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Context: Escuela Republica de Colombia

Escuela Republica de Colombia is a public school located in Santiago. This

educational institution is addressed to students from the nearby district as well as people

with low incomes households. The access to the school is influenced and measured by

behavior in relation to teachers and parents’ perspectives and notions towards students’

performance. We have to consider that PEI is focused on student’s participation and

inclusion while developing their socio emotional skills. That is to say, the administration

promotes the promotion of these skills as a way to ensure students cognitive development.

In fact, due to the nature of the school, diversity plays a significant role for all school’s

members. As a result, the impact of having heterogeneous classes in relation to a myriad of

factors comes from nationality, beliefs, costumes, and notions. 

Regarding assessment and their criteria, the school follows the decree 67 established

by the government. This decree states students' learning process has to be measured by

different instances. That is to say, students have instances in which they can apply the

content throughout formative assessments to gather and keep track of their learning

process. Nevertheless, we noticed the school’s staff use these instruments to mark them as

summative marks. Thus, the purpose of having them is compromised by the need of having

marks. Although they have summative assessments through the terms, they are still

assessed monthly through worksheets at least in the English subject.

Concerning the English class, students have weekly sessions that last no more than

40 minutes. Since the school only has access to the zoom’s free version, there is no other

chance to have longer classes. Besides, we have not noticed any platform as a tool for

communication between teachers and parents apart from direct mails and WhatsApp

applications. As a result, the process of gathering files and students’ workload seems
disorganized and messy because it seems like there is no organization. In terms of the

teacher, the approach observed so far was mostly grammar translation and audiolingual.

This can lead us to think students’ participation is mostly reactive as they do not engage

with the language in a communicative way. In fact, crucial elements within the class can be

listed as the following: vocabulary list of more than 20 words, translation of passages and

texts, use of online translators and the use of L1 during most of the lesson. Therefore,

students’ agency may seem like a passive actor or a blanc Canva in relation to content.  The

language is not used in a meaningful way as they just need to remember content words in

isolation without context nor purpose.

Last but not least, students' characteristics, classes are composed of around 37

students each. As we mentioned before, their cultural background differs from one to

another, so the heterogeneousness’ plays a crucial role at the moment of addressing

students' contexts. Nevertheless, students' interests are related to the internet, social media,

and videogames. Although we considered these elements essential, we considered that the

context of the pandemic has a crucial impact on their preferences. Apart from that the

relationship between students and teacher may seem positive as students communicate with

their homeroom teacher and English teacher directly through devices.  Therefore, the most

significant issue regarding students' learning process is the uncertainty of online classes as a

means to learn. We are aware that we cannot change the current situation in our context, but

we identify that it is necessary to organize work, classes, and material in a shared platform

for students as well as teachers.


Teachers: Practicum I, Section 2-
Grade:7th Unit: Feelings and Opinions  Lesson no.: 1 Date: Mins: 40
April
13/16th,
2021
Class Objective: Students will be able to associate feelings with physical expressions to label them.
 
Pre Chunks + Strategies + activities + instructions Evidence Time-
Present, Keywords (Include interactions, timing & steps) (OE) mins.
activate,
engage, Routine: Greeting students and presenting the rules of the class
motivate
Vocabulary Activity 1: How do you feel today? Estimate
Worried, Materials: PPT Students d time
bored, are able for
annoyed, Strategies: to activity
embarrasse Monitoring: recogniz 1: 2.’
d, joyful,  The teacher will control the time of the activity. e the
Amazed.   Students have the resources on their screens. topic of Estimate
 Modeling feelings. d time
Linguistic: for
 English will be used by the teacher, alongside mimic, activity
intonation, and slowing the pace of speech to deliver 2: 2’
instructions.
 L1 is mostly used as a clarification device (whole class).

 Corrective feedback (whole class). 


 Written instructions will be presented to facilitate
comprehension (whole class).
Cognitive:
 Students recall previous knowledge.
 Imagery
Classroom management:
 Students will answer by sending reactions.

Interaction:
Students will work individually in order to complete the
activity.

Description:
Students are going to look at the image and acknowledge
emotion through the use of numbers according to how they
feel identified. Thus, they will be able to get a general idea
about the upcoming class.

Instructions:
1. look at the image
2. Share your answer
ICQ’s:
Do we have to speak or write?

Checking: The teacher is going to check whether answers


appeared on the chat, also he/she is going to ask for
volunteers to present their thoughts. 
Students
Activity 2: Introducing the unit are able
to
Materials: PPT associat
e the
Strategies: concepts
Monitoring: with
 The teacher will control the time of the activity. images. 
 Students must answer using the chat or speaking.
 Modeling
Linguistic:
 English will be used by the teacher, alongside mimic,
intonation, and slowing the pace of speech to deliver
instructions.
 Students can speak in Spanish if they feel more
comfortable.

Classroom management:
 Students will answer verbally or by using the chat.
 Students will raise their hand to participate.
Cognitive:
 Translating.
Social Affective:
 Students will acknowledge that everyone has feelings.
 Questions for clarification.
 Respecting turns and raising your virtual hand. 

Interaction:
Class discussion in which the teacher talks in English and the
students can speak in Spanish.
Description:
Students will look at a set of illustrations which present
different types of feelings through facial expressions. i.e.,
Joyful; bored; confident. The illustration will be presented
through a PowerPoint and students will have to recall general
information that comes to their mind about these faces.
Students are expected to make a connection between images
and concepts. 
Instructions:
1. Look at the images.
2. Answer the question.
     A) What do you think the images
represent? Students
3. Write the concepts in your copybook.  are able
4. You have 3 minutes. to
associat
Checking the activity: e the
The teacher is going to check the people participating during concepts
the activity to see whether they understood the activity. with
images.
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Transition stage
Activity 3: Let’s play memorize. 
Materials: PPT Minigame

 
Strategies:
Monitoring:
 The teacher will control the time of the activity.
 Students have the resources on their screens.
 Modeling
Linguistic:
 English will be used by the teacher, alongside mimic,
intonation, and slowing the pace of speech to deliver
instructions.
 L1 is mostly used as a clarification device (whole class).

 Corrective feedback. 
 Written instructions will be presented to facilitate
comprehension (whole class).
Cognitive:
 Students recall previous knowledge.
 Imagery
Classroom management:
 Students will answer verbally or by using the chat.

Interaction:
Students will work as a class.

Description:
Students will be shown a set of images about feelings that will
be used in the game. The students will take a look and get
familiarized with them. The main point of the flashcards is that
one of them has the image and the other has the concept.
They will have to work on matching them together with their
respective pair. The cards will remain face up. 

Instructions:
1. Match 2 cards.  
2. You have 5 minutes

ICQ’s:
Do you have to choose 2 or all the flashcards at once?

Checking the activity:


Teacher is going to check whether students are able to
recognize the key vocabulary with the matching. 

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While Chunks + Strategies + activities + instructions Evidence Time-


Meaning-
Keywords (Include interactions, timing & steps) (OE) mins.
focused
input +
Fluency. Vocabula <<<<Pre reading>>>> Estimat
ry Activity 4:  ed
Comprehe
nsion
Worried, Materials: Screen and illustration  time
checking: bored, for
reading - annoyed, Students activity
listening
viewing embarras are able 3: 3
sed, to minute
joyful, associate s.
Amazed.  the
Strategies:
Monitoring: concepts Estimat
 The teacher will control the time of the with ed
activity. images. time
Linguistic: for
 English will be used by the teacher, activity
alongside mimic, intonation, and slowing 4: 
speech in order to deliver instructions. 2
 Students should answer the activity using minute
English. s
Cognitive:
 Brainstorming. Estimate
 Inferring. d time
Classroom management: for
 Students will answer verbally or by using activity
the chat. 5: 
2
Interaction: minutes
Work individually.
Estimate
Description: d time
 Students will brainstorm ideas about what Students for
they think the text will be about based on are able to activity
the title to build up a previous notion of associate 6:
the reading (making predictions). After the 3
that, students will be given options (Only concepts minutes
one of them is the correct one).  with
images and
Instructions: comprehen
1. Look at the image and title.  d specific
2. What do you think the text is informatio
about?   n from the
3. Share your ideas. text.

ICQ’s:
 Do you need to write the title or just look
at it?

Checking: 
The teacher will ask students to share their ideas
about what they think the text will be about.
Teacher and students can write on the chat or
speak. 

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Activity: Reading
Materials: Ppt

Strategies:
Monitoring:
 The teacher will control the time of the
activity.
Linguistic:
 English will be used by the teacher,
alongside mimic, intonation, and slowing
speech in order to deliver instructions.
 Students should answer the activity using
English.
Classroom management:
 Students will answer verbally or by using
the chat.
Cognitive:
 Resourcing.
 Skimming & Scanning. 
Social Affective:
 Questions for clarification.

Interaction:
Students can ask questions to the teacher by
speaking or using the chat.

Description:
 Students will answer if each sentence is
true (T) or false (F) according to the
reading. 

Activity 5: Students will read the text, answer 3


questions, and confirm the predictions from the
previous stage.

