Assalamualaikum and Hi
to all!
Third Reflection:
Well well well, what do
you know…? The students’ exam has ended! Even their marks are finalized and
posted. Alhamdulilah nobody failed. Mind you that “Failure” is a raspy and such
repulsive word for this school so having everybody passed especially my own
students is a relief!
I was assigned to mark
both of my classes their Paper 2 exam except for the Summary part. I have found
more than 90% of the students managed to answer the literature part (one of my
biggest responsibilities was to teach Literature for both classes – don’t know
why!) with excellence. I remember being given the last minute task to teach
them one poem, Nature by H.D Carberry two weeks before their exam started.
Without knowing the exam questions, I also managed to include general knowledge
that is connected to the poem so I managed to include an activity of
presentations done by the students on Natural Disasters and Environmental
Issues. Coincidentally, questions on how to conserve nature were asked in the
exam! The struggle to teach them within limited time was already hard, let
alone the students themselves in need to add another poem to prepare for their
exam. But with such outstanding marks, am I proud or what? Hehe..
Since exam has ended,
all we were asked to do was just revision with the students based on their exam
papers. This is not so much of a problem, not unless you have more than half of
the class being absent! Hello! Its post-exam season so the students have no
interest of coming to school anymore. Thus, I had to enlighten the atmosphere
of the class by having really good games and activities for them. Sigh. I had
to really think out of the box so I came up with games such as Role-Plays,
Puzzles, Guessing games etc. I managed to get the computer lab for my lesson
with both classes and I told them it was a reward for them since they rarely go
there so I shared some interesting inspirational stories with them.
Observations are done
by my supervisor, Dr Wong and my mentor, Pn Susan. However Dr Wong could only
managed to observe me once due to her busy schedule and our exam timetable
which took about one month. I have already sent all my lesson plans to her too
as requested. Pn Susan has also seen my lesson plans and both of them commented
the same thing on my teaching. It was something like “You are very systematic”,
“Your lesson is interesting” but “You should have more challenging activities
for them”.
Its been 9 weeks
already and time flies so fast. I have learned a lot through this process of
being a teacher in the future. It has surely given me an eye-opening
experience. *teary*
Fourth Reflection:
It is indeed the final
week for Teaching Practice. It is indeed a relief to complete the course. It is
indeed sad to end this course. It is indeed heartbreaking to leave this school,
Sekolah Menengah Jenis Kebangsaan Katholik, Petaling Jaya.
During this final week,
there are no students around anymore. They are given two months holiday before
the school resumes next year. Therefore, the atmosphere of the school is very
quiet, clean and just gloomy without them around. Just noises coming from the
teachers’ staff rooms or the canteen.
The task for this week
is just to help out teachers to prepare modules for the year 2013. Yes, I was
assigned to do the Literature part again. Why? Maybe they see me like an expert
in this area? Haha dream on! Anyways, so I had produced hundreds of slides on
PowerPoint in order to create Literature modules touching on different poems
with different strategies and activities along with its other important
focuses. Ofcourse I didn't do this alone, I was supervised by a teacher, Miss
Stephanie who sits next to me so my job is easier and faster as I can always
ask for her help. The task needs me to take a lot of pictures from the textbook
and other books as well and mind you, it is not just about 20-30 pictures. Its more
than 100 pictures! So I came up with taking the photos using my phone rather
than scanning it as I find it easier and faster. Then I was also needed to do a
lot of editing of the photos and this does not take a day or two to do it. Typing
is not an exception in this task too. I ended up doing 117 slides altogether on
PowerPoint. Phew!!
Nonetheless, I am very
pleased to be a part of this school because I was able to attend the launching
of Virtual Learning Environment (VLE) by the Principal during the last assembly
of the school last Monday. Not forgetting the awards he mentioned that the
school received throughout the year. Some of the awards are being the best
Chinese High School in all over Selangor, having the best Sports Gym in
Selangor and second place for the best Science lab all over Selangor. I am
proud as a teacher here indeed.
Okay for selecting two
posts, it was difficult because I believe everybody did their best and produced
a good job. Nonetheless, I have chosen Zhao Xunyu on her third reflection. What
attracted me the most was the fact how she faced the “natural disaster”
situation where she managed to handle it well and control her students’
concentrations. That is just bravo! Not forgetting the way how she stated her
problems and strategies in her post. Secondly, I chose Farha Alia on her third
reflection as well. It was mainly due to her creativity. Her activities based
on her pictures literally show how enjoyable it was for the students. Even so,
it makes me a bit envious as even I could not think of such ways to teach the
students. So well done both of you! And for others, I am very sure we all have our
own ways. Cheers!
Below are the pictures I have taken during the past ten weeks :
All the trainees at SMJK Katholik. Missing : Ellina
Trainees with Puan Ya, Deputy Principal
Mdm Lim Bee Ain - teacher of Form 4S9
Talk to you all soon and Assalamualaikum.
Regards,
Khairiah
Below are the pictures I have taken during the past ten weeks :
Students going home~
All the trainees at SMJK Katholik. Missing : Ellina
Teachers' staffroom
Some of the pictures as materials for Literature Module 2013
My Form 4P1 class. Yes, one of the students just literally took my phone and snapped a picture with me.
Some students practising their Lion Dance
My Form 4S9 class I had in the Computer Lab
Post-exam activity : my students playing Running Man - Fighting!!
Appreciation Dinner
Trainees with Puan Ya, Deputy Principal
Miss Stephanie - teacher of Form 4P1
Talk to you all soon and Assalamualaikum.
Regards,
Khairiah
I had to laugh reading your first few paragraphs regarding the students' examination marks. The former English teachers were the ones marking and I helped to do the discussions in the classroom. My students were mostly careless on their mistakes. When I discussed with them there were many "ohs" and "arghs" , the students were upset with themselves. Thank God your students scored the exam well.
ReplyDeleteFor me, my students have already scored well but being extremely competitive students, apparently, A alone is not enough. They dreamed for A+ (yet committing petty careless mistakes).
Cannot wait to listen to more of your experiences, talk to you soon!