ELE 403 Practicum Teaching I_ Reflection on Teaching_Evaluation Criteria

Student Teacher Name: Melike Ünal Gezer & Servet Ceylan Date: 25.11.2019

Write a very brief reflection on your second official teaching considering your lesson plan process and your teaching setting
(classroom size, students, topic you teach etc.). Critically reflect on your teaching by finding answers to the following questions:
-Short description of your teaching (teaching setting, topic you taught, class size and grade etc.)
-What was good and bad about the experience? What did you feel went well or not in your teaching? How do you know it went well?
-What sense could you make of the situation overall? What else could you have done?

PROFICIENCY LEVEL : A2 Level

STUDENTS’ AGE : 17
GRADE : 11th Class
CLASS SIZE : 20
SCHOOL : Mimar Kemal Anatolian High School

In my second internship experience, I told the 11th grade students the conjunctions on "Past Perfect Tense"
such as when, after, before, as soon as, by the time. The language level of the students was A2 level and the
class size was 20 people. In the Introduction we talked briefly about past perfect tense and its conjunctions. I
did question and answer with them and wrote the names of the conjunctions on the board. I wrote example
sentences about these conjunctions and asked them if they could recognize the differences between their uses.
The students' feedback was quite normal and they were able to distinguish the use of conjunctions in the
sentence. And I even noticed that even the students who had never spoken before had noticed the differences
between the sentences and told me.

In the warm-up activity, in order to make the topic (Past Perfect Tense’s conjunctions) more enjoyable for
the students, I opened a cartoon of an English comedian named Mr. Bean and let the students watch it. Before
watching this video, I asked to them “Do you they know Mr. Bean?” and all the students were happy and
smiled because they knew who are Mr. Bean. I was glad that all the students knew this famous actor because I
was able to tell the topic very comfortably through a character they loved. In the video, a short day with Mr.
Bean and his grandmother, the incident was described as past tense. Before the students watched the video, they
handed out the worksheet about the video. The plot’s pictures in this worksheet were given in a mixed way. I
asked the children to sort the visuals in this mixed plot while watching the video. So the children had to watch
the video carefully to make the questions in the worksheets. After having the students watch the video, we
talked about the video. I asked them if they liked the video. They all liked it and I even saw some students
laughing. Then we received the worksheet answers from the students and checked the answers by looking at the
visuals I prepared a PowerPoint slide on the smart board. The video wasn't about past perfect tense, but it was
just past tense sentences, but the main activity was that I needed to do it.

In the main activity, the students will use their pictures on the plot in the warm up activity. The images in
this plot will be linked with past perfect tense conjunctions and two sentences by the students. For example,
using the link ‘as soon as’ the events in the first picture and the events in the second picture, they decided which
event had happened before, which event was later, and connected the two sentences with each other and wrote.
So, the students did the warm up activity and the main activity in a connected way. It showed that if the
students did wrong in the warm up activity, the sequence of events in this main activity would also be wrong.
But the students responded very enthusiastically to the first two activities and I checked them. After giving the
students time to do it, the volunteer students came and wrote their answers on the board, respectively. So, the
other students would be able to check and correct the board if there were mistakes. I think, it would be more
beneficial that the video did not use past perfect tense sentences because the students would get the information
directly from here. But, when two past tense sentences were together, they thought about what had happened
before and wrote these sentences into past perfect tense using conjunctions.
 In the follow up activity, I wanted to get connected with the first two activities again; I asked to students
what might have happened to Mr. Bean at the end of the video. So, they were going to arouse curiosity for the
students and make the worksheet I gave them more enthusiastically. In this worksheet, there is a reading about
events that Mr. Bean what did after the video using my own imagination. I've given some missing information
here. Within this paragraph, students are expected to understand these gaps and choose which conjunctions they
are. Students will learn Mr. Bean's decisions since the end of the video and how he would shape his life. Thanks
to this, both students they will use past perfect tense to predict what Mr. Bean will do the rest of the life. There
is another hidden message in this text. Even if there are things you can never give up in life, not to stick to them
and show them what it means to give up for more beautiful things.

