Reflective Journal

Date: January 25, 2011 - Monday

Significant Experience(s) Learning(s)/Insight(s) Gained

My first day in teaching Handling different personality and

types of students

Reading and teaching Chapter 30 of Group work is effective in reading one

El Filibusterismo chapter in El Filibusterismo

Using Frey tag’s diagram in getting This strategy is effective if you want
the fictional organization of the to teach a literary piece in an easy
chapter way

Using different graphic organizer that You can simplify teaching the chapter
will be fit on your objective by using different graphic organizers

Date: January 26, 2011 - Tuesday

Significant Experience(s) Learning(s)/Insight(s) Gained

Reading and teaching Chapter 31 of You can use dyad instead of asking
El Filibusterismo the students to just read the chapter

Asking for different tag lines from Good motivation prepares and sets
different leaders in the country and the students in the lesson
relating it to the topic

Asking students to make a letter of Think for an agreement that will be

appeal as an agreement useful for the students

Date: January 27, 2011 – Wednesday

Significant Experience(s) Learning(s)/Insight(s) Gained

Reading and teaching Chapter 32 of You can use graphic organizer to get
El Filibusterismo the important points that can
summarize the chapter

Asking students about their Relating students experiences in the

experiences as a motivation to relate topic will be a great strategy to
it in the topic caught their attention and understand
the topic
Date: January 28, 2011 - Thursday

Significant Experience(s) Learning(s)/Insight(s) Gained

Reading and teaching Chapter 33 of You can ask the students one by one
El Filibusterismo to read the chapter for them to
engage in the lesson

Ask students to make a short Students are having fun doing such
monologue for motivation activity

Use summary map or outline to get Using this kind of strategy will be very
important points that summarize the helpful for the students to understand
chapter the chapter

Use personality sketch to teach two Teaching 2 kinds of literary character

(2) kinds of literary character: Round
and bound character

Date: January 29, 2011 – Friday

Significant Experience(s) Learning(s)/Insight(s) Gained

Reading and teaching Chapter 34 of You can divide the chapter then ask
El Filibusterismo students to get the main idea to the
part assigned to them instead of just
reading it

Use the popular TV game “Pinoy Students motivated with this kind of
Henyo” for motivation motivation

Use contextual clues for unlocking This is a fun way of unlocking

difficulties difficulty

Integrating Filipino way of marriage This integration will test students how
related to the topic well they know their own culture

Date: February 1, 2011 – Monday

Significant Experience(s) Learning(s)/Insight(s) Gained

Reading and teaching Chapter 35 of You can ask students to enumerate

 El Filibusterismo and get the main points of the chapter
to know its content

Integration of moral issue that This kind of question will set the mood
students will stand for motivation of the students in the topic

Using of Jumble words for unlocking Fun way of unlocking difficulties

difficulties

Asking critical questions to know Critical questions will be a great

students comprehension regarding instrument to measure students
the topic comprehension

Date: February 2, 2011 – Tuesday

Significant Experience(s) Learning(s)/Insight(s) Gained

Reading and teaching Chapter 36 of Divide the students in different groups

El Filibusterismo and assigned them a work in lined
with the objectives in the lesson

Using Chinese whisper for motivation This activity will test students
memorization skills

Writing an article as an activity Critical and imaginative thinking is

related to the lesson needed to make an article

Date: February 3, 2011 – Wednesday

Significant Experience(s) Learning(s)/Insight(s) Gained

Reading and teaching Chapter 37 of KWL chart can use in monitoring

El Filibusterismo students knowledge regarding the
topic

Asking students reflective question Students have varying viewpoints on

for motivation things.

Date: February 4, 2011 – Thursday

Significant Experience(s) Learning(s)/Insight(s) Gained

Ask students to make a short skit per Students should realize that body
part of the chapter instead of reading language as well as facial expression
 Chapter 38 of El Filibusterismo play major role in expressing one’s
emotions, thoughts, ideas, etc. other
people, groups.

Teaching the chapter by using Using multimedia is an effective tool

multimedia in teaching. However, teacher must
consider the accessibility of it
especially when your in public school

Praising students for a good job. Saying very good, reinforces good
behaviour such as exerting effort to
answer questions correctly.

Date: February 5, 2011 – Friday

Significant Experience(s) Learning(s)/Insight(s) Gained

Stimulating students by story telling A teacher should be a good

the last chapter of El Filibusterismo storyteller.

Asking students critical question as a Students have varying viewpoints on

guide question related to the topic things.

Date: February 8, 2011 – Monday

Significant Experience(s) Learning(s)/Insight(s) Gained

Constructing test items for a long Test construction requires ample time.
quiz

Administering a long quiz Providing a classroom environment

conducive to testing is necessary.

Date: February 9, 2011 – Tuesday

Significant Experience(s) Learning(s)/Insight(s) Gained

Teaching students proper evaluation Rules set on evaluating test papers

of classmates’ test papers should be consistently enforced.

Recording of students’ scores Silence should be maintained at all

 times.

