January 14th 2020 Reflection on a Lesson
I really liked today's lesson. Despite the fact that I haven't prepared well for today's lesson, it was a really good one.
I've started lowering the bar.
There was a new student whose level I didn't check. I didn't give him any tests but… I checked his level by noticing some patterns. When he did a simple exercise he correctly used the combinations between verbs and prepositions.
The I. student and the A. student.
Things that occurred during the lesson:
Бесполезно - useless.
Other variations:
Все мы немножко менеджеры
- We are all managers a bit.
I'm drawing a blank
- I'm stuck. I can't think of anything.
- I froze.
There was a situation where the student I. couldn't remember the word. He used the Russian word “зависнуть” to describe his state.
** Gravity draws us down.~~
- The gravity pulls us down.
I find TheFreeDictionary quite useful. For example I can find the ‘kn’ words here.
A couple notes to my future self:
- Teach these intensifying expressions in my future lessons.
- Darn will probably be the first.
- Words to teach ‘kn’: knob, knee, knife, knight, knowledge, know.
- While I was reflecting on today's lesson I come up with a new activity. We counted today. So I can change this activity. “Count from 20 to 30 but put between each count a countable noun. 21 apples, 22 fingers, 23 teeth, 24 spoons of sugar, etc.”