought that this activity could be a little boring for the students because of the different learning styles of each student, but it was not because the students were involved into the activity, and I noticed that they enjoyed it a lot. After they had read and analyzed the reading, they had to give recommendations in the orally way. They are good and intelligent students. This was an interesting activity not only for students but also for the teacher because in this way he can continue implementing this kind of activity. In this class, I used sheets of paper, the students' book and a chart. I had a good communication with my students because we interacted a lot so it increased the rapport creating a good environment of the class.
Analyze à		Plan Actionà So, in the future, I will try to make activities a little more interesting; creating material for them.
Interpret I can say that the students from this class are so amazing because they show their interest about the class and every activity.	Generalize Based in what I already know about teaching is that teachers have to plan and create interesting activities to develop during the class in order to motivate students to get involve into the class.
I know that I was nervous in a moment of the class when the three new students entered to the classroom because I did not have extra material for them.	Based on what I observed, I think that the teacher could tell me about that change they have made with the other teacher from the afternoon group in order to get prepare with the material.	In future lessons I will try to get extra material because in this class I had some problems at the moment to make students work.
The students' motivation is essential for every class because if the students are not motivated or even they do not feel the desire to work, the teacher will have some problem which ones will affect the development of the class.	Based on what I know about teaching is that teachers can make many things in order to get students motivated. Also, teachers have to try to avoid problems that can affect the class because those problems affect the students' learning.	The next time I teach this lesson, I will try to implement a very good activity at the beginning of the class in order to get students more active that usual.
In every class or activity can happens something unexpected, and in this class I was the lucky one with the material that I have prepared but I implemented another way to make students work.	I believe that the development of this activity helped my students to analyze and be critical at the moment to read.	In future experiences I will also include another kind of activities in order to let me make and deal with unexpected things.