Day 1 – This week is all about orientation week for me, as a Practicum
teacher, and examination week for the students, so we do not have the chance to
observe or teaching any class yet. Me and my friends spends most of our
time wondering around the college compound to know the setting and the rules
around the college to know the teachers or the staffs in the college, discuss
about the PENCAK program which is an intervention program for weak students,
discuss about student’s learning culture and collecting data about their English
performance. We also had a meeting with
John Hope to discuss about practicum and the assignment that we need to
complete within the practicum period. I am seating in one of the room in the Language Department with my colleague, that consist of teacher of Bahasa Melayu and English. There is also other Department such a Social Science Department, Science Department, and Mathematics Department
Day 2 – One of the good strategies to be a good teacher is
to be well-prepared to teach by knowing the content and school curriculum.
Therefore, I am working on to know and to make myself familiar with the
teaching materials or teaching aids use to teacher student, especially Form 1 to
Form 5. This include reading the literature component for Form 1 prepared by
the Ministry of Education for secondary schools such as the Fair’s Fair by
Narinder Dhami, 20 000 Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne and the Poetry for
Pleasure by Sadler and Hayllar for Form 1 to Form 3.
Day 3 – My friends and I were given the chance to help our
mentor in invigilating Form 3 PT3 English Listening examination in hall and marking
some of the paper. However, we faced some technical problem with the technology
such as laptop with low battery so have to find a place to recharge it and
problem with speaker. We had to change a few speaker to ensure all students
were able to hear the Listening audio recording clearly. Those technical problems is time consuming
and cause the examination to be started a little bit late than its schedule
time, so this experience taught me to always have a few back up plan related to
technology and always check the equipment to ensure its efficiency and
availability. At the evening, I attend the Activity week meeting with the other
teacher to plan the activities for the week. This exposure allow me to be more
creative on how to plan non-academic activity for the students that will suit
their timetable and allow them to release stress from all-about-study-and-reading.
On the other note, me and my friends had joined the hostel warden to take of the student at night time for a few hours. We did walk around the school, check on students learning in the classroom and help them if there is any problem.
On the other note, me and my friends had joined the hostel warden to take of the student at night time for a few hours. We did walk around the school, check on students learning in the classroom and help them if there is any problem.
Day 4 - My mentor assigned me to teach the Form 1 Khazin class. It will also be my homeroom. She also share with me the Scheme of Work Form 1 (Semester 2) provided by the Form 1 coordinator . We discuss about the requirement needed to teach the students and ask me to review the lesson plan for her class. I also continue my reading on some of the students' literature textbook. Other than that, I have started to write my practicum reflection blog which is one of my assignment during practicum period.
Day 5 - Today's assignment from my mentor is to have a look at the Huraian Sukatan Pelajaran (HSP) for form 1. As explained by her, it is importance for a teacher to know the content of the HSP and the scheme of work provided by the form coordinator. This is because the lesson plan had to have schedule learning outcome and specifications as stated in the curriculum. We also discuss about a few activities options that we can conduct in the class especially ice-breaking activity to get to know the students and activities that can be conducted in the lesson. Creativity is importance to ensure that the classroom environment is engaging, interesting and interactive for the students. so, they will be excited to learn and enjoy the lesson. Here I include link to some website that I have found:
http://www.gooverseas.com/blog/10-best-games-esl-teachers
http://iteslj.org/games/
Day 5 - Today's assignment from my mentor is to have a look at the Huraian Sukatan Pelajaran (HSP) for form 1. As explained by her, it is importance for a teacher to know the content of the HSP and the scheme of work provided by the form coordinator. This is because the lesson plan had to have schedule learning outcome and specifications as stated in the curriculum. We also discuss about a few activities options that we can conduct in the class especially ice-breaking activity to get to know the students and activities that can be conducted in the lesson. Creativity is importance to ensure that the classroom environment is engaging, interesting and interactive for the students. so, they will be excited to learn and enjoy the lesson. Here I include link to some website that I have found:
http://www.gooverseas.com/blog/10-best-games-esl-teachers
http://iteslj.org/games/
