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Observation Critique
EDL 231 Prof. Romylyn Metila
Class and Teachers Observed: 9 - Iron / Willian Joy Lim and Ynah Valerie Walde
Time: 1:30 3:00 PM
Lesson Outline:
I. Motivation: Students were given their own flight boarding pass. The teacher
says that the students are about to embark on a journey as they go through the
lesson. They were then asked to complete a statement: It would be ____________
to live ____________ in a world with no adults because ____________.
II. Motivation Question: What will it be like to live in a world with no adults?
III. Activating Prior Knowledge / Pre- reading: A tree graphic organizer was
posted and there was a review on some major characters and events in their
novel The Lord of the Flies. Sample sentences were lifted from the information on
the graphic organizer. Students identified the signal words used in those
sentences then they were asked to get more signal words under their chairs and
post them on the board under their correct headings / labels (informal, neutral or
formal).
IV. Presentation of Grammar Form / While reading: Students were asked to
read two paragraphs about the novel and for each paragraph, they identified
what specific way of developing a cause and effect paragraph is used (through
fill-in-the-blanks).
V. Post Reading / Free Practice: The group activity was given. For each group,
there is a pair of pictures which they need to interpret then they will write a cause
and effect paragraph on it using an appropriate way of writing it (either
sequential or graded value) and also signal words. After the time allotment given,
the groups presented and the teachers alternately processed the each groups
work by asking question/s which reflect a major theme in the novel.
VI. Assignment: The students were asked to write a cause and effect paragraph on
the motivation question that was initially given in class.
VII. Wrapping Up: The students shared what they learned and afterwards, a quote
which generalizes the value objectives of the lesson was read.
The first aspect that shows their expertise is on the preparation and
utilization of instructional materials. Clearly seen in their table set-up, whiteboard,
and TV monitor, everything has been well prepared and there were no technical
glitches throughout the flow of the lesson. The visual aids which include the
Powerpoint presentation, tree graphic organizer and signal words (strips of paper)
are all presentable and visible to the whole class. There were no typographical
errors. The flight boarding pass was already catchy as they started their lesson
because it really looks like a ticket and one could get the kind of feeling that he /
she is going to travel somewhere as the lesson ensues. The tree graphic organizer
served as a good starting point to not just activate the schema of the students on
the novel but also foreshadow what the lesson will be about (since apparently, in
the group activity, one of the graphic organizers used was also a tree graphic
organizer). Students clearly see the connection between and among their answers
which the teacher writes on the tree since towards the end, they confirmed that the
one written on the roots correspond to the causes and the fruits are the effects. It
was easy to remind them about the meaning of result and reason or cause and
effect. From there, the teachers were able to further maximize the visual and the
answers as they also asked students to give sentences about it. Although no one
answered, the teacher still eagerly gave her own sample sentence and the students
were asked to identify the signal word used to show the cause and effect
relationship in the sentence. It was also a plus factor that the signal words were
under the chairs of the students because it made them move and somehow stirred
their energy. However, the signal words could have had different colors for one
category. Although the teachers may have a reason why they were color coded
(perhaps to save time), still, in order to maximize the opportunity, they could not
have been color coded. In that way, the students will really think about the answers.
When the teacher checks and some answers will be wrong, it is another opportunity
to make the students realize the correct answer. Nevertheless, the signal words
were definitely given distinctions and the lesson progressed from there. Its helpful
too that the way the teachers write on the board is organized (from left to right) and
each of the Powerpoint slides correspond to a particular part of the lesson. Students
therefore can follow the pace of the lesson well.
But since teachers like her is spontaneously good at all the other trades in
class which include turn-taking and the teachers personality (among others), the
lesson objectives were achieved. Firstly, the whole flow of the lesson is very
organized. The transitions were clear and there was just enough emphasis for each
part. There is also an active coordination between the two of them as partner
teachers. Lastly, because of their professionally pleasing, friendly personality and
confidence to interact with their students, they were respected. They were able to
end the lesson properly and with the same level of creativity (by presenting a
striking quote) which they showed in the beginning (by giving flight boarding
passes). Of course they did and other true teachers will also do. After all, teachers
are jacks and masters of different teaching-learning trades in their own classrooms.