Third Hot Reflection ( Second Period)

Describe It was around 6:50 am, and I was giving my third teaching practicum to Advanced English II students from the major. I am satisfied because I have given my best to teach in an effective way since the group demanded a lot of preparation. I think that this group helped me to discover new challenges I can achieve because they asked a lot to clarify doubts, or they asked for the meaning of new vocabulary and I believe that it motivated me to overcome my fears to be asked by the students. Every single class I tried to develop different activities to catch students’ attention. That is why I developed the following activity. It is important to mention that the class was related to dreams. First, I provided students with a category list of dreams they could have once in their lives, for example family, food, animals, etc. They had to select one category. Second, I asked students to think about a dream they had and draw three easy pictures on a page to represent it. Then, they had to come to the front one by one to show the pictures while their classmates had to guess the dream the person had and so on. It was really meaningful for students and for me to see the effectiveness of this activity. Students got my directions quickly and drew lines and circles to make easy drawings that could represent their dreams. Then, at the moment they passed to the front, it was rewarding to see and hear them create the story out of the drawings and speak freely to share information with their classmates. That moment made me realize about the friendly environment that was in my class and therefore about the good rapport I had with my students.
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My interest helped me to enjoy my class because I gave my best to develop every single activity. Moreover, my confidence and attitude facilitated me to make students participate in my class. They felt comfortable to ask when they had doubts about the class or new vocabulary.	Based on what I already know, having a kind manner to teach a lesson helps to obtain a good relationship with the students because they feel motivated to have an active role in the lesson. It happens because the teachers create the most appropriate environment.	So, in the future, I will always increase my confidence to show security because it is a key to involve students in the lesson. However, I will be sincere if one day students ask me something I do not know because I want to keep their confidence to have better results.
Developing activities to increase students ‘critical thinking was important in the learning process because they needed to have challenges to  increase their imagination. The way they expressed their dreams with simple pictures was amazing because they enjoyed it.	Some students do not like to develop activities in which they have to draw. It happens because they believe that they cannot do it. However, the teacher can give them confidence to draw lines and circles. Moreover, students sometimes do not feel good when they have to use their imagination because they are not familiar with it.	The next time I teach a lesson, I will consider activities in which students have the opportunity to increase their critical thinking because I think that they need to become aware of the importance to have outstanding ideas in activities that demand imagination.