Instructions:

1.-Read each sentence


2.-Determine if it is True (T) or False (F)
Sandra´s sister is Joyful    True or
False =
Eugenio feels embarrassed   True
or False =
Gloria feels bored        
True or False =

3.-Confirm your predictions. 

ICQ’s:

Checking:
The teacher is going to check the activity by asking
the students about the possible answers. In case
nobody participates, the teacher will select a
student randomly.
Post Language focus,
Strategies + activities + instructions Evidence Time-
Productive chunks +
skills, keywords (Include interactions, timing & steps) (OE) mins.
Language
Language Language Awareness check Estimated
practice,
Functions, focus: Activity 6: Associating our emotions time for
Language Worried, and gestures.  Students activity 6: 
production
bored, Materials: Screen and ppt are able 3’
annoyed, to
embarrassed, Strategies: describe Estimated
joyful, how they time for
Cognitive: 
Amazed. 
 Students will make mental feel. activity 7: 
connections to understand the 2’
grammar rule.
 Imagery  Estimated
 Infering time for
activity 8:
2’
Interaction:
Working as a class. This part of the
class must be ensured by the teacher,
so most of the interaction will be
teacher centered.
Students
are able to
associate
the
Description:  concepts
The students will be shown a set of with
pictures. It is required that students images.
answer the following questions: Do
you identify with one of these
feelings? which? when? 

The feelings in this section are:


Worried, amazed, joyful, and bored. 

Instructions:

1.- Answer the following:


A. Do you identify with
one of these feelings? Students
Which? When?  are able to
Post- activities (language practice, associate
production) the
Activity 7:  Controlled practice
Materials: PPT concepts
with images.
Strategies:
Cognitive: 
 Students will make mental
connections to understand the    
grammar rule.
 Imagery 
 Infering
Linguistic:
 English will be used by the
teacher, alongside mimic,
intonation, and slowing
speech in order to deliver
instructions.
 Students should answer the
activity using English.

Interaction: Working as a class. 

Description:  
Students will have to look at the
images, read the sentences and then
fill in the blanks with the correct
emotion. 

Instructions:
1. Look at the
sentences/images.
2. Write the correct
answer.  

Sample: 

She feels ___(Annoyed/amazed)


(Pictures goes here)
She feels _____(Worried/Joyful)
I feel ____(Bored/embarrassed)

ICQ’s:
Do we need to complete or draw?

Checking: The teacher asks for


volunteers to check the answers and
then ask the class if the answer is
correct or not. 
Activity 8: How do you feel about
today’s lesson?
Materials: PPT

Strategies:
Cognitive: 
 Students will make mental
connections to understand the
grammar rule.
 Imagery 
Linguistic:
 English will be used by the
teacher, alongside mimic,
intonation, and slowing
speech in order to deliver
instructions.
 Students should answer the
activity using English.

Interaction: Working as a class. 

Description:  
Students will answer the question
“How do you feel about today's
lesson”. Students should use “I feel”
to answer the question.

Instructions:
1. Answer the question
-  How do you feel about today’s
lesson?
2. Share your answer

Checking: The teacher asks for


volunteers to check the answers and
then ask the class if the answer is
correct or not.

Closure Strategies + activities +


Pedagogical Language
instructions
Reflection focus, chunks Evidence (OE) Time-mins.
+ keywords (Include interactions, timing &
steps)
Estimated
Materials Exit ticket Students are time for
Strategies:  able to activity:
Metacognitive: -Monitoring: 1’
Self-Checking one's associate the
comprehension of the content concepts with
images
Interaction:  Self-monitoring. 

Description:  Students will see


how difficult the lesson was for
them. 

Instructions:
1. Answer the question
- How do you feel about
today’s lesson?
2. Share your answer

Checking:

Teachers will hear the students'


answers in order to consider
their feedback on further
lessons. 
Justification N°1: Daniel´s Class

The class that we are working on is a seventh-grade class from a public institution

called República de Colombia. The overall call is composed of around 30 students but less

than half of it might not participate much. Another element to consider is the dynamic as it

entails the way English has been taught so far. Pupils react to commands and they mostly

expect to be told what to do. Besides, generally the workload is orientated towards

translation and memorization. This situation might suggest that students are receivers of

information rather than the ones creating it (Richards & Rodgers, 2001). As a result, the

class may come up with issues at the moment of transferring the content into new

situations. Moreover, the progression from one class to the next seems compromised since

students have difficulties to reuse previous knowledge. Because of this situation we wanted

to implement a more engaging approach in terms of students' participation. In fact, As

Richard & Rodger established, the use of Community Language Teaching can help them to

integrate the language during active participation. This changed the paradigm of students

being a receptive agent into another participant of the communication process.

Furthermore, the application of relatable input can make the message comprehensible more

easily for them to work on (Nation, 2007).  

In terms of classroom management and dynamics, we have to consider the context

and the current settling on classes. To make the class’s rhythm as smooth as possible we

want to implement three permanent rules to be remembered during the whole year. In fact,

as Harmer (2012) mentioned, instructions should not be more than three and they need to

be short and sweet. This can help classes as students will have a notion about what they can
do or not in terms of behavior. Furthermore, we are aware of the context of online classes,

thus the use of socio-affective strategies for developing a healthy environment can be

suitable to work with. Since students need to respect turns and be mindful of others’

opinions (Brown, 2007).

Considering the Pre-stage of the class, the activation of previous knowledge and

vocabulary would be key to proceed with the class. To do so, we want to build up a general

notion of the class to warm them up so it can be easier for them to work on the following

activities (Campbell & Campbell, 2006). However, it is important to not forget they need

suitable vocabulary to understand the following input. Therefore, we would want to provide

no more than 7 words per class as it is suitable for the context (Nation, 2007). These would

be presented through games as it makes students participate more in the dynamic (Richard

& Rodgers, 2001). As a result, students will be able to have the necessary knowledge to

understand the input in the While-Stage. 

Since it is the first-time encountering students, we want to provide a simple input to

check their level. In this way we can be able to diagnose whether they are able to work on

them easily or not. To do so, we are going to present the input as a chat to make it more

relatable. Nevertheless, beforehand we will need to make predictions with them to build a

general idea about the task based on images (Sreenidhi, 2017). The text itself is going to be

checked by making multiple choice questions to enhance understanding (Anderson, 2007).

The overall purpose of the stage will be the comprehension of the input by applying

strategies to facilitate the reading. Such as scanning for specific information and checking

predictions. Finally, the after-reading will enhance critical thinking instances in which

students can make the connection between the context and their content to build up new

ideas and reflection (Nation, 2007) 


Concerning the post stage, we want students to integrate chunks to support their

learning process. That is why we want to expose them to the use of chunks by making them

infer language features as well as their meaning (Nunan, 2003). In fact, after proceeding

with the awareness of these parts of speech they will need to work on them from simple to

more complex tasks (Ur, 1996). To do so, we have to make them write as much as possible

to give them opportunities to apply the skill. After preparing students with all these

experiences, they will need to produce something meaningful as a way to express their

thoughts (Nunan, 2003). Therefore, the task will mostly ask them to tell us about how they

feel as a way to create a sentence on their own.   

Finally, the closure will be more a tool to check students’ metacognitive notion in

which they will recognize whether they consider their process effective or not (Brown,

xxxx). For us teachers, it can help us to gather this information in order to adapt and change

our future praxis based on the class. In this way we can be more effective during the unit

(Ur, 1996).
Teachers: Practicum I, Section 2.
Grade:7t Unit: Feelings and Opinions  Lesson no.: 2 Date: April Mins: 40
h 20th/22nd
Class Objective: At the end, the lesson student will be able to acknowledge other´s opinions to express/report
them
Pre Chunks + Strategies + activities + instructions Evidence Time-
Present, Keywords (Include interactions, timing & steps) (OE) mins.
activate,
engage, Routine: Greeting students and present the rules of the class
motivate
Vocabular Activity 0: How do you feel today? Students Estimate
y Materials: PPT will be d time
able to for
Strategies: recall the activity
Monitoring: vocabulary 0: 1.’
 The teacher will control the time of the activity. .
 Students have the resources on their screens.
 Modeling
Linguistic:
 English will be used by the teacher, alongside mimic,
intonation, and slowing the pace of speech to deliver
instructions.
 Students should answer the activity using English.
 L1 is mostly used as a clarification device. (whole class)

Cognitive:
 Students recall previous knowledge.
 Imagery
Classroom management:
 Students will answer verbally or by using the chat.

Interaction:
Students will work individually in order to complete the
activity.

Description:

Students are going to see and acknowledge emotion through


the use of images to make them recall content from the
previous class. Then, they will be able to get a general idea
about the upcoming class.

Instructions:

1. Look at the images.


2. Choose an image from 1 to 6.
3. You can use the chat to tell us.
Checking the activity:
The teacher is going to check the chat as well as the people
participating during the activity to see whether they
understood the activity. 
Activity 1: ‘Matching’
Activity
Materials: PPT Students 1: 3’
are able to
Strategies: make
Monitoring: correlation
 The teacher will control the time of the activity. s between
 Students have the resources on their screens. images
 Modeling and
Linguistic: concepts.
 English will be used by the teacher, alongside mimic,
intonation, and slowing the pace of speech to deliver
instructions.
 Students should answer the activity using English.
Cognitive:
 Students recall previous knowledge.
 Imagery
Classroom management:
 Students will answer verbally or by using the chat.

