Midterm Activity 1 :

Monday: ( Individual )

Let’s presume that you are a pre-service teacher or an In-service teacher,

Focus on your classroom or role in the school and complete the following sentence
stems.

One thing I would like to change is…

My practice could be improved by…

The students I work with need…

I would like to know…

I wonder why…

The most important thing about teaching is …

The best learning environment for students is …

I need to learn how to…

My students would do better if…

Make 3 sets of these questions

Your answer for these questions will be used in crafting your research question:

Problem 1 Problem 2 Problem 3

One thing I would Students having Students are not Discussion is

like to change is my hard time to cooperating to being boring
strategies in understand the group activities
teaching English lesson
subject to my high
school students

My practice could Teachers being Uneffective Unrelated topics

be improved by unprepared in teaching from the
looking for an teaching the strategies objectives of the
effective teaching lesson lesson
strategies in
teaching the
students for them to
enjoy the lesson
during discussion

The students I work Students mental School Teaching

with need to adjust health performance of strategies of
themselves in the the students teachers
new way of learning
and in coping up
the activities given

I would like to know

the interest and
capacity of my
students for me to
Students Teachers Students thinking
able to adjust my
individual standards and skills and capacity
teaching strategies
differences expectation
and for me to be
among students
aware about their
individual
differences.

I wonder why Students are Student prefer to Students are not

students are afraid struggling when it speak their native cooperative during
to use English comes to English language during recitation
language as a language recitation rather
medium of than speaking in
communication English

The most important Favoritism inside Teachers violating Teachers having a

thing about the classroom their own rules high standards
teaching is knowing and not applying among students
your students, what they are
being fair to teaching inside
everyone and the classrooms
applying what you
are teaching.

The best learning Noisy Insufficient Cleanliness and

environment for environment that materials and over decorated
students is a leads to equipment inside classrooms
positive destruction the classroom
environment where
in they will get
inspired by seeing
every corner of
their classroom and
of course making
friends with their
classmates with
respect.

I need to learn how

to handle my
students behavior Students behavior Bullying issues Students being
and attitude to toward teachers introvert
maintain the and peers
positive and good
relationship inside
the classroom.

My students would
do better if
motivation and Teachers being Lock of
encouragement authoritative or communication
Students failure being straight and awareness to
inside the
classroom is forward the students
present.

Tuesday:

By group to be announced)

Affinity charting ( for collaborative action research)

1. Brainstorm issues of concern or interests relating to your educational context.

2. Record each item on a separate note.

3. Group your items using affinity charting.

4. Place the most diverse statements on the table in a row.

5. Place items that have a common theme or focus in each column.

6. Review and reflect on the placement .

7. Make some items fit better in a different column.

8. Develop a draft research question that reflects the key issue in each column
9. Choose the question that most interests you and is possible to study.