3rd Self Evaluation + self evaluation table + a lesson plan

Today I had my 3rd self evaluative lesson and again it was great. Lesson started at 12:55. I think, it is not good to make English lesson the last lesson for my students. Because it was already their 6th lesson. Some of the students were already tired, silent and most of the time thought about going home. But I tried to engage them into studying process. Everything was okay with my voice, because everybody could hear me easily and my voice was audible all of the time. There were no problems in creating a friendly atmosphere, too. Students felt comfortable at my lesson. My lesson plan was very useful but there was some disbalance in the lesson because I couldn't manage to do all the exercises which I wanted to do with my students. Some exercises took more time that I've expected. On the other hand, it is good, because my students were able to understand those exercises very well. We discussed about them a lot. There was no need to use a blackboard, only from time to time I wrote some uknown words there. Also, I didn't have any problems in classroom management. Before each exercise I gave clear instructions and demonstrations. After the exercise I always asked wether they understood it. What else, I phrased the questions correctly because all the time I was getting the right answers which I was expecting to hear from my students. Even though my students were tired and sleepy at the last lesson, they still tried to answer my questions, to think and give some examples, ideas. I paid enough attention to each student, because usually we were making exercises where we had to read one by one. I like this technique because this way all students are working. I think students gained much from the lesson because there were lots of new words. I hope I've enhanced their vocabulary. All in all, I evaluated my teaching critically and drew conclusions.

3^rd Self-evaluation table

Rate the lesson according to the following scale:

1…………………2……………….3…………………..4…………………….5

Does not at                neutral                                     Is a totally

all reflect                                                                 accurate reflection

what went on                                                             of what

                                                                                 went on

Personal qualities

1. My voice was clearly audible to all the students all of the time   1 2 3 4 5
2. I spoke at the right speed                   1 2 3 4 5
3. I controlled the level of my own language  1 2 3 4 5
4. I established and maintained a purposeful working atmosphere   1 2 3 4 5
5. I developed positive relationships with students that result in             

students feeling safe and confident.        1 2 3 4 5

General shape of the lesson

1. I identified clear objectives appropriate to the subject and the           

students                                1 2 3 4 5

2. The overall shape and balance of the lesson worked out as            planned                                 1 2 3 4 5
3. My lesson plan was very useful    1 2 3 4 5
4. I followed the stages of my lesson plan   1 2 3 4 5
5. There was variation in types of activities  1 2 3 4 5
6.  I set tasks for whole class, individual and group work 1 2 3 4 5
7. The time each activity took worked out as planed   1 2 3 4 5
8. The pace of each segment was appropriate for the type                  

of activity       1 2 3 4 5

Materials, aids

1. The materials were appropriate with regard to the age and level of the class

- in terms of their linguistic difficulty    1 2 3 4 5 

- in terms of their functional difficulty and use  1 2 3 4 5

2. My blackboard was clear and well laid out          1 2 3 4 5
3. My visual aids were necessary, clear and effective  1 2 3 4 5

Classroom management

1. I did not have problems in managing the class   1 2 3 4 5
2. I gave clear instructions and demonstrations     1 2 3 4 5
3. The sitting position of the students was appropriate for the type

of the activity involved                           1 2 3 4 5

4. The arrangement of groups and other students’ movement in the

class went on smoothly             1 2 3 4 5

Questions

1. The questions were phrased correctly to get the answers I                wanted                               1 2 3 4 5
2. The types of questions were varied          1 2 3 4 5
3. The types of questions were graded from easy to understand to difficult                              1 2 3 4 5
4. I distributed my questions among the students equally 1 2 3 4 5

Communication

1. I gave the students an opportunity for genuine communication  1 2 3 4 5
2. I ensured that the students take part in communication activities 1 2 3 4 5

Students’ response

1. All the students were interested all of the time    1 2 3 4 5

Errors

1. I coped effectively with the students’ errors which arose in the

class                                                                      1 2 3 4 5

Checking

1. I paid enough attention to each student in the class   1 2 3 4 5
2. I checked that every student had understood

the main teaching point                             1 2 3 4 5

Unexpected

1. I coped well with everything unexpected         1 2 3 4 5

Summary

1. I succeeded in achieving my aim                                    1 2 3 4 5
2. The students gained much from the lesson                     1 2 3 4 5
3. I evaluated my teaching critically and drew conclusions     1 2 3 4 5

                                                    3^rd SELF EVALUATION LESSON PLAN

Student-teacher: Agnė Verikaitė

School: Vilniaus Viršuliškių Secondary school

Date: February 3, 2011

Time: 12⁵⁵ – 13⁴⁰

Form: 11c

Level: intermediate

Materials: Enterprise 4 Intermediate

Topic: Transport vocabulary

Aims:  1) to practice new transport vocabulary

            2) to develop students’ language (to develop their speaking skills)

