TEAM TEACHING STAGE

Name of student: Mark Antonni Córdova Rojas

Name of School: Escuela Industrial Superior Valparaíso “Oscar Gacitúa Basulto” (EIV)

Date: 04-24-2010

Task Nº1: Collaboration activities

For the following questions describe as accurately as you can how you have collaborated in school
assigned:

1. What kind of activity did you perform the first time you were asked for help? How long did it
take?

The first activity I performed at EIV was correcting homework; I took me a lot of time, because
there are lots of students in my classroom. However, it was fun to do that, due to the fact that
students are nice to me.

2. What were the students doing before you started helping out?

They were talking and too much noise, but they respect me a lot, they aren’t disrespectful or
impolite. They are starting to be in silent as I get close to them.

3. How did the students react? Describe the atmosphere of the room and the levels of
engagement in the room.

Well, in other words, students reacted the way it was supposed to, well. I could feel that they
needed that somebody brings some attention to them. They are very cute (in some weird sense),
they just need somebody to be their friend.
In my own words, the class is nice, but teachers must be strict and have sometimes, a severe
attitude, but being friendly and listen to them as they talk to you.

4. What other assignments were asked you to do? How often?

I was to create some study guides, reinforcing some aspects, for example verb tenses, adverbs,
conjunctions etc. In the majority of cases, they were just guides on exercises. The teacher didn’t ask
me to do things often, in most cases I offered to do those tasks.
 5. Were you asked to prepare any kind of special audio visual material, learning material
for the students? Were they used? How effective were they?

My guide teacher doesn’t fancy doing that too much. Therefore, I haven’t been asked to prepare
anything like that. However, I’ll be glad to prepare audiovisual material for my students. Teenagers
fancy technology, so I’ll take advantage of it giving a presentation on PowerPoint, or perhaps using
youtube.com to download some nice videos for them to watch.

Task 2: Lesson Planning

Answer the following questions and explain how you planned the learning activities for your
students. Be as precise as you can.

1. How did you get the information for planning the lessons for your students?

2. Did your guide teacher give you any suggestions for planning?

3. How long did it take to you to prepare learning material for your first lesson?

It’s rather hard to explain. My guide teacher advised me to follow the book in order to start
planning. So did I. I’ve planned the unit first, so to learn the things we will be checking before teach
them. This technique of planning according to the text is useful, but not one hundred percent
effective. Why do I say this? Because most books the government gives to state schools are not
based on our reality, they are merely copies of others that have worked in different countries, and
obviously, not focused on our reality.
My first lesson plan is not done yet, I have thought a lot about it, trying to make and motive
learning in my students, not just reading and writing on their books, I want them to learn. I’m not
there to repeat things that have been written by another person, I’m there to change them, to make
them happier, smarter, and more fond of learning English.

IVV/RGS
2010