This morning I had to deputize. It’s not one of my favorite parts of my job. However, now and then we have to do this, only to avoid sending classes home or having them in class without anything to do at all.
This morning I had to deal with grade 3 at our school. With nothing prepared and no prelimary work at all, I entered class. There, 24 pupils were waiting for me, sitting in front of computers. Some of them (well, I guess most of them) eager to start gaming. Uhmm…… Sorry guys, it’s definitely not what I had in mind. I was eager to let them speak English. And I promised them, they would be allowed to play games 10 minutes before ending class. Well, to keep this story short: we didn’t reach that point of gaming at all. I had them talking to each other for about 10 minutes, in English of course. After those then minutes I asked them questions and during this kind of game my pupils and I found out they were making a few mistakes when using the wrong tense in verbs. So, I started to explain. And you know, the most funny part of it was this: when one of the students reminded me of what I had promised, he was booed away for most of pupils wanted to continue. They felt they were learning something. Lol, no gaming, but explaining grammar and exercises.
It really gave me a good feeling as I had finished this class.
vooruit dan maar Gaby. Kijk maar onder tabblad Dutch/Nederlands
voor mij aub ook de tekst in nederlands erbij !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
is ook een goede oefening voor jou, lol