INT SCHOOL - DAY
Hours 25-23

I can say by now that I'm happy to be working in this class with Miriam. She knows the kids very well and gives them the chance to express themselves spontaneously. She knows how to ellicit info from them and finds the best way to make them deduce the grammar rules behind the exercises she proposes. I'd like to mention the tutoria class, where Miriam would ask them questions on their private life and habits and they would naturally collaborate answering them freshly and sincerily. They are really good kids, honest and funny. I'm eager to teach them and share info about me and my hobbies with them, to be one of them and enjoy the experience from both sides of this teaching experience. The tutoria class allowed me to know them better and see how they think and act outside the class.

On Friday, Miriam had prepared a game to work with the likes and dislikes of the kids in relation to sports. They formed two circles: the ones in the inner did not move, while the ones in the outer one were rotating to ask a different person every time. They asked Do you like (+sport)? and the others had to answer Yes, I do/No, I don't. After the game, Miriam would ask them at random if "x" liked tennis, and students had to remember. There was pair work with the same mechanism and students had to memorize what their peer liked/disliked. They got engaged with all the activities and really enjoyed trying to remember their mates' answers. It all went so good. Even one of the students, who seems to be completely out in class told Miriam he had enjoyed the activities.Well done! It is for things like that that teaching becomes worth the effort, don't you think?!

There won't be class until Friday, so the post next week will be shorter. It's time to start polishing my didactic unit.

I've caught a very bad cold, so my neurones are not working properly. I'm rolled up on a blanket and have my hands out of it so I can write these few lines. Hope I'll be fine by the next class. Take care!

Video: Panda sneezing. I'm like that right now. Isn't it cute?