WEEKLY REPORT
FIRST WEEK [07-11-2016
to 11-11-2016]
CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES
It
was the first day in the first week of our 2nd phase of the school
internship. I was assigned in class VIII
D. During the first phase of internship,
I got the same class, so I was very familiar with all the students in the
class. The English Teacher Mrs.
Indulekha assigned me the portions that had to be covered. It contained four chapters (two poems and two
short stories). In one unit – “Flowers
and Showers”. First I started with the
poem – “Song of the Flower”. It was a
beautiful poem written by the Lebanese poet – Khalil Gibran, speaks through the
words of a flower. I used laptop and
charts for making the class more attractive and to make a change from regular
lecture method. I made them to do
different activities and assignments related to the poem; and made to work out
all the exercises from the text.
CO-CURRICULAR
ACTIVITIES
In
this week, I conducted some co-curricular activities that are useful for the
students. I conducted a quiz competition
in class VIII D on Wednesday (16/11/2016) during a substation period based on
the topic “Reservoirs of India”.
Krishnanunni won the first prize and I gave him a small gift to
encourage them. On Friday (11/11/2016),
I got an opportunity to conduct a seminar based on the topic “Drug Abuse”. Most of the students participated in it. They shared their opinion about the
topic. Then I conducted an elocution
competition in class VIII A on the topic – “Importance of Conservation of
Forest”. Sreelekshmi won the
competition. I encouraged them giving a
present.
SECOND WEEK [14-11-2016
to 18-11-2016]
CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES
This was the second week of our teaching
practice. I entered into an new story of
the unit (Flowers and Showers) – “The Nightingale and the Rose” by Oscar
Wilde. It expresses the relation between
man and the nature. Here the Nightingale
sacrifices her life for true and ideal love.
I showed them pictures and videos related to the story. It motivated them to learn the story. Use of ICT in the classroom enabled the
students to increase the standard level of their learning process. I had engaged them in many different
activities. They interacted well. It brought my confidence high. I taught them some new glossary words that
were unfamiliar to them.
CO-CURRICULAR
ACTIVITIES
In the second week, I conducted a
quiz competition based on the topic – A P J Abdul Kalam” for High School students. We selected the topic because 14/11/2016 was
“Childrens Day”, so students participated in the competition. We divided them as pairs and formed 10
groups. There were 3 sounds, first two
sounds included the questions from current affairs and the third sound was
fully based on the life of APJ Abdul Kalam, Rinta and Bhagyalakeshmi from IX A
won the competition. We also selected
second and third position. We gave out
prizes in the assembly. The principal
distributed the prizes.
THIRD WEEK [21-11-2016
to 25-11-2016]
CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES
This was the third week of our
teaching practice. I continued with the
story “The Nightingale and the Rose” written by Oscar Wilde. Pupils were very eager to know the rest of
the story. They listened very careful
while I was teaching the lesson. While
doing the activities, they responded well.
It gave me more confidence. They
encouraged me in using and practicing new teaching aids and new methods in
teaching-learning process. They answered
well while I was asking questions.
During the group activity session, they maintained discipline. I gave out different and beautiful activity
cards for attracting them in doing the activities.
CO-CURRICULAR
ACTIVITIES
In the third week, we conducted a
debate based on the topic “Social Media” for class IX. The class was divided into two – on agreeing
that “Social Media has made influence on students” and the other opposing
it. I selected this topic because it is
a relevant topic in the present period.
Both the groups participated well.
All of them shared their opinions regarding the topic.
FOURTH WEEK [28-11-2016
to 02-12-2016]
CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES
In was the fourth week of our
teaching practice. I came to an end of
the story – “The Nightingale and the Rose” written by Oscar Wilde. Pupil were eager to know that conclusion of
the story. Their curiosity increased
while I read the story. They all became
very sad while hearing the tragic end of the story. They responded well while asking
questions. I encouraged them for doing
the activities. I cleared all their
doubts. I summarized the story once
more. I asked questions, they responded
well. Next day (29/1/16) I began a new
poem Nalini Sharma. The poet shows her
experience of the first showers. I used
charts and activity cards to glorify my class.
