PROFESSIONAL PRACTICUM

PORTFOLIO

NAME : Rita Andrea Lillo Delgado

SUBJECT : Final Practicum
TEACHER : Isabel Vasquez/Rodrigo Gonzalez
CLASS : English Teaching
YEAR : 2009
 INDEX

Introduction

Pedagogical artifacts

Reflective writing

School information

Unit plans and lesson plans

Learning material

Evaluation instruments
 INTRODUCTION

I love colors; they are happiness, light and love……they

express my feelings……

Learning is like a rainbow…it shows the most beautiful

colors the nature has given to us. Through learning we can

show the best we have in our mind and heart, not only to

people, but also to ourselves……

A portfolio shows learning about teaching……

A portfolio shows learning as a rainbow shows colors……

 Pedagogical artifacts

Reflection 1

The final step in my entire course of study, the professional

practice, is a mix of sensations and feelings. I am very proud getting this
one, with energy and many wishes. It would be one of the most special
times in my university age. Fears are present, but I have the conviction
in resolving all kind of difficulties successfully.
About the workshop, I consider this experience as a good opportunity to
know the other’s feelings and fears, and recognize and reconsider my
ones. Sharing our expectations about this process is the best way to feel
more comfortable and self reliable, because I realized Iam not the only
one with doubts, fears and expectations; and thinking that teaching is a
wonderful life style, not only in the classroom, but also in every place.

Workshop Nº 2

Refer to the Teaching Stage you have already started and answer the
following questions:

1. Do you feel satisfied with your performance as a teacher so far? Take about
the things you like and about the ones you don´t like.

In my opinion, I consider my performance as a teacher as a mix of sensations. I

can manage the class, but there are some students without any interest in the
classes; it was my biggest challenge. They are students older than the rest,
with some behavior problems. I can teach only very basic things; it is a
requirement of the guide teacher, it frustrated me very much, some students
learn, other get bored, for their higher level of English they have, other don’t
pay any attention, and it is very difficult motivate them.

2. Guide teacher´s support: How effective has it been during this stage? Why?

The guide teacher support me gave me some students characteristics, teach

me how to manage the class and giving me some general advices. It has been
effective, but not enough, because the advice wasn’t with the frequency I
need.

3. Student´s level of engagement: Do your students enjoy the classroom

learning activities presented? ; What do they say about them?
 At first, I introduce to students some interesting and enjoyable activities,
but they didn’t

understand me (my use of English) and they didn’t have the disposition
in learning. I realized that, and decide to use more written exercises, and
they are more useful and effective; I can check students learning and
progress easily and successfully.

4. Planning and lesson preparation: What teaching approach do you consider

appropriate to students ´learning style? Which one are you actually using with
them? Why?

I “dream” using oral instructions and methods, but the reality was using
written activities as more successful.

5. Lesson Timing: How much of the planned activities do you actually cover in
each lesson? Is it what you expected?

I covered only few activities I planned every class, the students need more
time in order to develop the exercises and the contents were repeated
sometimes for a better understanding of the contents.

Reflection N° 4: “The way I feel”

I started doing my practice in April. I went to the High School three

times. In a meeting with other students and the supervisor teacher, I
met the principal of the school. In another day I met the guide teacher
and the class I was assigned to teach. Next day, the teacher’s strike
started; teachers of all country fought for their right getting the SAE
bond. A month and half after, finally, it is ended because of an
agreement between the Government and teachers.

In my case, as a student doing my professional practice, I felt very

stressed and uncomfortable with the situation at the beginning, without
any information about the conflict and its end. Then, as the days went
very quickly, I decided to plan some ideas for my classes; I planned with
a classmate because she is going to teach the same level as me. I had
the opportunity to contact with the guide teacher some times; he gave
me some instructions about the class and their level of English. That was
very useful for me.

Nowadays, I hope this final stage will be successful. I love the class; the
students are very nice and cooperative. About the fears, I guess the
main problem would be the student’s motivation, because of the long
time without classes; and the time, having less time of me majority of
my classmates to cover the topics related the level, and the steps of the
process.

I realize the situation is not the most perfect, but is a part of this
profession………being a teacher is an very interesting and amazing
challenge………..working with young people, and, in a some way,
changing their lives, or trying to do it, at least!!!