Interaction:
Students will work as a group throughout the game.

Description:

Students will play matching in order to reinforce the


vocabulary presented. They will read phrases and will connect
the images of feelings associated with them. To proceed with
this game one student will have to choose one item from each
column to convey meaning. The game will end when all
concepts are matched. 

Instructions:
1. Read the sentences.
2. Match a number with a letter.
3. You have 3 minutes
ICQ’s:
Do we have to match or circle?

Checking the activity:


The Teacher is going to check whether students would be able
to make a correlation between the phrases and the
corresponding illustrations.
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While Chunks
Meaning-focused + Strategies + activities + instructions
input + Fluency.
Keywo
Evidence (OE) Time-mins.
(Include interactions, timing & steps)
rds
Comprehension
checking: Voca Activity 2: Making Predictions  Students will be able Estimated
reading -
listening
bular Materials: PPT to make inferences time for
viewing y about the possible activity 2:
Strategies: topics of the text. 1.’ 
Monitoring:
 The teacher will control the time of the activity. Estimated
Linguistic: time for
 English will be used by the teacher, alongside mimic, activity 3:
intonation, and slowing speech in order to deliver 2.’ 
instructions.
 Students should answer the activity using English.
Cognitive: Estimated
 Brainstorming. time for
 Inferring. activity 4:
 Imagery 2’ 
Classroom management:
 Students will answer verbally or by using the chat.

Interaction:
Work as a group and individual opinions

Description:

Students will look at a set of images that entails the


progression of a cold.  The students will have to recall their
previous knowledge within the images to create a possible
idea regarding the upcoming text.

Instructions:

1. Look at the images.


2. What do you think the text is about?
3. Share your ideas.

ICQ’s:

Do we draw these images or look at them?


Do we have to imitate them or think about them?

Checking: 
The teacher is going to check if students were able to make
the prediction by asking some of them. Besides, the teacher is
going to check the chat for possible answers.
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_

Activity: Reading 
Materials: Graded Text ‘My mom was sick’ Students are able to
Strategies: associate the concepts
Monitoring: and comprehend
 The teacher will control the time of the activity. specific information
Linguistic: from the text to
 English will be used by the teacher, alongside mimic, answer.
intonation, and slowing speech in order to deliver
instructions.
 Students should answer the activity using English.
Classroom management:
 Students will answer verbally or by using the chat.
Cognitive:
 Resourcing.
 Skimming & Scanning. 
Social Affective:
 Questions for clarification.

Interaction:
Students will work individually by silent reading the text.

Description:
Students will read the text in order to check their prediction as
well as looking for specific information. Apart from that they will
have to gather and identify the general (top-down) ideas.

Instructions:

1. Read the text alongside me.


2. Pay attention to the events.
3. Check your predictions.

ICQ’s:
Do we need to write the words in color or read the text?

Checking:
The teacher cannot check if students read the text because
reading is not an observable skill. 
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Activity 3: During reading
Materials: PPT

Strategies:
Monitoring:
 The teacher will control the time of the activity.
Linguistic:
 English will be used by the teacher, alongside mimic,
intonation, and slowing speech in order to deliver
instructions.
 Students should answer the activity using English.
Cognitive:
 Contextualization
 Inlerencing
 Skimming and scanning Students are able to
Classroom management: comprehend specific
 Students will answer verbally or by using the chat. information from the
Social Affective: text.
 Questions for clarification.

Interaction:
 Work as a group and individual opinions

Description:
 Students will read the sentences and they have to select
the correct answer from the choices offered in a list. As
this is a reading comprehension activity, students can
recognize the correct answer from the previous text. 

Instructions:
1. Read the sentences. 
2. Choose the correct answer
3. You have 2 minutes

ICQ’s:
 Do you have to choose or match? 

Checking:
 the teacher is going to check students' performance
orally in front of the class.

Activity 4: After reading


Materials: PPT

Strategies:
Monitoring: Students are able to
 The teacher will control the time of the activity. reflect about the text
and their own context.
 Modeling
Linguistic:
 English will be used by the teacher, alongside mimic,
intonation, and slowing speech to deliver instructions.
 Students should answer the activity using English.
 Use of some L1 permitted
Cognitive:
 Resourcing.
Classroom management:
 Students will answer verbally or by using the chat.
Social Affective:
 Sharing personal experiences.  

Interaction:
The teacher will ask questions that students will answer using
the chat or speaking.

Description:
Students will have to reflect in relation to the text and the
question presented in the slide. By doing this they will make a
Post Language focus,
Strategies + activities + instructions Evidence
Productive skills, chunks + Time-mins.
Language practice, keywords (Include interactions, timing & steps) (OE)
Functions,
Language Language Awareness check Students Estimated time
Language
production focus: Activity 5: Past Simple  are able to for activity 5: 2.’
  Materials: Screen and ppt infer
language
Strategies: features. Estimated time
Cognitive:  for activity 6: 3.’
 Students will make mental connections
to understand the grammar rule.
 Imagery 
 Infering

Interaction:
The students will have to react to the teacher’s
lecture.

Description: 
Students will have to infer the meaning of the
words in color in order to identify the tense
presented. 

Sample: 

1)I felt worried yesterday because my mom


was sick.

2) I felt joyful because my mom played football


with me after school.

CCQ’s:
 What do they have in common?
 Why are they in purple?
 Why do we use “yesterday”?

Post- activities (language practice, production)


Activity 6:  Controlled practice
Materials: PPT

Strategies: Students
Cognitive:  are able to
 Students will make mental connections choose
to understand the grammar rule. the right
 Imagery  word
 Infering according
to the
Interaction:  grammar
Students will work as a class.  rules
presented.
Description:  
Students will be required to read the sentences
and choose the word that belongs to the past
tense. 

Instructions:
1.  Read the sentences 
2.  Select the correct word
3.  You have 3 minutes 

Checking:  The teacher will ask for volunteers or


select someone. When the answer is delivered Activity 7: 3’
the teacher will ask the rest of the class. 

ICQ’s:
 Do we need to write them or combine
them?
 Do you have to write this on your
copybook?

Activity 7: Tell us how you felt when...

Materials: PPT

Strategies:
Students are
Cognitive: 
able to
 Students will recall previous knowledge
complete
in order to apply the grammar rule
sentences
learned. 
following
 Imagery 
the
 Infering
expected
Linguistic:
structure.
 English will be used by the teacher,
alongside mimic, intonation, and
slowing speech in order to deliver
instructions.
 Students should answer the activity
using English.

Interaction: 
Students will work as a class. 

Description:  
Students will be presented three different
scenarios for them to answer and complete the
following: Tell us how you felt when...

Instructions:
1.- Read the sentences
2.- Complete the sentence
3.- You have 3 minutes 

Checking:  The teacher will ask for volunteers or


select someone. When the answer is delivered
the teacher will ask the rest of the class. 

ICQ’s: 
 Do we have to write them or organize
them?

Activity 8: When was the last time you felt ...?

Materials: PPTx
Strategies:
Cognitive: 
 Students will recall previous knowledge
in order to apply the grammar rule
learned. 
 Imagery 
 Infering
Students are
Linguistic:
able to
 English will be used by the teacher,
identify
alongside mimic, intonation, and
feelings and
slowing speech in order to deliver
to provide
instructions.
personal
 Students should answer the activity
answers for
using English.
each feeling.
Interaction: 
Students will work as a class. 

Description:  
Students will be required to recall previous
experiences in order to apply the content by
answering the following question: When was
the last time you felt ...?

Instructions:
1.- Look at the images
2.- When was the last time you felt ...?
3.- You have 3 minutes 

Checking:  The teacher will ask for volunteers or


select someone. When the answer is delivered
the teacher will ask the rest of the class. 

ICQ’s: 
 Do you have to write this on your
copybook?

Closure Language
Pedagogical focus, Strategies + activities + instructions Evidence Time-
Reflection chunks + (Include interactions, timing & steps) (OE) mins.
keywords
Activity 9: Exit ticket Students Estimated
are able to time for
Materials ppt describe activity:
Strategies:  how they 1’
Metacognitive: Monitoring. feel during
the class
Interaction: 
Students will work on their own.

Description:  
Students will be required to reflect on the way they
felt during the class. 

Instructions:
1. Answer the question:
- How did you feel in this class?

Checking:   Teachers will receive the exit tickets in


order to consider students’ feedback on further
lessons. 
Justification N°2: Sandra´s Class

The class that we are working on is a seventh-grade class from a public institution

called República de Colombia. The overall call is composed of around 30 students but less

than half of it might not participate much. Another element to consider is the dynamic as it

entails the way English has been taught so far. Pupils react to commands and they mostly

expect to be told what to do. Besides, generally the workload is orientated towards

translation and memorization. This situation might suggest that students are receivers of

information rather than the ones creating it (Richards & Rodgers, 2001). As a result, the

class may come up with issues at the moment of transferring the content into new

situations. Moreover, the progression from one class to the next seems compromised since

students have difficulties to reuse previous knowledge. Because of this situation we wanted

to implement a more engaging approach in terms of students' participation. In fact, As

Richard & Rodger established, the use of Community Language Teaching can help them to

integrate the language during active participation. This changed the paradigm of students

being a receptive agent into another participant of the communication process.