Teaching students translation as a Some students are having a hard time

new lesson translating because of unlocking
English vocabulary

Teaching 2 kinds of translation Students are more on translating

meaning based translation

Date: February 10, 2011 – Wednesday

Significant Experience(s) Learning(s)/Insight(s) Gained

Teaching students the steps in Students like translating songs and

translation poems

Allowing for students’ mistakes in Avoid correcting the students right

doing board work in translation away as they try and answer
something to maintain their
momentum.

Date: February 11, 2011 – Thursday

Significant Experience(s) Learning(s)/Insight(s) Gained

Teaching students how to evaluate Rules set on evaluating works should

their classmates’ translation be consistently enforced.

Recording of students’ scores Silence should be maintained at all

times.

Date: February 12, 2011 – Friday

Significant Experience(s) Learning(s)/Insight(s) Gained

Administering reinforcement Reinforcing tasks make students

activities to students better understand and promote
retention.

Praising students for a good job. Saying very good reinforces good
behavior such as exerting effort to
answer questions correctly.
Date: February 14, 2011 – Monday

Significant Experience(s) Learning(s)/Insight(s) Gained

Providing sample of varying tone and Being flexible and animated is

pitch of voice for simulated radio fundamental in being a teacher.
play activity

Constructing rubrics for grading the Rubrics should be deliberately

radio play announced to students prior to a
performance-based task.

Asking thought-provoking questions The art of questioning should be

mastered and remastered
continuously by a teacher.

Date: February 15, 2011 – Tuesday

Significant Experience(s) Learning(s)/Insight(s) Gained

Using sequencing pictures as a Students are more motivated with

motivation colourful pictures

Teaching students how to feedback Rubrics should be deliberately

to other groups work announced to students prior to a
performance-based task.

Date: February 16, 2011 – Wednesday

Significant Experience(s) Learning(s)/Insight(s) Gained

Using audio for motivation Listening skills must improve to

students to understand the content of
a song

Ask students to make a song related Students are really good in

to the lesson composition so teacher must maintain
a conducive classroom in all times
Date: February 17, 2011 – Thursday

Significant Experience(s) Learning(s)/Insight(s) Gained

Teaching students to write a poem as It is important to teach the element of

an activity a poem before asking them to write it

Asking students to read their made Saying very good, reinforces good
poem behaviour such as exerting effort in
the poem that they did

Teaching students how to feedback Rubrics should be deliberately

to other groups work announced to students prior to a
performance-based task.

Date: February 18, 2011 – Friday

Significant Experience(s) Learning(s)/Insight(s) Gained

Evaluating students’ project on their Assigning grades to projects using

poems rubrics makes such task easier and
faster.

Asking questions to students to Some students simply ask their elders

verify if they were really the ones or friends to make their projects for
who did the projects them.

Date: February 21, 2011 – Monday

Significant Experience(s) Learning(s)/Insight(s) Gained

Introducing the new topic for a week, Students like sharing insights
a literary Text entitled “Titser” regarding future. They have varying
insights in different course they want
to take

In-depth discussion of Introduction to Make sure all students have own copy
the new topic of textbook to avoid inconvenience to
those who have textbooks.

Administering reinforcement Reinforcing tasks make students

activities to students better understand and promote
 retention.

Date: February 22, 2011 – Tuesday

Significant Experience(s) Learning(s)/Insight(s) Gained

Stimulating students to activate their A teacher should be a good

memory of the previous lesson by storyteller.
asking them to answer the sequence
organizer

Ask students to find figures of In introducing a new topic, teacher

Speech in a given text should find out if students have
background knowledge about it.

Date: February 23, 2011 – Wednesday

Significant Experience(s) Learning(s)/Insight(s) Gained

Setting rules for a charade literature Being precise and comprehensive in

game setting rules for a literature game is
important for the smooth flow of the
game.

Being a charade literature game It is imperative that the teacher

moderator monitors the game as students tend
to cheat in order to win.

Date: February 24, 2011 – Thursday

Significant Experience(s) Learning(s)/Insight(s) Gained

My grand demonstration teaching Teachers mastery of the topic should

be observe

Providing sample of varying tone Being flexible and animated is

and pitch of voice in teaching fundamental in being a teacher.

Constructing rubrics for grading the Rubrics should be deliberately

group work announced to students prior to a
 performance-based task.

Students evaluation to their TTeacher should not forget to ask

classmates students why they gave such grade to
their classmate

Administering 10 item quiz Teacher should not forget to check the

papers after the students answered the
quiz

Date: February 25, 2011 – Friday

- No class

Date: February 26, 2011 – Monday

Significant Experience(s) Learning(s)/Insight(s) Gained

In-depth discussion of the Saying very good, reinforces good

yesterday’s experience behaviour such as exerting effort in
their performance

Construct and administer a 10-item Test items should measure the

oral quiz mastery of the students about the
topic at hand.

Date: February 27, 2011 – Tuesday

Significant Experience(s) Learning(s)/Insight(s) Gained

Recording and Finalizing of students In grading students, teacher

grades should be objective

Date: February 28, 2011- Wednesday

Significant Experience(s) Learning(s)/Insight(s) Gained

Asking students to evaluate my Sometimes, it is not you who teach,

teaching performance but you learned most by your
students from their evaluation,
comments and praise.