This is the first entry to a series of reflectionaires (reflection & questionnaires combined) during our demo-teaching activity during my time studying Literature in the ESL Classroom. The following parts of the blogs will be composed of various questions that I answered and something you can learn whether you're a student, a teacher or just someone who came across this blog.
Questions I have about the use of the strategies presented this week
I only have one that I can think of based on the demos that have been done and that is “How can these strategies truly bring out the essence of the text as well as achieve the target objectives?” since it is important that we design activities that guides the learners to achieve the target outcomes. Then, there is also the matter of “How can these strategies be executed better?” because not all the time what is on the blackboard translates to the actual practice.
Insights about 'Feeding the Text'
One must exhaust, exhaust, and exhaust the text when teaching lessons in order to maximize the use of the material as well as the learning of the students in accordance with the goals of inside a literature classroom.
How to Ask Questions to the Learners
You have to ask the right kind of questions. Right questions where learners are encouraged to think critically and on their own and develop higher-order thinking skills (HOTS) in order to further their development.
"I like that activity, it's very creative."
The one that I appreciated is letting learners read out paragraphs from the story during class since it makes it engaging. They used a Directed Reading Thinking Activity strategy and helped us acting learners to predict (although improvements can be made) what will happen in the story based on what we have read out loud.
How it feels to Teach summarized in an illustration
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