Furthermore, the application of relatable input can make the message comprehensible more

easily for them to work on (Nation, 2007).  Finally, the whole class will be supported by

body language in order to support the delivery of instructions and explanations. 

In terms of classroom management and dynamics, we have to consider the context

and the current settling on classes. To make the class’s rhythm as smooth as possible we

want to implement three permanent rules to be remembered during the whole year. In fact,

as Harmer (2012) mentioned, instructions should not be more than three and they need to
be short and sweet. This can help classes as students will have a notion about what they can

do or not in terms of behavior. Furthermore, we are aware of the context of online classes,

thus the use of socio-affective strategies for developing a healthy environment can be

suitable to work with. Since students need to respect turns and be mindful of others’

opinions (Brown, 2007).

Considering the Pre-stage of the class, the activation of previous knowledge and

vocabulary would be key to proceed with the class. To do so, we want to build up a general

notion of the class to warm them up so it can be easier for them to work on the following

activities (Campbell & Campbell, 2006). However, it is important to not forget they need

suitable vocabulary to understand the following input. Therefore, we would want to provide

no more than 7 words per class as it is suitable for the context (Nation, 2007). These would

be presented through games as it makes students participate more in the dynamic (Richard

& Rodgers, 2001). As a result, students will be able to have the necessary knowledge to

understand the input in the While-Stage. 

First, we will need to make predictions with them to build a general idea about the

task based on images (Sreenidhi, 2017). The text itself is going to be checked by making

multiple choice questions to enhance understanding (Anderson, 2007). The overall purpose

of the stage will be the comprehension of the input by applying strategies to facilitate the

reading. Such as scanning for specific information and checking predictions. Finally, the

after-reading will enhance critical thinking instances in which students can make the

connection between the context and their content to build up new ideas and reflection

(Nation, 2007) 

Concerning the post stage, we want students to integrate chunks to support their

learning process. Furthermore, we want to expose them to the use of past tenses by making
them infer language features as well as their meaning (Nunan, 2003). In fact, after

proceeding with the awareness of these parts of speech they will need to work on them

from simple to more complex tasks (Ur, 1996). To do so, we have to make them write as

much as possible to give them opportunities to apply the skill. After preparing students with

all these experiences, they will need to produce something meaningful as a way to express

their thoughts (Nunan, 2003). Therefore, the task will mostly ask them to report how

characters feel as a way to create a sentence on their own.   

Finally, the closure will be a tool to check students’ metacognitive notion in which

they will recognize how they felt during the class applying self-management strategy,

because they analyzed the conditions that help them learn (Brown, 2007).
Teachers: Practicum I Escuela República de Colombia
Grade:7th Unit: Feelings and Opinions  Lesson no.: 3 Date: April Mins: 40
27th/30th
Class Objective: At the end of the lesson Students will connect their feelings and preferences to explain
them. 
Pre Chunks + Strategies + activities + instructions Evidence Time-
Present Keywords (Include interactions, timing & steps) (OE) mins.
,
activat Routine: Greeting students and presenting the rules of the class
e,
engage Vocabular Activity 1: How do you feel today? Students Estimate
,
y Materials: PPT will be able d time
motivat
e to for
Strategies: associate activity
Monitoring: illustration 1: 
 The teacher will control the time of the activity. s to report 1’ 
 Students have the resources on their screens. their
 Modeling preference Estimate
Linguistic: s. d time
 English will be used by the teacher, alongside mimic, for
intonation, and slowing the pace of speech to deliver activity
instructions. 2: 
 L1 is mostly used as a clarification device (whole 2’
class).
 Corrective feedback (whole class). 
 Written instructions will be presented to facilitate
comprehension (whole class).
Cognitive:
 Students recall previous knowledge.
 Imagery
Classroom management:
 Students will answer by sending reactions.

Interaction:
Students will work individually in order to complete the
activity.
.
Description:
Students are going to look at the image and acknowledge
emotion through the use of numbers according to how they
feel identified. Thus, they will be able to get a general idea
about the upcoming class.

Instructions:
1. Look at the images
2. Share your answer

ICQ’s:
Do we have to speak or write?
Checking: The teacher is going to check whether answers
appeared on the chat, also he/she is going to ask for
volunteers to present their thoughts. 

Activity 2:  Do you like it?


Materials: PPT

Strategies:
Monitoring:
 The teacher will control the time of the activity.
 Students have the resources on their screens.
 Modeling
Linguistic:
 English will be used by the teacher, alongside mimic,
intonation, and slowing the pace of speech to deliver
instructions.
 Students should answer the activity using English.
Cognitive:
 Students recall previous knowledge.
 Imagery
Classroom management:
 Students will answer verbally or by using the chat.

Interaction:
Students will work individually.

Description:
Students will react to the images in order to express their
preferences.  Thus, they will be able to make connections
alongside illustrations and their notion towards them to
report their ideas. 
Instructions:
1. Look at the images
2. Answer the question
a. ¿Do you like it?
3. Share your answer 

Checking the activity:


The teacher is going to check students’ answer orally or in
the chat. 

_________________________________________________
_____

While Chunks + Strategies + activities + instructions Time-


Meaning-
Keywords
Evidence (OE)
focused input + (Include interactions, timing & steps) mins.
Fluency.
Vocabula Activity 3: My likes  Students are Estimate
Comprehensi ry Materials: PPT and Video able to make d time
on predictions for
checking:
reading - Strategies: based on activity
listening
viewing
Monitoring: emotion and 3: 
 The teacher will control the time of the activity. facial 1’
Linguistic: expressions.
Estimate
 English will be used by the teacher, alongside
d time
mimic, intonation, and slowing speech in order to
for
deliver instructions.
activity
 Students should answer the activity using English.
4: 
Cognitive:
3’
 Brainstorming.
 Inferring.
 Imagery
Estimate
d time
Classroom management:
 Students will answer verbally or by using the chat.
for
activity
5: 
Interaction:
2’
Work individually. 

Description:
Students will have to react to the pictures presented on the
screen, so they will have to make predictions. This will lead
students to gather possible ideas about the text.

Instructions:
1. Look at the image Students are
2. What do you think the text is about? able to gather
3. Share your answer specific
information
ICQ’s: and the gist.

Do we need to draw or write our ideas? 

Checking: 
The teacher is going to check the chat to see whether
students have accomplished the task. In case nobody
participates, the teacher will select a student randomly.
_________________________________________________
_____
Let’s Read 
Materials: PPT

Strategies:
Monitoring:
 The teacher will control the time of the activity.
 Modeling
Linguistic: Students are
 English will be used by the teacher, alongside mimic, able to check
intonation, and slowing speech to deliver instructions. the
 Students should answer the activity using English. comprehension
 Use of some L1 permitted of the text
Cognitive: based on
 Resourcing. specific info
Classroom management: from the text.
 Students will answer verbally or by using the chat.

Interaction:
Work individually.
Description:
Students will listen to the first reading in order to have a
general idea. After the reading, students will have to read on
their own in order to comprehend general ideas and details.
Then, they will answer if the sentences are true or false.
Lastly, they will check if predictions were correct or not.  Students are
able to reflect
Activity 4: True or False on questions
related to the
Instructions: topic.
1. Read the sentences.
2. Check if they are true or false.
3. Check your predictions.

Paula likes music  False

Paula likes to watch anime True

Ricardo doesn’t like to watch True


anime

Ricardo doesn’t like Tik-Tok False

ICQ’s:
The teacher will ask students what they have to do. 

Checking: 
The teacher is going to check the activity by asking the
students about the possible answers. In case nobody
participates, the teacher will select a student randomly. 
___________________________________________________
___
Activity 5: Question’s time! 
Materials: PPT

Strategies:
Monitoring:
 The teacher will control the time of the activity.
 Modeling

Linguistic:
 English will be used by the teacher, alongside mimic,
intonation, and slowing speech to deliver instructions.
 Students should answer the activity using English.
 Use of some L1 permitted
Cognitive:
 Resourcing.
Classroom management:
 Students will answer verbally or by using the chat.
Social Affective:
 Sharing personal experiences.  
Post Language
Productive focus, Strategies + activities + instructions Evidence
chunks +
Time-mins.
skills, (Include interactions, timing & steps) (OE)
Language keywords
practice,
Functions,
Language Language Awareness check Estimated time for
Language focus: Activity 6: Reasons and the use of because  Students activity 5: 
productio  Because Materials: Screen and ppt are able to
n
infer the Estimated time for
Strategies: use of activity 6: 
Cognitive:  because to 2’
 Students will make mental connections to give
understand the grammar rule. reasons. Estimated time for
 Imagery  activity 7: 
 Infering 2’

Interaction: Estimated time for


Student will work as a class to grasp the language activity 8: 
feature. 2’
Description: 
Students will have to infer the use of conjunctions in Estimated time for
order to connect two ideas together.  activity 9: 
I like Tik-Tok because I can post my videos. 3’
I don’t like Tik-Tok because I got bored. 
Estimated time for
CCQ’s: activity 10/11: 
1. Why are they in red? 5’
2. Why do I like Tik-Tok?
3. Do you like Tik-Tok? Why?

