(Microteaching I)Lesson Plan
Teacher: Lina Saliby Grade Level: Grade 3 ESL
Room Number: Sci 109 Course Title: English Language
Class periods :MW 40min. Unit Topic: Personal Pronouns
Date: Monday, November 19th, 2012 Lesson Topic: Subject Pronouns
1) Lesson Objective: Introduce pronouns to grade three students, in particular the subject pronouns .Make sure they know how to use them in the proper subject places, and understand the concept.
2) Procedures:
-Introductory activities: Look at the book and read activity 1, emphasize on the pronouns. (Warm up activity for 5 min.)
-Developmental activity: First write the rule on the corner of the board under the date-of course the unit title on the right, written from the beginning-the rule is :A Pronoun is a word used to replace a noun. A subject Pronoun is when a Pronoun is used in a sentence as the SUBJECT. Ex: Mike ran the race. He ran the race.
-Second: Write the subject pronouns on the board :
I I am a teacher.
You You are a student.
Singular He He :dad ,boy ,Karam ….
She She :mom,sister,Samia….
It It :table ,cat,tree…..
We Mom and I ,My parents and I, ….
Plural You You are students…..
They Tom and Jerry, My brothers………
Pick up some students to practice subject pronouns with their help, by showing and indicating on him/her and the whole class+ table, chalk…(10min)
- Show them a power point presentation(Prounouns+Pictures-U tube) (2-5min)
_ Closing activity: Practice ex.1 (write:he,she,it or they under the picture) Do it directly in class.(3min)
3) Instructional Material: Round up Student book, USB, Handouts.
Make sure to repeat the rule from time to time, to make sure after the practice, for the positive feedback.(3min)
4) Evaluation of the students: Distribute Handout no 2; complete the sentences .Explain the instructions carefully, and give it to them as HW(Roundup,Ex.2 p1).(2-5min)
-Allow time for students to repeat and say the pronouns: I, you, he, she, it, we, you, they-showing them by indicating to persons and things.(2min)
-Rephrase the rule: Subject is the doer, and subject pronouns replace the subject. We use them a lot in speaking and in writing.Ex. :Shady is English. He is a teacher, and he teaches in Lebanon.(3min)
Final comment: today we took subject Pronouns, so prepare yourself for next time in Grammar to study what? Let students guess what?------------ Pronouns, yes OBJECT PRONOUNS.(2-5min)
Lina’s Microteaching
ReplyDeleteTo reflect on a friend’s microteaching is not easy as one needs to be objective and positive at the same time. Generally speaking, Lina did a good job. Her objectives were clear and all the parts of her lesson plan were included. Her tasks were achieved in almost the specified time frame. She engaged her students and checked their comprehension, had confidence, and good body language. Lina adopted the direct method of teaching where she used drilling and repetition. I prefer if she would have used both the direct and the indirect methods to enrich her instruction and to allow students to engage in different kinds of activities to construct their own knowledge. Although she was organized, she could have prepared more activities on “subject pronouns” instead of jamming all the activities in such a small time period (20 min). Moreover, she could have started her instruction by showing the power point presentation and consider it as an introductory or a warm-up activity. Her lesson plan lacked authentic material and the homework assignment should have been given to students without explanation. I encourage Lina and hope she will do better in her next microteaching.
Lina had a good lesson plan and execution in general. Her lesson objectives stages were clear. she followed a direct instruction method in teaching personal pronouns. Instructional skills were effective : good eye contact, professional look and voice control. Making us repeat the personal pronouns was beneficial to an extent but might create a little boredom among students. She had a nice colorful Power point presentation. She could have used it at the beginning as a presentation of the target language. All in all Lina did a good job and I hope she shows improvement in her second teaching. Good luck.
ReplyDeletelina introduced a grammar lesson about the “personal Pronoun”. At the beginning of the lesson she informed students about the objective of her lesson and explain for students what is a subject pronoun. Her lesson was well organized and clear she made a good interaction with students. she pick up students to practice subject pronoun by showing and indicating on persons and things She also reviewed and checked for students understanding by asking questions. She had a good voice, she was confident, made eye contact with students and she had a good body language.
ReplyDeleteI prefer if she introduced the power point at the beginning of the lesson. I think it could be more beneficial for students if she made connection between the pictures in the power point and her explanation for the personal pronouns. in the other hand, the power point presentation at the beginning of the lesson helps to gain students’ attention. Despite this, lina did a good job.