            3) to enhance students’ vocabulary on a certain topic (“transport”)

Time	Stages	ACTIVITY		Objectives	What if…?
		Teacher	Student
12:55	Introduction     (5min)	Greets students asks how are they. Also, asks if someone else is coming.	Greet their teacher and answer her questions.	To create a friendly atmosphere.
13:00	Setting HW     (5min)	Because some of the students didn’t come to the last lesson, teacher reminds them what they have to do for the HW on Friday (they have to write a composition). Teacher again explains everything clearly, gives instructions and layout of the composition.	Students ask question if something is not clear and put down the task in their notebooks. Some of the students already give their compositions to the teacher.	To make them not to forgot to write their HW. To give freedom for their imagination.	If students won’t bring their compositions on Friday they will get a bad mark or minuses.
13:05	Setting plan      (3min)	Teacher says what they will do today and explains their lesson plan. Then asks students to prepare and start working.	Students listen to their teacher carefully if something is not clear – they ask.	To raise their interest into the lesson. To wake them up and create a working atmosphere.
13:08	Practice   (15min)	Teacher says to open page 146 where they will find vocabulary practice. Teacher explains every task and gives clear instructions how to do it. Teacher says that they will do all the 6 exercises on this page.	Students open their books and read the sentences in the exercises one by one. They are translating new words and whole sentences.	To create a better group work. To practice a new vocabulary on the “transport” topic. To develop their reading skills in certain topic. To check their knowledge while introducing new words.	If students keep on talking then teacher sets up individual tasks for a mark or pluses/minuses.
13:23	Speaking    (4min)	Teacher asks some questions about transport. For example, What is good/bad about a taxi driver’s job? Would you like to work as a taxi driver? Why/Why not? etc.	Students try to answer her questions, give full answers with examples.	To “wake up” students. To change type of activity, because students might get bored of doing the same thing. To develop their speaking skills in certain topic.	If students don’t do this speaking task, then they have to write the answers on a sheet of paper and give to the teacher who will write a mark for them or put pluses/minuses.
13:27	Practice    (13min)	Teacher asks students to continue the exercises from page 147. This time they will be developing their language. Teacher asks meanings of the words. Introduces new vocabulary connected with “transport”.	Students open the page 147 and trying to guess the meaning of the words.	To enhance students’ vocabulary. To check their level. Or to check how much do they know.	If they don’t know the word they have to put it down in their notebooks or vocabularies.

2nd Self Evaluation + self evaluation table + a lesson plan

Today I had a second lesson with my class - 11c. The lesson went smoothly and everything was just fine. I really enjoyed the lesson because everything was going according to my lesson plan. First of all, 4 students didn't come (I hope they will have a good reason:)) but other were well prepared and ready for the lesson. They had to read the text "Worldwide Taxis" at home and learn how to translate it into Lithuanian. At the classroom we read the text all together, reading one by one. Each student read one sentence and translated it into Lithuanian. After the lesson teacher praised me and said it was a good point to give each student 1 sentence because this way they were all involed into the lesson and interested all the time. After we read the text I gave some questions about it to answer in full sentences. Students enjoyed it. They were searching for the answers and participating in the lesson actively. I planned to do listening activity if there will be some time left but it didn't work so I will do it next time. I should say that the overall shape and balance of the lesson worked out as planned and my lesson plan was really helpful. My voice was audible in the classroom so that all students could hear me and ask if something is not clear. There were no problems in class management because my class is very calm and quite motivated (sometimes they don't have their HW but usually trying to understand the lesson, participate in it). I had tasks for the whole class - we worked as a group when answering the questions and later on i gave them individual work to write a composition for friday. They have to choose 1 means of transport and write its advantages and disadvantages. There should be 4 paragraphs: introduction, main body (2 paragraphs) and conclusions. The amount of words is 200. All this information I wrote on the blackboard and students copied it to their notebooks. There was nothing unexpected in the classroom and I think students gained much from the lesson. Because they learned a lot of new means of transport in different part of the world. All in all, I evaluated my teaching critically and drew conclusions.

2^nd Self-evaluation table

Rate the lesson according to the following scale:

1…………………2……………….3…………………..4…………………….5

Does not at                neutral                                        Is a totally

all reflect                                                                   accurate reflection

what went on                                                            of what

                                                                                went on

Personal qualities

1. My voice was clearly audible to all the students all of the time    1 2 3 4 5
2. I spoke at the right speed                                                          1 2 3 4 5
3. I controlled the level of my own language                                   1 2 3 4 5
4. I established and maintained a purposeful working atmosphere   1 2 3 4 5
5. I developed positive relationships with students that result in             students feeling safe and confident.                                            1 2 3 4 5

General shape of the lesson

1. I identified clear objectives appropriate to the subject and the           students                                                                                    1 2 3 4 5

