Teaching Video
The video below is a 15 minute segment from one of my General English intermediate-level classes. This was the last class out of a 5 day thematic unit that centered around the theme of Leadership. All General English classes are integrative with the purpose of building a comprehensive skill set of general English skills. The video is representative of how I strive to uphold a student-centered classroom while I facilitate critical thinking and real-world application of the information.
I opened this class with a warm-up activity that focused on students' knowledge of leadership, independent thinking, and application. I divided the students into two teams and assigned each time half of the whiteboard. On the whiteboard I wrote the word "leadership" and instructed each team to write down words, phrases, and names that came to mind when they thought of leadership. One-by-one, each team member ran up to the board in a race to write leadership words quickly and accurately. I timed the students using a song. Once the song was finished, one member of each team corrected the other team's portion of the board. The person correcting was looking at relevance, duplication, and spelling.
After the class had decided which team had won, we discussed the names written on the board and transitioned into the topic of "famous failures". I distributed a handout focused on famous failures and asked the students to read it through individually before discussing it in small groups. The students were asked to focus on three things during their reading: 1) what information they already knew, 2) what information surprised them, and 3) what lessons they could take away from this handout.
We transitioned into the final activity by discussing the lessons or "take-aways" that the students learned from the famous failures handout through the use of quotes and phrases. This last activity was designed to promote student autonomy through the use of technology. The students were asked to use their phones to find a quote about leadership and then do a pair-share with a partner.
I opened this class with a warm-up activity that focused on students' knowledge of leadership, independent thinking, and application. I divided the students into two teams and assigned each time half of the whiteboard. On the whiteboard I wrote the word "leadership" and instructed each team to write down words, phrases, and names that came to mind when they thought of leadership. One-by-one, each team member ran up to the board in a race to write leadership words quickly and accurately. I timed the students using a song. Once the song was finished, one member of each team corrected the other team's portion of the board. The person correcting was looking at relevance, duplication, and spelling.
After the class had decided which team had won, we discussed the names written on the board and transitioned into the topic of "famous failures". I distributed a handout focused on famous failures and asked the students to read it through individually before discussing it in small groups. The students were asked to focus on three things during their reading: 1) what information they already knew, 2) what information surprised them, and 3) what lessons they could take away from this handout.
We transitioned into the final activity by discussing the lessons or "take-aways" that the students learned from the famous failures handout through the use of quotes and phrases. This last activity was designed to promote student autonomy through the use of technology. The students were asked to use their phones to find a quote about leadership and then do a pair-share with a partner.
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