In homework, students learned how to use the past perfect tense and how to use the necessary conjunctions
such as before, after, etc. in Mr. Bean activities. I thought that students could use past perfect tense every day.
And by ordering the events they do during the day until the next lesson, writing at least 2 sentences each day
helps them to reinforce the subject. Finally, it is more efficient to give a paper this age group homework, not
verbally, because something students do not usually do homework unless they have something concrete. So, I
drafted them to make the assignment easier.

Written content Excellent Good Satisfactory Poor Unsatisfactory

Lesson plan organization/design: 20 16 12 8 4
 Main points are clear and well developed;
used time well Comments: The main points namely the past perfect tense conjunctions
to the students. I think, I gave it to them with using Mr. Bean activities
 Content of activities is well developed
indirectly and that was more effective for the students. I helped students
considering assigned topic and language
understand the content rather than the traditional way of giving direct
focus
information. I used the time in the classroom most effectively. There
 Coherence and unity across objectives,
was certain content in all of the activities in the lesson plan and I never
activities, activity purpose, assessment, and
went out of it. This content was directly focused on language. All of my
materials
objects, purpose of activity and materials were in harmony.
 Lessons are planned that incorporate a
variety of appropriate activities

Creativity: 5 4 3 2 1
 Shows personalization, resourcefulness and Comments: I have prepared all the activities for the students by using
originality their creativity. It was all my original idea.

Purpose: 5 4 3 2 1
 Rationale for each activity was well- Comments: I have written one goal for all activities and prepared
developed (purpose) activities that can achieve this goal. In order to achieve this goal, I
constantly checked the students.

Delivery (Teaching) Excellent Good Satisfactory Poor Unsatisfactory

1. I lead the class with well-prepared 10 8 6 4 2
activities, effectively and
appropriately present planned Comments: The students in the classroom were totally under my control and I think
activities. I was leading them effectively.

2. The objectives of the lesson is Excellent Good Satisfactory Poor Unsatisfactory

clear to the students. 5 4 3 2 1
Comments: All the objects were completely open to the students and they were
given effective introductions.
 3. I have an open and approachable Excellent Good Satisfactory Poor Unsatisfactory
relationship with students (engage 10 8 6 4 2
with students/ responses to
questions/create interaction Comments: The dialogue between the teacher and the student was much more than
between Sts and Sts). the dialogue between the student and the student. There was a teacher-oriented
relationship. There were almost no situations where students could interact among
themselves. There was no group study. So this step may be missing a bit.

4. The language I have used in the Excellent Good Satisfactory Poor Unsatisfactory
class is fluent, accurate, and
understandable for the students and 10 8 6 4 2
their language level (Clear, steady Comments: In my lecture, my tone was quite low, and in most cases it was not clear.
voice with good pace). So I went to the students one by one and explained the unclear situations. I know I
can't speak fluently and clearly because every time I stand in front of the class, I get
excited, and this affects my performance.

5. I effectively and appropriately give Excellent Good Satisfactory Poor Unsatisfactory

class instructions. 5 4 3 2 1
Comments: The instructions I gave in the classroom were quite clear, but I gave
one-to-one explanation to the students in cases where it was not clear.

6. I show resourcefulness, Excellent Good Satisfactory Poor Unsatisfactory

personalization, flexibility, 5 4 3 2 1
originality while teaching. Comments: Absolutely, it is quite resourcefulness, personalization, flexibility,
originality while teaching.

7. I check students’ understanding Excellent Good Satisfactory Poor Unsatisfactory

using informal assessment
5 4 3 2 1
techniques (asking questions or
Comments: I constantly checked if the students understood. I walked around in the
observing student work).
class while they are doing the worksheet and I checked who did what.
8. I provide regular, clear and Excellent Good Satisfactory Poor Unsatisfactory
accurate feedback to students on
5 4 3 2 1
their performance in the class.
Comments: I gave feedback to the students effectively in the classroom and
corrected their mistakes together.
9. I use appropriate materials and Excellent Good Satisfactory Poor Unsatisfactory
technology including the effective 10 8 6 4 2
use of classroom materials (when
necessary and appropriate). Comments: All of my materials were technology-related and suited to the students'
level.

10. I use the time effectively. Excellent Good Satisfactory Poor Unsatisfactory
5 4 3 2 1
Comments: I used time effectively and finished the lesson just in time.

Total Grade 94/100

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