3/22 9-9:50am Group 1A Grammar
On Wednesday I observed Felicia's grammar class. As she taught, she was sure to speak slowly as she enunciated her words. I could tell she was passionate about teaching and really enjoyed it. When she would ask questions and students would respond with an incorrect word/phrase, she would repeat it back to them as a question and discuss why that word/phrase was inappropriate for that sentence. Other students would chime in and guess what the word should be. When students gave the correct answer, she would get really excited and say, "Good job!" or give them a high five. She was very encouraging in their learning process. Throughout the class she had us break into pairs to discuss questions like, "What are 5 things about your favorite hobby?" (which turned into the students answering with 5 of their favorite hobbies), "What are 5 facts about the United States?", and "What are 5 examples of conjunctions?" She would give the students a few minutes to discuss, then would bring it back to a group discussion, going around the table the discuss the answers. Towards the end of the class, they did a worksheet on simple present vs. present continuous. It was fill-in-the-blank, but the infinitive verb wasn't listed, and sometimes, two words needed to be in one blank. The students seemed very confused and she realized the worksheet was not a good testing measure for their knowledge. She wrote a word bank on the board, then went around the table to discuss which word went with each sentence, then went around again to discuss conjugating it to the correct verb tense. Overall, I think Felicia was a very good teacher and the students we're in a positive learning environment.
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