Reflective writing

In my opinion, teaching is a challenge very hard. But I love it. At the end
of this process, I feel very frustrated with my performance as a teacher.
The realities of students make me feel very unsecure and upset
sometimes. Upset with my lack of experience and solutions to apply in
the classroom. I consider this semester as a very stressful, and I realized
teaching is more stressful that I thought. But teaching change lives. It
can change my life and other’s. I promise myself improve my attitude
about teaching in general. I don’t want to feel disappointed with my
chance in studying Teaching. I love English; I loved pedagogy, but today
it is difficult to feel very happy about my chose some years ago. But
maybe it is only a temporary stage, to the end, I love to help others to
learn, and contribute to make changes in their lives. I follow trying and
trying to do my best in order to love it, and in feeling proud to be a
teacher.

School information
Nombre : Liceo Politécnico A 23 Alfredo Nazar Ferez
Dirección : Errazuriz s/n Valparaíso
Fono : 2281231
Director : Luis Pereira
Jefe UTP : Antonio Fernández
Profesor Guía: Pedro Espinoza
E- mail : pedroespinozalunahotmail.com
Curso : 1° Medio F
Horario : Martes 10:35-12:05
Miércoles 8:00-9:30
Unit plans and lesson plans
 1st Lesson plan

Date: June 16th,2009 Level: 1rst Grade High School

Skill:
Oral and written expression.

Expected Outcomes:
To learn and apply vocabulary about people, hobbies and family
To recognize and learn simple tense and personal pronouns

Resources: whiteboard, markers, pen and paper.

Time Comments

Introduction 10’ Greet the students.

Role calling Take roll call.
Motivation Explain students what the teacher is going to do in this
session.

Core of the class

Pre-stage
10’ The teacher introduces herself as an example the
Introduce myself following activity. She explains students they will do the
same, giving a model in the board with useful vocabulary.

While-stage
Introducing students 15’ Each student writes on their copybooks their own
Theirselves presentation following the board model.

15’ In pairs, students introduce themselves each other.

Teacher correct pronunciation and grammar.

Comparing answers 15’ Teacher asks students about their task and she writes
keywords in the board from their answers. She asks
students write the list on their copybooks.
Post-stage
Sharing opinions 15’ Teacher asks the class about their hobbies, interact with
them, and trying all the answers would be in English.
Closing

Looking for information 10’ The teacher asks as a homework look for information
about their family: jobs, free time, hobbies, etc.
 2nd Lesson plan

Date: June 17th ,2009 Level:1rst High School

Skills:
Oral and written expression.

Expected Outcomes:
To learn and apply vocabulary about people, hobbies and family
To recognize and learn simple tense and personal pronouns

Resources: whiteboard, markers, pen, list of vocabulary related to family, jobs and hobbies.

Time Comments

Introduction 10’ Greet the students.

Take roll call.
Explain students what the teacher is going to do in this
session.
Core of the class Check homework.
Pre-stage
Sharing jobs list Some students write in the board a list of jobs they bring
10’
as homework. All the class writes the entire list. The idea
While-stage is share the jobs they brought.
Present tense
10’ The teacher explains the simple present tense,
emphasizing the use of “s” in the third person (he, she, it)

Introducing my family 10’ Introduce a member of his/her family, using the model the
teacher gave last section. Each student says it using the
present simple tense. Ex: she is…. She works in …..

Family tree 10’ The students complete the “Family tree” with the name of
different relatives.

Story about the family In pairs, create a crossword with relatives and jobs. The
20’
teacher gives clues orally or in the board.
Then, the teacher asks students create a story about the
family the teacher shows them, using present simple
Post-stage tense and all family members, jobs and hobbies they can.
Families in Chile It is an accumulative grade work.

10’ The teacher explains to the class different kinds of families

Closing in Chile. ( Nuclear Family, Extended family)Talk about
good and bad things about these ones.
Family relationships

10’ The students find the answers about “Family relationships”

Summary of the class.

 3rd Lesson plan

Date: June 23rd, 2009 Level:1st Grade High School

Skills: Oral and written expression.

Expected Outcomes:
To apply vocabulary about people, hobbies and family.
To learn about physical and personality description.
To apply simple tense and personal pronouns

Resources: whiteboard, markers, pen, list of vocabulary related to physical and personality
descriptions.

Time Comments

Introduction 10’ Greet the students.

