Teaching+Points

Teaching Tips: get students to repeat the instructions back to you. ||  ||   || Recall and Checking || Do conclude each lesson by summing up what has been covered and what will be expected next week to move forward? At the beginning of the next lesson make connections between prior lesson and current lesson and get people to recall what was covered. ||  ||   || talking opportunities || Provide opportunities for structured and unstructured talking opportunities, to think more openly and creatively before being asked to speak or present in a more structured manner. ||  ||   || and steps that need to be followed and getting confirmation, letting students know what is expected and that they could be called on to report on their work area. ||  ||   || Observing Elaine: Says she operates on a relational pedagogy, must kjnow your subject knowledge but must also develop relationships of mutual trust and repall to get the most from your students.
 * Never talk over your students || Wait till you get all of your students attention, wait silently or use a low voice. ||  ||   ||
 * Instructions || Warn them when you give instructions to listen in to all requirements,
 * Recap and Conclude
 * Structured and unstructured
 * Behaviour management: || Strategies include walking the classroom during activities (proximity/responsibility to be on task), giving specific instructions

First lesson: Objectives: To get us to begin to think about what English is first to us (linking with our current knowledge/understandings), and to begin to introduce
 * //Open with good rapport, personable and approachable, tell something about yourself before you expect others to share,//
 * //She made time for students to get to know each other using// icebreakers //(organise yourselves by surnames and then by suburbs - up and talking/walking)//
 * //Creating activities that get students talking, first on comfortable topics (personal & safe) and then re-directing the talking to the learning at hand; used talking board activity for this, based on personal things to discuss - what you did last summer holidays, last weekend, what you are reading, last night, etc...//
 * //Used// brainstorming //(butchers paper) to get us thinking on the topic and// guiding questions //- what is subject english, what are the skills and knowledge you need to teach it, what are the qualities of a good teacher? Once completed asked one person to report back on each section, but without repeating what the other had said - put the sheets up without warning.//
 * //Break up your activities - both individual and collective activities and well as teacher talk, eg. got us to write up our own philosophy.//
 * //Prepare for the next activity while students are undertaking class activity, so that your class runs as smoothly as possible between activities.//
 * //In talking about the assessment clearly outlined her expectations.//