Lesson 3 reflections

Now this lesson was indeed interesting. This time, we thought that instead of doing group discussions for the short story, it would be more interesting to do the discussion with the class as a whole. While a rather good idea in theory, it may not be so in application(I will not go into details).


Then was the skit, where yet again, only half the class was actually enthusiastic about taking on the roles of the story. Me and Shaun had to unwillingly take on the role of disciplinarian. I think the best part of the lesson was when Joshua toke on the role of a princess in the skit, showing off his .... 'acting skills'. While the class was rather rowdy, and the skit was often interrupted by the antics of some of the guys in the class, i think the students more or less took in what we set out to teach.

Lesson 3 Reflections

The third lesson for our program was indeed a memoriable one.
The students were told to read a short story on a frog and a princess. They were very enthusiastic in reading. After which, some volunteered to act out the story. They were very expressive and there were some humorous scenes, which made the whole class roar with laughter.
I could see that they had fun doing the act. During this lesson, the students not only learnt the importance of communicating effectively, they also found joy in reading as the stories can be used in group discussions and activities like this short play. I was really happy that they enjoyed the lesson. I had indeed learnt a lot from them too in terms of their creativity and their variation in tone during the act.

Lesson 3 pics

Lesson 2 pics

Reflections

WE HAD yet another fun session with our young charges. We were very glad to see that they were still very enthusiastic about our course despite a 2-week hiatus from our course. This time we didn't play any games, a move which I still do not support (after all, games are the best at engaging children). Perhaps my view of this programme is different from the rest.

I found that the students were unable to keep their focus on the task at hand (drawing comics). Personally I feel that this was because the task itself was not too interesting. In the future we should aim to incorporate more interesting tasks or otherwise include a wider spread of tasks within 1 activity.

I also found myself beginning to bond with the children. Their childish yet deeply insightful opinions added new threads of thought to issues I originally thought to be cut-and-dried.

In all, this RE project is turning out to be greatly rewarding. I look forward to the next session.

-joshua

Reflections Lesson 2

We conducted our lesson once again at Guangyang after a break of 1 week. It was a wonderful and rewarding experience to see the children filled with ethusiasm. It was another fun lesson despite not conducting any games this time with them. They seemed to have benefited much from the course and have started to develop an interest for reading.

The children was split up into 4 groups with each of us handling one group. All the groups were given different sets of stories and were required to answer 3 simple questions about the story. After that they were supposed to draw 3 pictures based on the story line of their own story. They were then required to link all the 4 stories together by adding an additional picture between each picture.

I have to admit that some of the children's drawing skills were very good. However, a lot of the students were unable to focus on their tasks and were easily distracted.
This was due to the fact that only one person would be able to draw at one time.

I really look forward to the next session next Wednesday.

Cheers,
Shaun Yan

Lesson 2 @ Guangyang

This was my first trip to guangyang primary, and all those stereotypes in the bakc of my mind flew out the window (literally), as the pupils were forthcoming and willing to learn and share tehir experiences. The openness and spirit of the pupils no doubt played an important role in encouraging us to forward our lesson, wiht a few additional challenges to see if the students culd prove their mettle, which they did :)

The lesson went well, with the pupils co-operating and participating, and everyone ahving fun adn learning at the same time (I hope so), and i would call the session a success as we not only accomplished the lesson plan, but also served to provide them with further work.

From this experience, I learnt that one must not always make assumptions, and steroetypes are unfounded. As long as someone has the will to learn, no doubtthere will be siomeone willing to teach. Cheers. =P

Lesson 2

My group members and I were all excited and looked forward to our second lesson at GuangYang Primary. When we reached the school, the students were as excited as we were about the lesson. During the lesson itself, they participated enthusiastically and we had lots of fun with them.

During the lesson, the students were separated into 4 groups and each group was given a different short story. After reading and discussion on the stories, the students had to draw a comic stip of 3 pictures on their stories, then draw another to link another group's story together. They were really artistic and came up with creative ideas, some of which were so humourous that the whole class laughed.

During this programme, I realised one thing -- the lesson to them, was a time where they could have fun learning and reading. I could see the passion for reading within them to start to take shape and the mindset that lessons are boring being changed. Once again, I look forward to the next lesson with them