Expected answers
1. They are in red because they are reasons. Students
2. Because I can post my videos are able to
3. Because I got bored. understan
Post- activities (language practice, production) d the
Activity 7:  Controlled practice grammar
Materials: PPT rule in
Strategies: context.
Cognitive: 
 Students will make mental connections to
understand the grammar rule.
 Imagery 
 Infering
Interaction: 
Students will work as a class. 
Description:  
Students will work as a class to complete sentences on
the screen. They will have to create compositions based
on the elements provided by the activity. Thus, it will up
to them make a coherent sentence. 
Instructions:
1. Read the sentences.
2. Match your preferences.
3. Share your answers.

Students are
able to
  understand
the grammar
Checking:   rule in
The teacher is going to ask for volunteers to make a context.
sentence. If that is not the case, the teacher is going to
select people at random for fulfilling the purpose. 

Activity 8: Control practice filling the gaps. 


Materials: PPT

Strategies:
Cognitive: 
 Students will recall previous knowledge in order
to apply the grammar rule learned. 
 Imagery 
 Infering

Interaction: 
Students will work as a class.  Students are
Description:   able to
Students are going to complete sentences to convey understand
meaning with the use of the conjunction because. They the grammar
will have to read on the screen and answer through the rule in
chat or report them orally.  context.

Instructions:
1. Read the sentences. 
2. Complete the sentences.
a. I like Tik-Tok _________it is fun.
b. I don’t like to play chess________it
makes me feel bored.
c. I like chocolate________it makes me feel
happy.

Checking:  
The teacher asks for volunteers to check the answers and
then ask the class if the answer is correct or not. 

Activity 9: 

Materials: PPT
Strategies:
Cognitive: 
 Students will recall previous knowledge in order
to apply the grammar rule learned.  Students are
 Imagery  able to apply
 Infering the grammar
rule and
Interaction:  produce a
Students will work as a class.  couple of
sentences.
Description:  
Students will have to work on sentences. They will need
to fill in elements within the sentences to convey
meaning and produce a message on their own.  i.e.  I like
to read because I feel relaxed.
Instructions:
1. Read the sentences.
2. Complete the sentences.

I (like/don’t like) to play videogames because

________

I (like/don’t like) to paint because   

_____________

I (like/don’t like) to _______      _________    

_________
I _________     ___________     __________

Checking:  
The teacher asks for volunteers to check the answers and
then ask the class if the answer is correct or not.

Activity N 10 & 11: 


Materials: PPT

Strategies:
Cognitive: 
 Students will recall previous knowledge in order
to apply the grammar rule learned. 
 Imagery 
 Infering

Interaction: 
Students will work individually and as a group. 
Description:  
Students are going to create their sentences based on
the example provided during the active. They are
expected to use the structure worked through the post
stage to express their preferences and their reasons. i.e.,
I like to run; I don’t like to run; I like to run because it is
fun, and I don't like to paint because I feel bored.

Instructions:
first part
1. Read the example
2. Answer the questions
a. What do you like? 
b. What don’t you like?
Second part
1. Use your previous sentences
2. Add reasons

Checking:  
The teacher is going to check students' sentences on the
chat or orally. As a way to check mistakes, the teacher is
going to ask for volunteers. If there is none, she/he will
pick students at random.

Closure Language
Pedagogica focus, Strategies + activities + instructions
chunks +
Evidence (OE) Time-mins.
l Reflection (Include interactions, timing & steps)
keywords
Activity 12: Quiz time Estimated
Students are time for
Materials Ppt able to identify activity:
Strategies:  and recall the 3
Metacognitive: Monitoring. content studies. 

Interaction: 
Students will work on their own.

Description:  
Students will have to complete an online quiz to check
whether they have difficulties with the content provided
so far in the unit. Since the quiz is going to be complete
through the 

Instructions:
1. Click the link on the chat.
2. Enter your name and grade
3. Answer the questions

 https://quizizz.com/join?gc=15164298

Checking:
The results of the formative assessment will be
considered in the following classes to reinforce what the
students are struggling with.
Justification N°3: Valeria´s Class

The class that we are working on is a seventh-grade class from a public institution

called República de Colombia. The overall call is composed of around 30 students but less

than half of it might not participate much. Another element to consider is the dynamic as it

entails the way English has been taught so far. Pupils react to commands and they mostly

expect to be told what to do. Besides, generally the workload is orientated towards

translation and memorization. This situation might suggest that students are receivers of

information rather than the ones creating it (Richards & Rodgers, 2001). As a result, the

class may come up with issues at the moment of transferring the content into new

situations. Moreover, the progression from one class to the next seems compromised since

students have difficulties to reuse previous knowledge. Because of this situation we wanted

to implement a more engaging approach in terms of students' participation. In fact, As

Richard & Rodger established, the use of Community Language Teaching can help them to

integrate the language during active participation. This changed the paradigm of students

being a receptive agent into another participant of the communication process.

Furthermore, the application of relatable input can make the message comprehensible more

easily for them to work on (Nation, 2007).  Finally, the whole class will be supported by

body language in order to support the delivery of instructions and explanations. 


In terms of classroom management and dynamics, we have to consider the context

and the current settling on classes. To make the class’s rhythm as smooth as possible we

want to implement three permanent rules to be remembered during the whole year. In fact,

as Harmer (2012) mentioned, instructions should not be more than three and they need to

be short and sweet. This can help classes as students will have a notion about what they can

do or not in terms of behavior. Furthermore, we are aware of the context of online classes,

thus the use of socio-affective strategies for developing a healthy environment can be

suitable to work with. Since students need to respect turns and be mindful of others’

opinions (Brown, 2007).

Considering the Pre-stage of the class, the activation of previous knowledge and

vocabulary would be key to proceed with the class. To do so, we want to build up a general

notion of the class to warm them up so it can be easier for them to work on the following

activities (Campbell & Campbell, 2006). However, it is important to not forget they need

suitable vocabulary to understand the following input. Therefore, we would want to provide

no more than 7 words per class as it is suitable for the context (Nation, 2007). These would

be presented through games as it makes students participate more in the dynamic (Richard

& Rodgers, 2001). As a result, students will be able to have the necessary knowledge to

understand the input in the While-Stage. 

First, we will need to make predictions with them to build a general idea about the

task based on images (Sreenidhi, 2017). The text itself is going to be checked by making

true or false questions to enhance understanding (Anderson, 2007). The overall purpose of

the stage will be the comprehension of the input by applying strategies to facilitate the

reading. Such as scanning for specific information and checking predictions. Finally, the

after-reading will enhance critical thinking instances in which students can make the
connection between the context and their content to build up new ideas and reflection

(Nation, 2007) 

Concerning the post stage, we want students to integrate connectors to support their

learning process. That is why we want to expose them to the use of chunks by making them

infer language features as well as their meaning (Nunan, 2003). In fact, after proceeding

with the awareness of these parts of speech they will need to work on them from simple to

more complex tasks (Ur, 1996). To do so, we have to make them write as much as possible

to give them opportunities to apply the skill. After preparing students with all these

experiences, they will need to produce something meaningful as a way to express their

thoughts (Nunan, 2003). Therefore, the task will mostly ask them to tell us when the last

time was, they went out as a way to create a sentence on their own.   

Finally, the closure will be more a tool to check students’ learning process. Students

will answer a formative assessment “evaluating students in the process of forming their

competencies” (Brown & Abeywickrama, 2010). For us teachers, it can help us to gather

this information in order to adapt and change our future praxis based on the test results. In

this way we can be more effective during the unit (Ur, 1996). 
Teachers: Practicum I Escuela República de Colombia
Grade:7th Unit: Lesson no.: 4 Date: May 3 Mins: 40
Feelings and to May 7
Opinions 
Class Objective: 
Pre Chunks + Strategies + activities + instructions Evidence
Present, Keywords
Time-mins.
(Include interactions, timing & steps) (OE)
activate,
engage, Routine: Greeting students, warm up activities, and present rules of the class
motivate
Vocabulary Activity 1: How do you feel today? Students will Estimated time for
Materials: PPT be able to activity 1: 
recall the 1’
Strategies: vocabulary.
Monitoring:
 The teacher will control the time of
the activity.
 Students have the resources on
their screens.
 Modeling
Linguistic:
 English will be used by the teacher,
alongside mimic, intonation, and
slowing the pace of speech to
deliver instructions.
 L1 is mostly used as a clarification
device (whole class).
Cognitive:
 Students recall previous
knowledge.
 Imagery
Classroom management:
 Students will answer by sending
reactions.

Interaction:
Students will work individually in order to
complete the activity.
Description:
Students are going to see and acknowledge
emotion through the use of zoom reactions
to make them recall content from the
previous class. Thus, they will be able to get
a general idea about the upcoming class.

Instructions:
1. look at the image
2. Share your answer 2’

Checking the activity:


The teacher is going to check the people
participating during the activity to see
whether they understood the activity.

