Week 4 September 1-5, 2014 “I Began to Teach”

Sin-ot, Myrna D.

BSED English 4

Week 4

September 1-5, 2014

“I Began to Teach”

I. My Accomplishment

It was 10 minutes before 3:00 in the afternoon, I began preparing all the things that I need for my first demo teaching in IV- Tolerance. I thought it would be as worst as I expected. I start discussing my first lesson to them with my critic teacher who is at the back seat. I was very nervous at that time but I tried not to show it. Until 4:00 came, so it is time for my critic teacher to release her feedback according on how the way I delivered my lesson. There may be some flaws and negative comments but she commend me for having well-modulated voice, self-confidence, and being enthusiastic in delivering my lesson. All in all I successfully made it because I really did my best in executing my first lesson.

II. My significant Experience

When I entered the faculty room, one critic teacher asked a help to me. He gave me a statement in which I must have to write on a manila paper. It was a kind of a congratulatory statement of their co- teacher who took MAEd recently at Saint Louis University, which is my school. So I immediately go at the library to write the statement and go back after I finished writing it. Then when I enter the faculty room to give the manila paper, another favour was asked, I need to read the statement clearly with all those critic teacher surrounding me. All those eyes inside the faculty room were focus on me waiting for me to read the statement. I cannot do anything but to read it. At last, I’ve done it greatly maybe it was because of the teachers’ reaction. These things were significant to me because I was challenged in reading the congratulatory statement.

III. My Insights

As a teacher, it is effective for my students to set my rules inside the classroom and reminding them all the time to behave properly, to keep them quiet all the time, to listen to someone when somebody is talking or speaking, to respect me as their student teacher. I have already done these things; it helped me a lot to implement discipline to them.

IV. Problems

Asking favour is sometimes unfair for me. Again, my critic teacher asked some help for her personal needs. I need to buy her a Philippine Daily Inquirer newspaper for the assignment of her daughter who is in Grade 9. She asked this favour to me in the afternoon. So, I need to bring it tomorrow morning. But how can I buy a newspaper where in fact our call time in the morning is 7:15 am, so there will be news stand as early as 7:00 am. They are not yet open. I tried to text her telling this and that reason. If I could already buy in the afternoon before I will go home but she replied that she need tomorrow’s issue. There’s nothing I can do but to really look for news stand in the morning as early as 6: 40 or 7:00 am. But sad to say, I fail to find any news stand. It’s a big problem to me. Where can I buy a Philippine Daily Inquirer?

V. Solution

I did not give up in finding a solution to my problem. What I’ve done was to time in first at City High and go back to buy that precious newspaper of my critic teacher. At last, I made to buy one at session road. Good for me, I was accompanied by my co-student teacher. So we went back as early as we could at City High because we are not allowed to go out especially during class hours.

VI. My goals for next week

To finish at least two lessons for Thursday and Friday and also to think of a new possible techniques and strategies for my students like new games, activities and exercises.