2. The overall shape and balance of the lesson worked out as            planned                                                                                    1 2 3 4 5
3. My lesson plan was very useful                                                 1 2 3 4 5
4. I followed the stages of my lesson plan                                      1 2 3 4 5
5. There was variation in types of activities                                    1 2 3 4 5
6.  I set tasks for whole class, individual and group work               1 2 3 4 5
7. The time each activity took worked out as planed                      1 2 3 4 5
8. The pace of each segment was appropriate for the type                  of activity                                                                                  1 2 3 4 5

Materials, aids

1. The materials were appropriate with regard to the age and level of the class

- in terms of their linguistic difficulty                                         1 2 3 4 5 

- in terms of their functional difficulty and use                           1 2 3 4 5

2. My blackboard was clear and well laid out                               1 2 3 4 5
3. My visual aids were necessary, clear and effective                    1 2 3 4 5

Classroom management

1. I did not have problems in managing the class                           1 2 3 4 5
2. I gave clear instructions and demonstrations                              1 2 3 4 5
3. The sitting position of the students was appropriate for the typeof the activity involved                                                              1 2 3 4 5

4. The arrangement of groups and other students’ movement in theclass went on smoothly                                                            1 2 3 4 5

Questions

1. The questions were phrased correctly to get the answers I                wanted                                                                                      1 2 3 4 5
2. The types of questions were varied                                             1 2 3 4 5
3. The types of questions were graded from easy to understand to difficult                                                                                      1 2 3 4 5
4. I distributed my questions among the students equally                 1 2 3 4 5

Communication

1. I gave the students an opportunity for genuine communication      1 2 3 4 5
2. I ensured that the students take part in communication activities    1 2 3 4 5

Students’ response

1. All the students were interested all of the time                          1 2 3 4 5

Errors

1. I coped effectively with the students’ errors which arose in theclass                                                                                        1 2 3 4 5

Checking

1. I paid enough attention to each student in the class                  1 2 3 4 5
2. I checked that every student had understoodthe main teaching point                                                           1 2 3 4 5

Unexpected

1. I coped well with everything unexpected                               1 2 3 4 5

Summary

1. I succeeded in achieving my aim                                            1 2 3 4 5
2. The students gained much from the lesson                             1 2 3 4 5
3. I evaluated my teaching critically and drew conclusions          1 2 3 4 5

                                                  2^nd SELF EVALUATION LESSON PLAN

Student-teacher: Agnė Verikaitė

School: Vilniaus Viršuliškių Secondary school

Date: February 1, 2011

Time: 8⁵⁵ – 9⁴⁰

Form: 11c

Level: intermediate

Materials: Enterprise 4 Intermediate

Topic: Transport

Aims:  1) to understand the text “Worldwide Taxis” (translate it into Lithuanian, answer the

            questions)

2) to develop learners’ skills to read the specific information

Time	Stages	ACTIVITY		Objectives	What if…?
		Teacher	Student
8:55	Introduction    (5min)	Greets the students and asks if someone else is coming to the lesson. Then checks attendance and the lesson begin.	Greet the teacher and answer her question. Then take out their books and prepare for the lesson.	To create a warm and welcoming atmosphere.
9:00	Warm-up and pre-reading   (5min)	Introduces what they are going to do in the classroom today. Presents lesson plan. Then says that they will read the text “Worldwide Taxis” one by one and translate each sentence into Lithuanian.	Listen to the teacher if something is not clear – asking. Students prepare their books and open the text they are going to read.	To catch students’ attention and raise their interest. To get students familiar with the text, to help them to concentrate on the task.	If students are not listening and ignore the task then make this task individual for mark or at least for pluses and minuses.
9:05	While-reading    (20min)	Teacher listens to the students who are reading the text and translating.	Students are reading the text and translating each sentence into Lithuanian.	To improve their reading skills and to check their knowledge of a new vocabulary which was presented last lesson.	If something is not clear teacher reads that part by herself, helps to pronounce some words or explains the meaning.
9:25	After-reading   (10min)	Teacher asks some questions to the students according to the task in page 144. She asks more and more questions until everything is clear.	Students try to answer the questions and give their answers in full sentences. Also, they have to find where it was written in the text.	To check whether they understood the text completely, to expand their memory.	If students ignore this task, give them sheets of paper and they have to answer all these questions in a written form.
9:35	Setting HW   (5min)	Teacher explains students’ HW. They have to write a composition where they have to choose 1 means of transport and write its advantages and disadvantages. The composition’s structure should contain 4 paragraphs: 1 – introductory; 2-3 – main body; 4 – conclusions. They should write it and bring it on Friday.	Students listen to the task and put down everything in their notebooks.	To expand their creativity skills.	If student doesn’t bring his or her composition, then teacher writes him a minus.