Activity 2:   Let's play roulette.


Materials: PPT

Strategies:
Monitoring:
 The teacher will control the time of
the activity. Students are
 Students have the resources on able to
their screens. complete
 Modeling sentences.
Linguistic:
 English will be used by the teacher,
alongside mimic, intonation, and
slowing the pace of speech to
deliver instructions.
 Students should answer the activity
using English.
Cognitive:
 Students recall previous
knowledge.
 Imagery
Classroom management:
 Students will answer verbally or by
using the chat.

Interaction:
Students will work as a group throughout
the game.
Description:
Students will be asked to make a sentence,
using the verb that will appear in the
roulette. 

Instructions:
1. Look at the roulette.
2. Raise your hand to participate.
3. Complete the sentence

Checking the activity:


Teacher will write the sentences on the
ppt. 

ICQs
 Do you have to raise your hand to
participate? 
 Do you have to complete a
sentence or create one? 

While Chunks + Strategies + activities + instructions Time-


Meaning-focused
Keywords
Evidence (OE)
input + Fluency. (Include interactions, timing & steps) mins.
Vocabulary Activity 3:  Let´s predict. Students are 1’
Comprehension
checking: reading - able to make
listening
viewing
Materials: PPT  predictions
based on
Strategies: images. 
Monitoring:
 The teacher will control the time of
the activity.
 Students have the resources on their
screens.
 Modeling
 Vocabulary will be reinforced with
total physical.
Cognitive:
 Brainstorming.
 Inferring.
 Imagery
Linguistic:
 English will be used by the teacher,
alongside mimic, intonation, and
slowing the pace of speech to deliver
instructions.
 Students should answer the activity
using English.
Classroom management:
 Students will answer verbally or by using
the chat.

Interaction:
Students will work individually to provide
different inferences.

Description:
Students will be asked to predict about the
reading by using images to guide the students.

Instructions:
1. Look at the images.
2. What is the text about?

ICQ’s:
 Do you have to relate images to the
text?

Checking the activity: 2’


The teacher is going to check whether they got
the correct answer coming back to the
prediction section.

Activity 4 and 5: Reading Time 

Materials: PPT

Strategies: Students are able


Monitoring: to gather specific
 The teacher will control the time of the information and
activity. the gist.
Linguistic:
 English will be used by the teacher,
alongside mimic, intonation, and
slowing speech in order to deliver
instructions.
 Students should answer the activity
using English.

Classroom management:
 Students will answer verbally or by using
the chat.
Interaction:
Work individually. 

Description:
Students will have to read twice, first guided by
the teacher, secondly by themselves to ensure
the reading is meaningful to answer the
multiple-choice activity.  2’

Instructions:
1. Read the text 
2. Answer the following questions 

Checking: 
Teacher will check on the chat any interaction or
reaction from students about the answers. In
case nobody participates, Teacher can write on
the chat, for students to have a register with the
correct answers. 

Activity 4 and 5:  Multiple choice 


Materials: PPT

Strategies: Students are able


Monitoring: to comprehend
 The teacher will control the time of the specific
activity. information from
 Modeling the text.
Linguistic:
 English will be used by the teacher,
alongside mimic, intonation, and slow
speech to deliver instructions.
 Students should answer the activity
using English.
Cognitive:
 Resourcing.
Classroom management:
 Students will answer verbally or by using
the chat.  

Interaction:
Work individually.

Description:
Students will read alongside the teacher in order
to comprehend the text to answer the multiple-
choice questions provided for them.
2’

Instructions:
1. Read the text.
2. Choose the correct answer.

ICQ’s:
 Do you have to choose or match? 
 Students X, what do we have to do?

Checking: 
The teacher is going to check the activity by
asking the students about the possible answers.
In case nobody participates, the teacher will
select a student randomly. 

Activity 6: Reflecting  Students are able


Materials: PPT to reflect about
the text.
Strategies:
Monitoring:
 The teacher will control the time of the
activity.
 Modeling
Linguistic:
 English will be used by the teacher,
alongside mimic, intonation, and slow
speech to deliver instructions.
 Students should answer the activity
using English.
 Use of some L1 permitted
Cognitive:
 Resourcing.
Classroom management:
 Students will answer verbally or by using
the chat.
Social Affective:
 Sharing personal experiences.  

Interaction:
Students will work individually 

Description:
Students will have to answer questions making
connections between content and their personal
experiences.
Instructions:
1. Read the questions
2. Share your answers

Checking: 
Post Language focus,
Strategies + activities + instructions Evidence Time-
Productive skills, chunks +
Language keywords (Include interactions, timing & steps) (OE) mins.
practice,
Language Language Awareness check Students are Estimated
Functions,
Language focus: Activity 7:  able to infer time for
production   Materials: Ppt language activity
features. 7: 
Strategies: 2
Cognitive: 
 Students will make mental Estimated
connections to understand the time for
grammar rule. activity
 Imagery  6: 
 Infering

Interaction:
The students will have to react to the
teacher’s lecture.

Description: 
 Students will answer questions
related to a text, providing reasons,
reflecting about feelings, and using
“because” as a connector. 

CCQ’s:
 Why do we use ‘because’?

Post- activities (language practice,


production)
Activity 8:  Controlled practice
Materials: PPT
Students are
Strategies:
able to
Cognitive: 
associate
 Students will make mental
connections to understand the sentences with
grammar rule. images.
 Imagery 
 Infering

Linguistic:
 English will be used by the teacher,
alongside mimic, intonation, and
slowing speech in order to deliver
instructions.
 Students should answer the activity
using English.

Interaction: 
Students will work as a class. 

Description:  
Students will be required to look at the
images and the sentences and answer
“How do the teachers feel?”
Instructions:
1. Look at the images
2. Read the sentences
3. Answer: How do the teachers feel? 

Checking:  The teacher will ask for


volunteers or select someone. When the
answer is delivered the teacher will ask the
rest of the class. 

ICQ’s:
 Do you have to write this on your
copybook?

Activity 9: 

Materials: PPT

Strategies:
Students are
Cognitive: 
able to
 Students will recall previous
describe how
knowledge in order to apply the
they feel.
grammar learned. 
 Imagery 
 Infering
Linguistic:
 English will be used by the teacher,
alongside mimic, intonation, and
slowing speech in order to deliver
instructions.
 Students should answer the activity
using English.

Interaction: 
Students will work as a class. 

Description:  

 Students will explain how they feel


in a specific situation and then
other classmates have to report
the previous answer.

Instructions:
 Read the sentences
 Tell us something you are scared of
 Answer the question: How does
your classmate feel?

Checking:  
 The teacher will ask for volunteers
or select someone. When the
answer is delivered the teacher will
give feedback.

Activity 10 and 11: 

Materials: PPT
Strategies:
Cognitive:  Students are
 Students will recall previous able to
knowledge in order to apply the describe how
grammar rule learned.  they feel.
 Imagery 
 Infering
Linguistic:
 English will be used by the teacher,
alongside mimic, intonation, and
slowing speech in order to deliver
instructions.
 Students should answer the activity
using English.
Interaction: 
Students will work as a class. 

Description:  

 Students have to write an


Instagram post talking about their
feelings and likes. Also, students
have to provide reasons using
vocabulary learned in classes. 

Instructions:
1. Write an Instagram post. 
2. Use your copybook. 
3. Tell us about your:  feelings and likes. 

Checking:  
 The teacher will write on the ppt
the answers provided by students. 

Closure Language
Pedagogical focus, Strategies + activities + instructions Evidence
chunks +
Time-mins.
Reflection (Include interactions, timing & steps) (OE)
keywords
Activity 12: Exit ticket Students Estimated
are able to time for
Materials ppt express activity:
Strategies:  how they 1’
Metacognitive: Monitoring. feel.

Interaction: 
Students will work on their own.

Description:  
Students will be required to reflect on the way
they felt during the class. 

Instructions:
1. Answer the question:
 How did you feel in this class?
2. Share your answers

Checking:   Teachers will receive the exit tickets


in order to consider students’ feedback on
further lessons. 

Justification N°4: Eugenio´s Class.

The class that we are working on is a seventh-grade class from a public institution

called República de Colombia. The overall call is composed of around 30 students but less

than half of it might not participate much. Another element to consider is the dynamic as it

entails the way English has been taught so far. Pupils react to commands and they mostly

expect to be told what to do. Besides, generally the workload is orientated towards

translation and memorization. This situation might suggest that students are receivers of

information rather than the ones creating it (Richards & Rodgers, 2001). As a result, the

class may come up with issues at the moment of transferring the content into new

situations. Moreover, the progression from one class to the next seems compromised since

students have difficulties to reuse previous knowledge. Because of this situation we wanted

to implement a more engaging approach in terms of students' participation. In fact, As

Richard & Rodger established, the use of Community Language Teaching can help them to

integrate the language during active participation. This changed the paradigm of students

being a receptive agent into another participant of the communication process.

Furthermore, the application of relatable input can make the message comprehensible more

easily for them to work on (Nation, 2007).   Finally, the whole class will be supported by

body language in order to support the delivery of instructions and explanations. 

