Yesha Mehta

Reflective Journal (22|11|2021)

The day started off with prayer, Personal

thought of the day and a brief Development
history of a famous personality
All the teachers made me
by the students. Jessica had built
realise the importance of
a good rapport with the students
being kind and empathetic
and they participated in her
towards the students in
lecture eagerly. She used
order to make them more
methods like an attractive PPT
comfortable with them and
and a video presentation and a
hence, increase their
few games to grab the student’s
chances of participating in
attention. Jessica constantly used
the lecture, making it more
words like ‘sweetie’ and
interactive in nature. The
VIth A: English (Jessica- ‘darling’ to address the students
cheerful personalities of
intern teacher)- 8:00am- which made the students really
the teachers were enough
8:45am feel comfortable with her and
to remind me of my own
eager to participate in the class
teachers who inspired me
and impress the teacher. I had a
to become a teacher.
pleasant experience in the class
as Jessica was not only friendly
with the students, but also very Professional
detail oriented. On the other Development
hand, I also thought that Jessica Throughout the day, I
was a bit lenient with the learned from the teachers
students and could do better with about how to become more
maintaining the class as it was a detail oriented, how to
bit chaotic, like implementing a structure the topic very
rule of raising their hand before well, what to include in the
speaking and speaking or asking presentations and how to
doubts only when the teacher have an absolute control
asks them to do so over the class.
Mujeeba made the lesson plans
clear and she did not deviate
from the topic. Her speech was
clear and students had no
difficulty in understanding her,
to some extent they even
IXth: History (Mujeeba- participated in her lecture. Due
intern teacher)- 8:45am- to her strict behaviour, the class
9:25am was less chaotic and more in
order. The thing that I disliked
about the lecture was that, at one
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point it became more

monotonous and boring even
though she tried grabbing the
student’s attention by showing
them a video on the said subject.
What I disliked the most is that
she grew really impatient with
the students and hardly used any
encouraging words, which
highlighted her rapport with the
students. On the other hand, I
admired her sense of self-
awareness that she showed in the
class when she apologised to the
students for being a little mean.

The lecture started off great, the

students paid attention to the text
that Vipasha taught and also
asked appropriate questions
regarding the text. Vipasha did
not deviate from the topic and
made the class more interactive
by using a good PowerPoint
VIIth: English (Vipasha- presentation and also the
intern teacher)- 9:30am- textbook. Her rapport with the
10:10am class was good but like Jessica
she couldn’t maintain decorum
in the class. I personally found
the lecture to be very interesting.
I think her pronunciations could
improve a little when it comes to
certain words and she should
concentrate on timing herself
well.
Vipasha was quick to grab
students’ attention with the help
of a video presentation, which
made the students participate in
the class at the beginning of the
VIIth: History (Vipasha- lecture. But after a while, it was
intern teacher)- 10:30am- evident that the lecture was
11:15am dragging as it became a bit
boring. I think she could come
up with History related
activities. Again, Vipasha should
time herself well so that she
doesn’t exceed the time limit.
Brinda was absolutely amazing
with the subject as well as the
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students. From using acronyms

for conjunctions so that the
students could remember them
and use them appropriately, to
playing numerous games related
to conjunctions so that the
concept fits in well in their
VIth C: English (Brinda- minds, she had it all figured.
intern teacher)- 11:15am- What I loved about her lecture
11:55am was her ability to engage
students in an interactive manner
and her encouraging words that
made the students feel
comfortable with her. Though
her lecture became a little
chaotic, she was quick to silence
them with her firm voice and she
also imposed the rule of
speaking only when asked to.