Chan- CO#2

     This week, I observed Josh Valentine teach a Group 1 grammar class—both Levels 1 and 2.  The class began with a fun and interactive warm-up activity, which was a competitive game requiring speaking and listening skills.  The class was divided into two teams.  One member of each group sat with her/his back to the board facing his teammates.  Josh wrote a word on the board, which the person with their back to the board could not see.  The members of his/her team gave clues to help their teammate guess the word.  It was fun to watch the students get excited about the race to help their teammate guess the word first. 

      After the warm-up activity, Josh began an interactive lecture on the present perfect tense.  He gave each student a worksheet to describe the rules of how to create the present perfect tense, which was very helpful.  Josh was careful to make sure that the more passive students were made to participate.  He did not allow a student to sit and not speak for any long period of time.  Josh continued his lesson by having students come forward to write the past participle of a base form verb on the board.  He gave feedback to the students verbally, by using close proximity, and patting his students on the back.  He finished up the lesson by having students fill out worksheets to test their comprehension.