ICLiP Demo

Our demo in Iclip starts with making the lesson plan. The first question was what book are we going to use. Although we had some books to chose from and our own preferences we had to consider some things. The first one would be which stories were appropriate? Which ones were already told to the children? And which ones would be a good springboard to the grammar lesson. It was beneficial that we were able to ask Ate Julie what kind of book would she recommend and she gave us specifics: repetitive simple text.

Even if there were many books that had this kind of text, we couldn’t just choose any of them as we had to consider which books would the children appreciate. This is why Ate Julie chose “The farmer and the Beet” over our other book that was although interesting, had concepts that our class would less likely to appreciate.

Compared to our precious lesson plan, making this one was a lot easier. First, it was because we now have a clue as to what we were doing. Second, we found out that google docs works for us very well as a group. Through it, we were able to make and edit the lesson plan all at the same time without having to be physically together. It was also much more efficient since we can see what the others are typing in the document in real time and thus we are able to check it edit any mistakes early before having it printed. It also removes the need to upload and reupload revisions every time something was changed.

It also helped in making the materials since we all can see the copy of things we need for the demo. It was a constant reminder for us of what materials we need to make or buy.

As far as making the materials was concerned, the trouble we was the weather. Originally, we planned to make the materials together. But due to the rain and floods, we had to split the material making process. And even as we made the materials at home, the wet and cold weather prevented the materials (masks and mache) to dry completely. Also, we forgot some materials so we had to cram on making them on the day of the demo itself. The lesson here is to make an actual checklist of materials that we need for the demo.

In our first day of the demo, we only had two students so I was a little worried because we prepared for four. The literature part of our demo went on smoothly even if there were only two students. It was in the second day that we had problems.

I was late in the skills development half of our demo due to my cellphone being lost. We also forgot to print pictures for our last activity. For me, it was going really bad. It made me panic when JR did not follow the lesson plan to teach the grammar lesson so I had to consume more time in the activities so as to make sure that the children did understand the skill we wanted them to learn.

On the other hand, I learned that in the skills development part of the lesson, it is not only in one part that you could teach the rules. If they didn’t get it in one go, maybe they will understand it more in the guided practice or other parts of the lesson. But rule of thumb: try to be as clear as possible early on so that you wouldn’t have to struggle in the latter parts of the lesson.

I honestly liked our demo in ICLIP as it was more relaxed and personal. I learned a great deal from it and if given the chance, I would like to do it all again for experience’ sake. If my schedule is lax this coming second semester, I would definitely want to teach there.