I really enjoyed the activity! We were all committed, quite and felt free to write. Nothing was wrong, everything was great. All our contributions were meaningful. Maybe the whole group didn't know whose words were said but within the group we knew. It was nice to know how my team members feel and even, by the way they write, their personality. I was very impressed with the final result and I can't wait to go back to Ecuador and make my students feel writing is GREAT!
The writing activity: picture prompts that we did with Fatima; our instructor of Digital Technology, is very useful for developing writing skills. It was also fun to listen to the stories that some of my partners read and they were not the ones that they wanted to make. Even though, there were nice, sad and hilarious stories that made us think about our role as teachers in order to motivate and encourage our students to have fun with writing. I really enjoyed this activity.
Reflection on the Writing Activity "Picture Prompts"
This activity is very useful and can be applied in our classes in Ecuador. "Picture Prompts" help us to identify the different personalities and writing skills of our students. It also engages students in the class activities and motivates them to do a free-writing. Usually, it is difficult for students to write more than one page; however, with this activity students will find it easier to write as much as they can without getting bored or overwhelmed! In addition, this activity can help students to share their feelings and thoughts with their classmates, which will be very useful to build better relationships in the classroom. Finally, since the stories turn out to be really funny or creative, students are going to enjoy the class and have fun while they practice English!
Writing is a challenging task mainly when you don't know about what to write. But using pictures as a prompt is a fantastic a very simple idea, because everyone chose the picture then we can make a direct personal connection between the image and the writer. The second part of the technique was awesome, we could not notice the different writing styles in some stories, as well this writing style was connected to our personalities and depicted in a certain way how we are.
WHAT AN ANECDOTE!!!! I have learned many different things in these classes provided by our teachers. I have also learned a lot from my new friends. We come from different cities and regions of Ecuador. It´s kind of funny to share experiences from them and learn how to work together, help each other when we have doubts, telling jokes about the way we talk according to the place we come from, enjoy our free time and things like that…. Besides, another thing that I have learned is not to be so anxious and try to do things quickly While a teacher is explaining an activity to us, like the one that Delia was explaining The strategy "I do, We do, You do" for creating a blog. As soon as Delia finished the explanation, my partners who were sitting next to me told me “You said you didn´t know anything about how to create a blog but now you have it already done” Another partner assumed that I had it done before. Actually I was just following the steps because I didn´t pay attention to the instructions. Then I said “Sorry I thought I had to do it at the same time at the instructor was explaining. I was completely lost, however I could have completed an activity that was supposed to be an assignment for the following week. I was so embarrassed. Sorry for the misunderstanding, Delia. This kind of anecdote has helped me to be conscious about situations that our students may face when they are not paying attention, don´t listen to the instructions or even when they try to do things quickly. We as teachers sometimes have students who behave like this. Taking the role as a student has made me comprehend them in a better way.
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ReplyDeleteI really enjoyed the activity! We were all committed, quite and felt free to write. Nothing was wrong, everything was great. All our contributions were meaningful.
ReplyDeleteMaybe the whole group didn't know whose words were said but within the group we knew. It was nice to know how my team members feel and even, by the way they write, their personality.
I was very impressed with the final result and I can't wait to go back to Ecuador and make my students feel writing is GREAT!
The writing activity: picture prompts that we did with Fatima; our instructor of Digital Technology, is very useful for developing writing skills.
ReplyDeleteIt was also fun to listen to the stories that some of my partners read and they were not the ones that they wanted to make.
Even though, there were nice, sad and hilarious stories that made us think about our role as teachers in order to motivate and encourage our students to have fun with writing. I really enjoyed this activity.
Reflection on the Writing Activity "Picture Prompts"
ReplyDeleteThis activity is very useful and can be applied in our classes in Ecuador. "Picture Prompts" help us to identify the different personalities and writing skills of our students. It also engages students in the class activities and motivates them to do a free-writing. Usually, it is difficult for students to write more than one page; however, with this activity students will find it easier to write as much as they can without getting bored or overwhelmed! In addition, this activity can help students to share their feelings and thoughts with their classmates, which will be very useful to build better relationships in the classroom. Finally, since the stories turn out to be really funny or creative, students are going to enjoy the class and have fun while they practice English!
Writing is a challenging task mainly when you don't know about what to write. But using pictures as a prompt is a fantastic a very simple idea, because everyone chose the picture then we can make a direct personal connection between the image and the writer. The second part of the technique was awesome, we could not notice the different writing styles in some stories, as well this writing style was connected to our personalities and depicted in a certain way how we are.
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WHAT AN ANECDOTE!!!!
ReplyDeleteI have learned many different things in these classes provided by our teachers. I have also learned a lot from my new friends. We come from different cities and regions of Ecuador. It´s kind of funny to share experiences from them and learn how to work together, help each other when we have doubts, telling jokes about the way we talk according to the place we come from, enjoy our free time and things like that….
Besides, another thing that I have learned is not to be so anxious and try to do things quickly While a teacher is explaining an activity to us, like the one that Delia was explaining The strategy "I do, We do, You do" for creating a blog. As soon as Delia finished the explanation, my partners who were sitting next to me told me “You said you didn´t know anything about how to create a blog but now you have it already done” Another partner assumed that I had it done before. Actually I was just following the steps because I didn´t pay attention to the instructions. Then I said “Sorry I thought I had to do it at the same time at the instructor was explaining. I was completely lost, however I could have completed an activity that was supposed to be an assignment for the following week. I was so embarrassed. Sorry for the misunderstanding, Delia.
This kind of anecdote has helped me to be conscious about situations that our students may face when they are not paying attention, don´t listen to the instructions or even when they try to do things quickly. We as teachers sometimes have students who behave like this. Taking the role as a student has made me comprehend them in a better way.