In terms of classroom management and dynamics, we have to consider the context

and the current settling on classes. To make the class’s rhythm as smooth as possible we
want to implement three permanent rules to be remembered during the whole year. In fact,

as Harmer (2012) mentioned, instructions should not be more than three and they need to

be short and sweet. This can help classes as students will have a notion about what they can

do or not in terms of behavior. Furthermore, we are aware of the context of online classes,

thus the use of socio-affective strategies for developing a healthy environment can be

suitable to work with. Since students need to respect turns and be mindful of others’

opinions (Brown, 2007).

Considering the Pre-stage of the class, the activation of previous knowledge and

vocabulary would be key to proceed with the class. To do so, we want to build up a general

notion of the class to warm them up so it can be easier for them to work on the following

activities (Campbell & Campbell, 2006). However, it is important to not forget they need

suitable vocabulary to understand the following input. Therefore, we would want to provide

no more than 7 words per class as it is suitable for the context (Nation, 2007). These would

be presented through games as it makes students participate more in the dynamic (Richard

& Rodgers, 2001). As a result, students will be able to have the necessary knowledge to

understand the input in the While-Stage. 

First, we will need to make predictions with them to build a general idea about the

task based on images (Sreenidhi, 2017). The text itself is going to be checked by making

multiple choice questions to enhance understanding (Anderson, 2007). The overall purpose

of the stage will be the comprehension of the input by applying strategies to facilitate the

reading. Such as scanning for specific information and checking predictions. Finally, the

after-reading will enhance critical thinking instances in which students can make the

connection between the context and their content to build up new ideas and reflection

(Nation, 2007) 
Concerning the post stage, we want students to integrate chunks to support their

learning process. That is why we want to expose them to the use of chunks by making them

infer language features as well as their meaning (Nunan, 2003). In fact, after proceeding

with the awareness of these parts of speech they will need to work on them from simple to

more complex tasks (Nation, 2007) To do so, we have to make them write as much as

possible to give them opportunities to apply the skill. After preparing students with all these

experiences, they will need to produce something meaningful as a way to express their

thoughts (Nunan, 2003). Therefore, the task will mostly ask them to tell us about how they

feel as a way to create a sentence on their own with a reason using the vocabulary presented

in the previous stage.   

Finally, the closure will be more a tool to check students’ metacognitive notion in

which they will recognize whether they consider their process effective or not (Brown,

2007). For us teachers, it can help us to gather this information in order to adapt and change

our future praxis based on the class. In this way we can be more effective during the unit

(Ur, 1996). 
Teachers: Practicum I Escuela República de Colombia

Grade: 7th Unit: Lesson no.: 5 Date: May Mins:


Feelings 10th/14th  40’
and
Opinions
Class Objective: At the end of the lesson students will be able to express their emotions in a mini poster. 
Pre- task Chunks/ Time-
Strategies + activities + instructions Evidence (OE)
Introduce the topic, Keywords mins.
present the “script” Routine: Greeting students and presenting the rules of the class.
that will appear in
the task.  Activity 1: How does it look like? 
It serves as a model
Materials: PPT 3’
and example. 
Strategies:
Monitoring:
 The teacher will control the time
of the activity. Students are
 Students have the resources on able to recall
their screens. and associate
 Modeling content that
Linguistic: was previously
 English will be used by the studied.
teacher, alongside mimic,
intonation, and slowing the pace
of speech to deliver instructions.
 Students should answer the
activity using English.
 Corrective feedback (whole
class). 
Cognitive:
 Students recall previous
knowledge.
 Imagery
Classroom management:
 Students will answer verbally or
by using the chat.
Socio-affective: 
 Rules to promote respect among
students. 

Interaction:
Students will work as a class.
Description:
Students are going to look at the pictures
in order to recall previous knowledge. 

Instructions:
1. Look at the images
2. Answer the question
 What does it look like?  Students
3. Share your answer identify
emotions.
CCQ:
1. What does the dinosaur express? Students can
2. How does he feel? make
3. How can you tell? correlation 3’
4. What is the face for amazed? between facial
expression and
feelings.
Expected answers 
 Emotions Students can
 Joyful, angry, worried, tired, provide reasons
embarrassed, and amazed for feelings.
 The dinosaur is joyful because he
smiles, because he laughs. 
 The dinosaur is tired because he
looks sleepy.  

Checking: The teacher is going to check


whether answers appeared on the chat,
also he/she is going to ask for volunteers
to present their thoughts.

Activity 2: Poster 
Materials: PPT

Strategies:
Monitoring:
 The teacher will control the time
of the activity.
 Students have the resources on
their screens.
 Modeling
Linguistic:
 English will be used by the
teacher, alongside mimic,
intonation, and slowing the pace
of speech to deliver instructions.
 Students should answer the Students are
activity using English. able to identify
Cognitive: the layout.
 Students recall previous
knowledge.
 Imagery
Classroom management:
 Students will answer verbally or
by using the chat.

Interaction:
Students will work as a class.

Description:
Students are going to be presented with
the layout of a poster. They are going to
identify key sections from the format.  

Instructions: 

1. Look at the image


2. What is this?

Students are
able to identify
key segments
of a poster.

Students
provide reasons
for using a
poster.

Students can
recognize that
illustrations
express
emotions.
CCQ:

What does a poster have? Students are


able to identify
What do we use posters for? the poster as a
Can we express emotion with images? way to express
their feelings
What can we say in a poster?

Expected answers

 A tittle, images and sentences


 To inform, to say something, to
express.
 Yes, because you can see facial
expressions. 
 Our emotions, how we feel

In-task
Chunks Strategies + activities + instructions Time-
Students /Keywords
Evidence (OE)
Include interactions, timing & steps mins.
perform
based on Activity 3: Poster  Activity
the model Materials: PPT 3 part
given.  1: 5´
Students Strategies:
negotiate Monitoring:
Activity
meaning  The teacher will control the time
3 part
as a class. of the activity.
2: 20’
 Students have the resources on
their screens.
 Modeling
Linguistic:
 English will be used by the
teacher, alongside mimic,
intonation, and slowing the pace
of speech to deliver instructions.
 Students should answer the
activity using English.
Cognitive:
 Students recall previous
knowledge.
 Imagery
Classroom management:
 Students will answer verbally or
by using the chat.

Description:

Students will have to work on the


template of a poster in order to fill in
Students can
gaps to convey meaning. They will need
make
to complete the template with their
associations
messages in order to present and express
their feelings within the quarantine. between images
and feelings.
Task: students are going to use vocabulary
and chunk from the unit. They will have to
identify emotions, facial expressions,
reasons, and preferences to convey
meaning.

1. The teacher mimics one of the


expressions from the poster then
asks what emotions represent.
How do I feel now?
2. Teachers shows where to write
down on the file. 
Students can
CCQ provide reasons
What are reasons? for feeling
something.
Teacher will tell students they will have up
to 20 min to complete the task. After that
the teacher is going to model the first
activity as a way to support students’
performance. The following statements are
going to be completed by students on their
own. 

Part 2
Instructions
1. Look at the example
2. Choose 3 emotions
a. Include a title
b. Express preferences
c. Give reasons
Post Strategies + activities +
Language focus, chunks + instructions Time-
keywords
Evidence (OE)
Include interactions, timing & mins.
steps
Language awareness: task correction and Students are able
feedback to identify general 4’
mistakes when
two of the students who completed the task will be people provide
selected or one can be asked as a volunteer. The reasons. 
teacher is going to assess and correct general
mistakes. The teacher is going to ask students to tell
their preferences and the reasons for them. 
Answers are going to be displayed on the screen to
be corrected. The teacher will ask whether someone
else has different answers as a way to check their
work.

Closure
Pedagogical Strategies + activities + instructions Evidence Time-
Reflection. Include interactions, timing & steps (OE) mins.

Activity: Exit ticket


2’
Description:
Students are going to reflect on their performance
and how hard it was for them. Besides, they are
going to use a template to check it.

Instructions: 
1. Look at this chart
2. Put a check or a cross.
3. Consider your poster to complete this. 

 
Justification N°5: Walter´s Class

The class that we are working on is a seventh-grade class from a public institution

called República de Colombia. The overall call is composed of around 30 students but less

than half of it might not participate much. Another element to consider is the dynamic as it

entails the way english has been taught so far. Pupils react to commands and they mostly

expect to be told what to do. Besides, generally the workload is orientated towards

translation and memorization. This situation might suggest that students are receivers of

information rather than the ones creating it (Richards & Rodgers, 2001). As a result, the

class may come up with issues at the moment of transferring the content into new

situations. Moreover, the progression from one class to the next seems compromised since

students have difficulties to reuse previous knowledge. Because of this situation we wanted

to implement a more engaging approach in terms of students' participation. Actually,

according to Larsen-Freeman & Anderson (2006) students have to have a need to

communicate in order to convey their meaning. Since we are going to establish a clear

outcome for the class, students can use and recycle content seen on previous classes to

complete tasks. This would show us whether they are able to transfer the content into new

situations in a meaningful way.


