The big ones from ESO!!

After observing some 1ESO lessons, we asked our tutor to observe other classes and other levels to get a big overview of ESO differences. So, we get observe a group from 4th ESO ans another from 2nd of Batxillerat.

These two groups were hardly different from 1st ESO groups. Their level of English understanding is higher, so that, teacher could speak the whole class in English.
However, in 4th ESO groups teacher translate some important issues on grammar and she uses Catalan to clarify some vocabulary. In constrast, Batxillerat students tried to participate in class trough English, they even speak English with the teacher before starting any specific activity!

What impressed me the most was students behaviour, there were no similiraties at all with 1st ESO students.
Older students paid attention during all the lesson, they rarely spoke, they were well involved in activities.

It was a really nice experience and it let us to discover how other teachers work.

Cogito, ergo sum

Look what I found!!
It's on the top of one of the main walls at the entrance of the high school.
I do not really know if the school follows this statement, but anyway I think that it is interesting to have it!!
This Descartes sentence I think, therefore I am became the main element of rationalism, what describes the role of the reason to acquire knowledge.
So, either it is the slogan in the school or not, I believe that it must be an amazing way to awake students' curiosity through great philosophers.

Feelings&body through the book

After some weeks observing different classes, we had to give the lesson through the book, teacher gave to us fotocopies of those pages. We had prepared the explanations at home and in class some activities were presented by my mate and others by me.

At that time, 1ESO groups had to learn about Have got and adjectives. So, my mate and I implemented the activities in the 3 groups by turns.

The activities were interesting, there was a kind of description, then a classification exercise, some more exercises on adjectives and a listening at the end.

We worked with the story of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, they had to compare themm and use adjectives to describe them and students enjoy it a lot.

First, it was quite hard to keep all the students in silence and well sit, but since the teacher was in class, they tried to behave well, otherwise the teacher advise them.
So, our first real classes went perfectly and we wish to go forward with this Practicum.

Claustre

Today I've been in a Claustre!!
It has been an interesting point of our Practicum, however I had imagined it different.
Teachers start to arrive separately and then they sit together, but no all of them know each other, there are kind of groups; and at the beginning of the room, the principal with the head of the studies and the secretary.
It's surprising how teachers have to manage to fit themselves in the room, they are 80 and there's no seats for all of them! So, they talk and comment it looks like am oprdinary classroom but with adults.
Later the principal speaks and explains the projects what high school works on and some other important aspects. Teacher just listen and comment some points with their colleagues.
Claustre seems quite boring for the rest of the teachers.

But I found very interesting all the knowledge and values that IES Montserrat Roig works on through projects.

Improvising

Hello,
days are passing by and this is our second week in IES Montserrat Roig doing our observation step of the practicum!
But..uuah!!! Teacher decide right in the moment we were entering the class that we could give the lesson!! She had prepared some exercises and a game about Halloween and she gave them to us and let us improvise!!!

Uff... At the beginning seemed quite hard, but at the end we manage it very well and it wasn't as difficult we thought!! I realize that I took more confidence with students because I almost know each one of all them.

It was exciting to see how students follow our explanations, participate in class, and afterall, enjoy the session while learning English!!