Day 5: English (9)

Lesson 2
Well, I didn't get round to writing this down before the lesson so the reflection is coming here together with a summary of what they were supposed to do.
We started with students' experience with working on the homework. It was very nice to see that many of them actually made it to the Edmodo classroom and posted their answers there.
In cl;ass they had to share the facts they had chosen and prepare a group poster (4s) and then talk about their posters and share the additional information.

They did quite well but I don't think they were engaged enough or there was enough for them to do.
This is something I seem to need to work much more on: designing tighter and more challenging lessons in order to make students realise what they are getting out of the classes.

Day 4 English (9)

Done the planning for the whole year. I know when my exams are and how many vocab tests we are doing. I need to grab this class and get some work done this year. Sometimes I wonder why I have done this to myself but then admitting defeat is not my strong point.
I feel last year was a rteal disaster and I don't want that to be my lasting memory of this class.
I am excited to talk about Australia and I hope we can turn the otherwise really boring book into an interesting discovery of this fascinating country.

After discussing the yearly plan and the platforms we are using we will barinstorm about our existing knowledge about Australia - don't expect much but there may be a few interesting ideas.

The homework will be on Edmodo to get them used to it.

I am looking forward to woerking with this class again. Hopefully it will be a mutually better experience.