Take roll call.
Explain students what the teacher is going to do in this
Core of the class session.
Pre-stage
Like + noun or gerund 10’ The teacher shows the use of noun or gerund after the
verb like, dislike, love and hate. Write the rule on the
board.
While-stage
Story about the family 15’ The students continue creating a story about the family
the teacher explained last class, using present simple
tense and some family members, jobs and hobbies.
Describing People 15’ The teacher shows some physical characteristics in some
students of the class. Then, she writes a list of them on
the board. The teacher explains and writes how to
describe people, physically and their personality.
Describing your friends In front of the class, a student describes some of his/her
15’
classmates, without saying the name. The class guess
who is the person. Then, more people go in front of the
class doing the same thing.

Post-stage 15’ Individual work: students write his/her own and 5

members of the class description, using the vocabulary
given.

Closing 10’
As a home work, the teacher explains each student bring
next class a picture of a famous character, and search
about his/her life.
 4 th Lesson plan

Date:June 24th, 2009 Level: 1st Grade High School

Skills: Oral and written expression.

Expected Outcomes:
To apply vocabulary about physical and personality description.
To apply simple tense and personal pronouns

Resources: whiteboard, markers, pen, list of vocabulary related to physical and personality
descriptions, pictures of celebrities.

Time Comments

Introduction 10’ Greet the students.

Take roll call.
Explain students what the teacher is going to do in this
session.
Core of the class
Pre-stage
People profile 15’ The teacher writes on the board two young people’s
profiles and the students identify the information every
person includes(name, address, likes, etc)

While-stage 15’ Individual work: students write his/her own and 5

Describing friends members of the class description, using the vocabulary
given.

Describing a famous 30’ The teacher shows to the class a picture of a famous and
describes him.
Individual o pair work: Each student (or group) describes
physically and the personality the famous person picture
he/she brings, writing this on their copybooks. The teacher
asks some students share orally their celebrity. It is a
accumulative work.

Post-stage 15’ Teacher checks the works students did in classes, and
Work check
assess them.

Closing 5’ Summary of the class.

 Lesson plan

Date: July 29th, 2009 Level:1st Grade high School

Skills: Oral and written expression.

Expected Outcomes: To learn and apply vocabulary about city, downtown and neighborhood.

To recognize and learn the use of there is- there are, how many, locating places: next to,
around the corner, near.

Resources: whiteboard, markers, pen and paper, drawings.

Time Comments
Introduction
10’ Greet the students.
Take roll call.
Students receive explanation what the teacher is going to
do in this session.
Core of the class
Pre-stage 10’ The teacher gives students a reading sheet of paper
Amy’s apartment “Amy´s apartment building”. They hear some instructions
building- pre reading about what is the text about, and write some words written
by the teacher in the board.

While-stage 20’ Students read it in silence. Then, they answer the

While reading questions provided by the paper, and choose True or
False.

Post reading 20’ Students answer the questions about their own
neighborhoods, first orally and then in their copybooks.

Post-stage 20’ Teacher shows a picture of a downtown. The class tells

The downtown about all the places of that, applying the topics related to
the city. (There is –there are, how many, places)

10’ Summary of the class.

Closing Students receive some instructions about the next test and
grades in the semester ending.
 Learning material

Unit 1 :Introducing ourselves

Describing a celebrity

He is Benjamin Vicuña
He is 30 years old
He is Chilean
He is an actor
He has pale skin, brown hair and green eyes
He is attractive and friendly
Describing personality
Profile

The Family
Unit 2 “The City”=Reading
The City = locating places
Evaluation instruments
 ENGLISH TEST

NAME: __________________________ DATE: ______________ ROW: A

I. - Answer the questions

1. What’s your name? ____________________________________________

2. Where do you live? _____________________________________________
3. How old are you? ______________________________________________
4. What do you like? ______________________________________________

II. - Complete the family relationship

1. Wife’s mother
Husband’s mother

2. Wife’s brother
Husband’s brother

III .- Describe yourself (physical appearance and personality)

____________________________________________________________
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IV. - Complete with the meaning

A person who works building houses= _____________________________

A person who works in movies=___________________________________

V.- Describe an artist or celebrity using the clues given in classes.

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 ENGLISH TEST

NAME: __________________________ DATE: ______________ ROW: B

I. - Answer the questions

1. What’s your last name? _________________________________________

2. What is your nationality? ________________________________________
3. How many people are in your family? ______________________________
4. What is your favorite food? ______________________________________

II. - Complete the family relationship

1. Wife’s father
Husband’s father

2. Wife’s sister
Husband’s sister

III .- Describe yourself (physical appearance and personality)

____________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________

IV. - Complete with the meaning

A person who works in a school doing classes= _____________________

A person who works in a office typing in a computer=_________________

V. - Describe an artist or celebrity using the clues given in classes.

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