Serene Soloist

  It was finally done.

  The school, along with Whisper, took an initiative at enlightening the girl students about menstrual hygiene. The programme was aimed at debunking the myths surrounding the concept of menstruation. It was mainly to educate the girls on the importance of maintaining personal hygiene during the time of menstruation. They were shown videos and demos regarding the topic. The session came to an end by providing the girls with free samples of pads by Whisper.  Later, I went to observe the class of one of my peers, Jeena from Maths optional.

 

                                                                                                     THE PREFIX GAME Name of the teacher trainee: Kavya K. Y. Standard: VIII Subject: English Topic: Prefixes Duration: 45 minutes Learning Objectives ·  To help the learners understand the concept of prefixes ·  To make the learners capable of using prefixes in sentences ·  To improve grammar and vocabulary Teaching Learning Resources ·  Kerala Reader English VIII, Part I ·  Sourcebook ·  PPT ·  Game ·  Activity cards CLASSROOM INTERACTION PROCEDURE STUDENTS’ RESPONSE 1.  INFORMAL INTERACTION The teacher interacts informally and creates a rapport among the students.       Students were active   2.  INTRODUCING THE LEARNING ACTIVITY   Teacher: Today we are going to play a game. Are you all ready? Students: Yes, teacher. ·  Teacher divides the students into three groups – 2 competing groups and 1 judging group. ·  Teacher shows a box titled ‘root words’, which contains several words. ·  A bel

  Balancing duties as teacher trainees is extremely essential. The last-minute duties that reach our hands would actually seem like burdens but, when done as a team would strengthen us, as a group. Just like breaking down a rock into metal, we increased our productivity and enhanced confidence individually and collectively. Thus, a sense of unity emerged between us which would eventually help us complete our practice teaching session with great success.

The students embarked on a train journey with "Chaiyya Chaiyya" in the background. The steam and the rhythmic sound of the locomotive shifted the class into a railway carriage. All of them were excited to watch the video and wanted to re-watch it. Meekha ma'am and Ancy ma'am were present in the class as we moved in "From A Railway Carriage" by R. L. Stevenson.

 The students and I embarked on a musical journey as I played the song, "We're the World". They were really moved by the music and wanted to listen to it once more. I finished the lesson and gave notes for further clarifications. They got the sense of harmony and unity from the lesson. The class went really well.

  As expected, the day gave new hope to me. I was assigned to a new class, 8T, with 34 vibrant young boys. I introduced myself and they were curious about me. After the introductory session, I showed them a video of Michael Jackson's "Billie Jean". It gave a brief glimpse into the poem we were about to learn, "We're the World".  The composer Lionel Richie was also introduced. After the video, we started the session and reached till the middle of the song.

  As I got accustomed with the boys at 8W, they were shuffled. I was utterly disappointed for it was supposed to be my optional observation day. Even though I got my lesson plans signed, I was sad about the class I was unable to take. I'd be assigned to another class the next day.