DAPA

DAPA

7:00- Karla Pinto greeted the class. Then, she asked if some students knew how to play tennis. Immediately, VH, who is one of our classmates, answered that question. Besides that, Karla asked if someone knew some rules about tennis. After that, VH answered the question again. After that, Karla explained the warm-up activity, and gave some instructions. Then, she divided the class into two groups (boys and girls). Later, she gave some pieces of paper, which contained some words, to each group. Besides that, students had to scramble the words each piece of paper had. Students seemed to be on tasks. After that, the boy´s group had to guess the disorder word that the girl´s group showed them. The girl´s group did the same. Finally, Karla ended her activity at 7:10.

ANALIZING:

CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT

At the beginning of the warm-up activity, Karla showed self – confident. Neverheless, she overcame this problem when she continued explaining the warm-up activity. ATWIKA CM whenever you start your warm-up activity, you have to show energy, enthusiasm, positivism since in that way, your students are going to perform the activity better.

INSTRUCTIONS

Even though she gave long explanation, the majority of the class caught the instructions. ATWIKA instructions, they need to be clear, short and simple since in that way, teachers are going to practice some important parameters, time, momentum and discipline.

CCQ: Karlita, for sure, CCQed the students. The problem was that her voice was soft; that is why, the students at the back did not hear her. ATWIKA CCQ, to have the great results in an activity; you have to give clear instructions about what students are going to do. Besides that, you, as a teacher, have to be mobile if your voice is soft since that action will help you to be heard for the majority of your students.

VATKING :ATWIKA VAT King, it is essential to make activities simple, interesting and comprehensible. To achieve that, teachers can use visual aids.

Plan of Action

In the future if I use this activity I will:

• Kiss the instructions to know if they have understood what they are going to do. 
• Use more visual aids to help my students understand what they have to do. 
• Give simple, clear and short instructions. 
• Take into account the level of English to write the words. 
• Be more mobile to catch my students’ attention.