In terms of classroom management and dynamics, we have to consider the context

and the current settling on classes. To make the class’s rhythm as smooth as possible we

want to implement three permanent rules to be remembered during the whole year. In fact,

as Hammer (2012) mentioned, instructions should not be more than three and they need to

be short and sweet. This can help classes as students will have a notion about what they can

do or not in terms of behavior. Furthermore, we are aware of the context of online classes,

thus the use of socio-affective strategies for developing a healthy environment can be

suitable to work with. Since students need to respect turns and be mindful of others’

opinions (Brown, 2007).

Considering the importance of the pre-task stage, it is suitable to prepare students to

work on the following task with the necessary content (Sreenidhi & Chinyi 2017). Thus, it

is significant to activate their previous knowledge and ideas to gather the necessary

knowledge to proceed further on the task.  In fact, the layout of a poster is not a novel

element as it is commonly seen in school. Pupils may have a general notion that can be

worked on based on a sample. Therefore, the use of images (Brown, 2007) will help them

to refresh their memories and present them what we want them to replicate. The main point

of having Task-based lessons will be the transfer of content into new situations that require

them (Larseen-Freeman & Anderson, 2006) As a result, students would be able to use the

language as an active agent within their own learning process. Nevertheless, the role of the

teacher cannot be left apart because it would be the facilitator of the lesson instead of the

lecturer.

The post task activity is focused on the process of providing feedback to students in

relation to their performance. We consider it crucial to have these instances to make sure
students can develop and acknowledge language features and language understanding (Ur

1996). In this way students can have opportunities to think about their learning process in

order to solve doubts regarding the writing. Once the feedback has been given, students can

correct the errors, making this activity a meaningful experience. Therefore, to complete the

class students will check their performance while using a chart.

Teachers: Practicum I Escuela República de Colombia


Grade:7th Unit: Lesson no.: 6 Date: April  Mins: 40
Feelings and
Opinions 
Class Objective: At the end of the lesson, students will be able to students will be able to design a poster
expressing their feelings about one situation that affected them.

Strategies + activities +
PRE-TASK  Chunks + instructions
Evidence (OE) Time-mins.
Keywords (Include interactions, timing
& steps)
Introduce the
Routine: Greetings, teacher presents the rules and the objective of the class.
topic, present
the “script” that Vocabulary Activity 1:   Brainstorming  brainstorming of 4’ 
will appear in used during ideas provided
the task. the unit.  Materials: PPT by the students.

It serves as a emotions  Strategies:


model and reactions 
example.  chunks  Monitoring:
 The teacher will
control the time of
the activity.
 Students have the
resources on their
screens.
 Modeling
Linguistic:
 English will be used
by the teacher,
alongside mimic,
intonation, and
slowing the pace of
speech to deliver
instructions.
 Students should
answer the activity Students are
using English. able to make
Cognitive: associations
 Students recall between feelings
previous knowledge. and situations.
 Imagery
Classroom management: Students are
  Teacher presents able use to
rules of the class.  express their
 Students will answer feelings.
verbally or by using
the chat. Students are
able to report
Interaction: feelings from
Work individually at the others.
moment.

Description:

Students are going to refresh


the content of the unit by
brainstorming ideas.
Students also will be asked
to recall previous knowledge
to guide the lesson to build a
poster.

Instructions:

             1.- Think about the


unit
 2.- Answer the
questions: 
 What did we
learn during
the unit?
 What does a
poster have?
Expected answers:

What did we learn during the


unit?

-They have emotions; it


expresses feelings; emotions;
hobbies; actions etc. 

What did we learn during the


unit?

-People have emotions, we


feel emotions, 

Look at the image, do you


recognize this format?

La semana pasada; last class


activity, el poster del
profesor
IN -
TASK

Students
perform
based on
the model Strategies + activities +
given. instructions
Evidence (OE) Time-mins.
(Include interactions, timing &
Students steps)
negotiate
meaning in
pairs

Activity 2: Lets create a Students’ 15 min


poster: My life in pandemic. posters design,
bearing in mind
Materials: PPT the elements of
the unit to
Strategies: related them to
the pandemic
COGNITIVE:  situation
 Imagery
 Contextualization   
 Transfer 

LINGUISTIC (used by the


teacher): 
 Non-linguistic signals.
 Intonation 
METACOGNITIVE
 Question for
clarification

Interaction:
Students work
individually  

Description:

Students will be asked to


design a poster about their
lives during the pandemic  
bearing in mind what they
have learnt during the unit.

Instructions:
 1. Look at the example
 2. Think about two
situations 
    The situations have
to include: a title; two
emotions; express
preferences; give
reasons.
 3. Write them in the
poster

CCQ’s:

How do we know how people


feel?
How do I express my feelings?
How can we add reasons?

Language
Strategies + activities + instructions Evidence
POST- TASK focus, chunks Time-mins.
(Include interactions, timing & steps) (OE)
Productive + keywords
skills, Language Activity 3: Task corrections and Students 7 min
practice, feedback are able
Functions, to
Language Materials: PPT; Student’s posters  identify
production and
Strategies: recognize
common
Monitoring: errors
 The teacher will control the and
time of the activity. mistakes
 Modeling in terms
Linguistic: of
structure
Cognitive: and
-Deduction  concepts
-Inferencing 

Socio Affective strategies:


 Question for clarification.

Classroom management:
 Students will work as a class.

Description:

Students are going to present their


posters in order to receive feedback
from the teacher. Thus, students are
going to be presented to common
mistakes as well as issues regarding
format.

The teacher is going to check some


posters from up to 2 students in order
to gather common mistakes as well as
issues with format. 

Closure Strategies + activities +


Language focus,
Pedagogical instructions Time-
chunks + Evidence (OE)
Reflection (Include interactions, mins.
keywords
timing & steps)
Activity 4: Exit ticket Students’ answers
using the language they 3 min
learnt during the unit 
Materials: PPT
presentation 

Strategy: 
Metacognitive: self-
evaluation

Description:

Students are going to


reflect on their learning
process in order to
determine what they have
learnt and some issues. 

Instructions: 

1.- Look at the image


2.- Tell us:
              - Three things
you learned
              - Two questions
you have
              - one opinion
you have 
Justification N°6: Gloria´s class

The class that we are working on is a seventh-grade class from a public institution

called República de Colombia. The overall call is composed of around 30 students but less

than half of it might not participate much. Another element to consider is the dynamic as it

entails the way English has been taught so far. Pupils react to commands and they mostly
expect to be told what to do. Besides, generally the workload is orientated towards

translation and memorization. This situation might suggest that students are receivers of

information rather than the ones creating it (Richards & Rodgers, 2001). As a result, the

class may come up with issues at the moment of transferring the content into new

situations. Moreover, the progression from one class to the next seems compromised since

students have difficulties to reuse previous knowledge. Because of this situation we wanted

to implement a more engaging approach in terms of students' participation. Actually,

according to Larsen-Freeman & Anderson (2006) students have to have a need to

communicate in order to convey their meaning. Since we are going to establish a clear

outcome for the class, students can use and recycle content seen on previous classes to

complete tasks.   

Furthermore, the application of relatable input can make the message

comprehensible more easily for them to work on (Nation,2007).   Finally, the whole class

will be supported by body language in order to support the delivery of instructions and

explanations. 

In terms of classroom management and dynamics, we have to consider the context

and the current settling on classes. To make the class’s rhythm as smooth as possible we

want to implement three permanent rules to be remembered during the whole year. In fact,

as (Hammer,2012) mentioned, instructions should not be more than three and they need to

be short and sweet. This can help classes as students will have a notion about what they can

do or not in terms of behavior. Furthermore, we are aware of the context of online classes,

thus the use of socio-affective strategies for developing a healthy environment can be

suitable to work with. Since students need to respect turns and be mindful of others’

opinions (Brown,2007). To accomplish the objective of the class we will follow the TBL
format, to assess students' performance through the transfer of the acquired knowledge into

different instances (Larseen-Freeman & Anderson, 2006).

As this is the last lesson of the unit, students will be asked to put into practice what they

have learned during the process. This lesson format allows students to focus on 3 essential

stages in the development of the lesson (Larseen-Freeman & Anderson, 2006). 

The pre-task stage of the class is to recall what was learned during the unit within a

brainstorming session based on the unit on emotions and opinions. Once this first part is

completed, students will be exposed to a visual image of the poster they saw during the last

session. Since this will be the format to use to create their own poster, what is aimed is that

they clarify their ideas in order to be able to work. The in-Task part of the class presents the

instructions for the poster which will be based on how they have felt at home during the

pandemic. At this point the student is expected to be able to think of two situations where

they can include the elements seen in the unit such as emotions, likes and dislikes and

opinions giving the student a meaningful experience, (Nation, 2007) in which they can

express themselves. Thus, the process of transferring the content into new situations can

lead students to integrate the language more easily as they will be able to communicate a

message to others. The Post Task activity aims to provide students with feedback on their

work considering what they have achieved during the class, hopefully correcting common

language errors or problems with the poster format, once the feedback has been given,

students can correct the errors, making this activity a meaningful experience. To close the

unit the exit ticket provides students with the possibility to express their opinions and

feelings according to their experience during the unit, this feedback aims to consider their

point of view for future lessons.


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