Week # 6
September
15-19
Dealing
with Problems
My Accomplishment
Last week, I have set my
goals for this week, to devise strategies in teaching and to attain at least
three lessons for the week. More likely, I have attained the two goals and it
was good. I was actually not able to test new strategies since they had seat
works and summative test. Therefore, I was then been able to make only two
lesson plans for this week.
My Significant Experiences
Though I was not satisfied on the accomplishment of
my goals, I still learned. I was tested and challenged and so I learned. On
Wednesday, I executed my lesson about “Death, not be proud” by John Donne. I
was thinking on what strategy would I employed in my lesson because if I let
them work individually in their activity, it would surely time consuming and it
was difficult for them. So, I let them group into 6 for them to brainstorm and
analyze the poetic elements of the poem. Moreover, I find it effective because
all of them were cooperating in their own groups. In addition, on Friday, I
administered the summative test to 4 sections. When I entered my second period
class, I was wondering because they called me “Ma’am Kim Chui”. I asked why?
Then they told me that they don’t know yet my name as their practice teacher
and we have a little bit resemblance. I said sorry to them because I was not
able to introduced my name during the first day of my practice teaching in
Baguio City National High School.
My Insights
For me, Work under pressure is
not effective. I realized that in making lesson plan, we must plan it properly
considering the topic, flow of the lesson, and the strategies on how to cater
the needs of the students.
Problems
Do you remember when I asked
myself if the problem is with me, my teaching or my Cooperating Teacher? This
question was always lingering my mind. It’s not that I don’t like my
cooperating teacher but I just don’t like to be always pressured. Say for
instance, straight teaching is good because it is part of our training however;
we are required to handle at least two sections since we are still practice
teachers. For example, my cooperating teacher gives me my lesson for tomorrow,
and this day is my straight teaching even the homeroom I handled it sometimes.
After my class at 3:00-4:00pm, she required me to do my lesson plan for
tomorrow and I must submit it before 5:00pm. How is that? I have class in Navy
Base at 5:00-6:00pm? So what I did was I wrote my lesson plan at the back of my
instructional material (IM). I rushed it because I didn’t bring any paper I
just finished teaching the last section so I went to her faculty room. Then,
suddenly she told me to supervise the homeroom class, so I was confused, how
about my lesson plan for tomorrow?
Solutions
I asked the opinion of my
friends about my problem and they gave me advises on how to deal with
it. On Thursday morning, I tried to be brave even though I felt weak. I
talked to my cooperating teacher I told her my problems that I can’t reach her
standards. I have a fear that what if I can’t reach her standards? Suddenly she
told me that her standard was really objective and she admitted that she was
strict.
Goals for Next Week
To finished 4 lesson plans and
employed new strategies in my teaching.
