Internship Journal

Celene Ramdeo

Bachelors of Fine Arts in the Performing Arts, University of Trinidad and Tobago

PERF4005: Internship

Dr. Leah Brown

21.12.22
Week 1

This is the end of my first week of teaching practice at Couva East Secondary. I taught 2

classes, form 1B and the form 4 theatre arts class. Couva East does not offer dance as a

subject however, there are certain areas of the theatre arts curriculum that include dance.

Students were eager and excited to learn what I had to teach them. The form ones were a

bit difficult to manage noise level during the warm up however I attribute that to being

excited. Students were much more respectful than I imagined. This made teaching easy and

all the objectives of my lesson plans were achieved. All students were capable in taking part

and being involved in the class. I did a stretch class with the form 4's to teach the

importance of warmup, stretch and how to prevent injuries. This class was well enjoyed by

both the students and the theatre arts teacher.

Week 2

This week I was introduced to a new classes, 1C. They did a mixture of modern and

contemporary which they enjoyed. Students had questions and were interactive during class

which shows willingness to learn. It is a bit difficult to keep their attention in one area as

they are easily distracted with jokes but nothing that I cant work around.
Week 3

I taught 3B this week. They learnt about extensions and different ways you can apply it in

dance. There was a bit of difficulty teaching them Jetes . I have noted this and decided to

break this down into more simple steps for their next class. Students need to become

comfortable with jumping before they can jump correctly.

Week 4

Cultural forms is a topic that theatre art students are being tested on for CSEC examinations.

For their playmaking exam, they have to include an element of storytelling or wakes. Due to

this requirement, my supervisor asked me to do a lesson specific to Bongo dance.

Students learns a lot about the history of bongo and they left the class with a better

understanding.
Week 5

Ms. Chaitram decided to cover Bongo as a teaching topic this term and test students on it

for their end of term exams. Both theory and practical. I have developed a plan for the

remaining weeks of teaching to prepare them for this exam and bring them to a

performance level. It is important that these students understand the meaning of Bongo

and all aspects of it so they have an option with their creativity for CSEC examinations. They

can include a short dance with bongo moves or play one of the common bongo games or

sing a traditional bongo song at some point throughout their drama presentation.
Week 6

Students are being examined for coursework by using class time to present their drama

monologues. I will not be teaching for this week and next week until all presentations are

marked.
Week 7

Today I broke down bongo movements for the form 4 class. They learnt adapted quickly and

are beginning to improve. I am proud of this class. They are comfortable in the space and

comfortable enough to demonstrate bongo movements on their own.