
WHAT A SUCCESS!!!!
Once I planned my unit, I showed my first lesson to a couple of mates from my degree.
I got really afraid when I received their feedback. "Too difficult for 1st of ESO students" they said. "Are you expecting to have them working on this?" they stated.
What could I do?? I was not able to change it!! I was implementing it that day!!
I thought it was the first day...so why not expecting the most from my students? If I fail, it was not a big deal, since unless you try it, you never know what they are able to do or not to do. I still had 5 more lessons to carry out and I could adapt them a bit according to the results of the first one.
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I arrived to the class really nervous....Was it really very difficult? I was starting to believe it was...
However...it ended up being a really awesome and successful activity!! Even the teacher was surprised at the results!! The students reacted really well and tried to make the most from the exercise!! They were really motivated and no one complained or said it was difficult!!
This taught me a lesson... Students can do everything and they can understand everything. Level is important, but it is not crucial. They just need to be motivated and to be given a well-developed and thought activity that fits their needs and aptitudes.
I was really really happy, and despite the fact that not all the activities worked as well as I had planned, I was already glad at seeing they were able to do something I had believed to be really difficult for them.
What a lesson to be learnt!!
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