I gave them activities such as newspaper report, letter writing,
article, diary entry etc. Pupil were active
doing the group activities. At the end
of each class, I gave them assignments.
CO-CURRICULAR
ACTIVITIES
In this week, we conducted a
physical education class for VIII D students.
Pupils became so energetic.
Refreshment games were also arranged for the students. They were very active. On Thursday (07/12/2016), I conducted a class
based on the topic – “Health Awareness”.
I showed them videos and pictures on laptop to attract the attention of
the students. I explained the need and
importance of health education. They
listened me carefully. I also gave them
opportunity to express their ideas and opinions about the topic.
FIFTH WEEK [05-12-2016
to 09-12-2016]
CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES
This was the 5th week of
our teaching practice. Last week I
finished the poem “First Showers”. I
moved on to a new story “A Day in the Country” written by Anton Paxlox Chekkov. The story is about how nature influences
man. In order to get active
participation of the learners, I showed videos and charts. The entry activities and the scaffolding
questions were presented in the charts.
In this work on 06/12/2016, I took an ICT enabled lesson plan and a
model lesson plan. In the ICT enabled
lesson plan, I presented everything with the help of laptop. It was an interesting class. Pupil could grasp the portion easily and
clearly. I had to work on it
desperately, to teach the portion. On
Wednesday (07/12/2016), I took a model lesson plan (Synetic Model). I could help students to create sentences
from a group of words. It was an
effective class.
CO-CURRICULAR
ACTIVITIES
In this week, we conducted on
painting exhibition. Drawings and
painting pictures were collected from the students. Before two weeks itself we asked them to
bring paintings and cartoons, those who were interested in. As per the instructions, many students
brought their innovations. We arranged
it in order and displayed it in the corridors of the school. After that we brought out students from each
class to see it with the permission of the the HM. I was very glad to conduct such a programme
that reveals the talent of the children.
SIXTH WEEK [03-01-2017
to 06-01-2017]
CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES
This is the last week of our
teaching practice. So we conducted an
awareness class among the VIII standard students on the topic “Child
Abuse”. Child abuse is physical, sexual
or psychological mistreatment or neglect of a child or children, specially by a
parent or other caregivers. Child abuse
can result in immediate adverse physical effects, but it is also strongly
associated with development problems and with many chronic physical and
psychological effects.
Ammu gave the introduction to the
topic. She told about the types of child
abuses. They are physical abuse, (intentional
use of physical force against the child that results in – or has a high
likelihood of resulting in a harm for the child’s health, survival, development
or dignity), sexual abuse (it is a form of child abuse in which an adult or older
adolescent abuses a child for sexual stimulation), psychological abuse (mental
injury), neglect ( it is a failure of a parent or other person with
responsibility for child).
After the introduction, I entered
and talked about the effects of child abuse – emotional, physical and
psychological effect. Then Jency
Innocent talked about the causes of child abuse. The WHO and International Society for
prevention of child abuse and neglect identify multiple factors at the level of
the individual, their relationships their local community, and their society at
large, that combine to influence the occurrence of child maltreatment.
Michael Das came and talked about
the disclosure and diagnosis of child abuse.
Nancy George explained the prevention of child abuse. A support-group structure is needed to
reinforce parenting skills and closely monitor the child’s well-being. Visiting home nurse or social-worker visits
are also required to observe and evaluate the progress of the child and his/her
caretaking situation.
Then Fousiya. S concluded the whole
class spoke about the core of each others talk.
Students become aware of the causes
and effects of different factors that affect the child abuse.
We utilized this week for
achievement test and data collection of our project. I conducted test paper from the unit “Flowers
and Showers”. Pupils attended the exam
very well. Most of the students got good
mark in the test. I felt very happy
while I was checking the paper.
The teaching practice was a very
nice experience for me. It gave us a
chance to interact with all types of students and teachers. It gave me a great knowledge about the
qualities of a good teacher.
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