Teaching practical Part 3

Chapter 7 Hari Raya Celebration
On the 26 of September (Saturday). We had to return back to school for LDP (Latihan Dalam Perkhidmatan) and Hari Raya celebration. Me and Jessica was pun into the food management team. We started organizing the food arrangement at 7.30am. Sad to say, we weren't able to attend LDP because the food arrangement took super long. I was amazed at home much work it took just to arrange the food and plates. We finally finish arranging everything at 12.20pm, just in time before LDP ends and the teacher arrive to celebrated raya. The food was great. I enjoyed the Bakso, the meat balls were nice. The grilled lame was also awesome!!! It was finished in just a blink of an eye. This proof how nice it was... (think back of the food, I am now super hungry). We later on had an short discussing with our mentor on her observation on our teaching. Then we headed back home... me rushing back to be at church on time... hahahha... what a memory...

Chapter 8 - Observation with 1 Budi

Hahah... I remember my 2nd observation was with 1 Budi. Girls you all ready helped me a lot. Thank you so much! It was a reading class. Students were required to read a passage in the newspaper and present their finding in class. Man! you know what was running in my mind at the time..... "Anna! you are dead! The class is super quiet! Your class is boring!" all these negative comments were circling and flying around my head. I was sure that I'm going to bad comments for my second observation. Guess what!!!! My supervisor loves my class! She likes the responses given by the class!!! 1 Budi! You made my world that day!!! I was happy to receive good and great comments. In fact, she mention that she likes 1 Budi! Bravo girls! Good job! I really miss entering your class. T.T

Chapter 9 - Observation with 2 Cita
I really can't thank my students enough! 2 Cita was observe twice by Puan Rahmah on observation 1 and literature observation. I was nervous with my observation as always, but thanks 2 Cita for your support and active responses. I love the energy that you guys show in class with or without observation from my supervisor or mentor. You all really allowed me to enjoy my teaching. I always have fun when I enter your class. Siti Fatimah; you never fail to bring a smile to my face with your lame jokes and Nik always comes to the rescue with the right answers when the whole class is lost. hahahah.... Zuliana always with her blur face but in fact she knows a lot a lot of information that is shared in BM with her friends. Ira and Sarah always sticking with each other like the chopstick sisters of 2 Cita..... lol.... I really miss you all!!!! <3 <3 <3

To be continue......

Teaching practical Part 2

Chapter 4 - Staff room

In the staff room, me and Jess was directed to sit at the far left end corner of the room. Next to me was Miss Shahirah... she teaches Bahasa Melayu..... I remember the first time I saw her... this is what she said " Hi! Guru practical? dari U mana? Ajar subjek apa?" I was... well a bit numb shock... cause I didn't expect to be asked so many question in a matter of seconds.... and yes... I have not been practicing my Bahasa Melayu for a very x 10 long time.... meaning my BM dah karat!! 

She is a very nice teacher, always giving advise to students no matter the students likes it or not... hahahah.... very alert and sharp... she knows everything that is happening in school especially on facebook!!! My experience with her was to teach her how to use blogspot and picasa to edit photos... to bad Jess and I was busy and couldn't really teach her much.... I had fun sitting next to her... Learned a lot of Malay songs too!! :) 

Chapter 5 - Readers Theater

I did Readers theater with 1 Budi. (Readers Theater is a dramatic presentation of a written work in a script form). The readers theaters that was presented by 1 Budi was The Hungry Caterpillar, The gifts of Wali Dad, The Enormous Nose, Turkey Trotten and The Magic Carpet. I had fun watching 1 Budi performing.... The smiles on their faces when they perform shows that they enjoyed the activity. Come to think of it, I miss hearing their laughter as I teach in class and the way they speak English... how they would miss use words that they learn and I would correct them.... When they mix English and Malay in a sentence... miss it.. really miss it... Yes, their English might not be perfect but you know what... that is the process of learning... people make mistakes and learn from it... take your mistake and make it your stepping stone and NOT your stumbling block...... 

Hahhaha... The Hungry Caterpillar... was requested by me to be perform on English Week.... I still remember the look on the groups face... Farhana! You were literally bagging me so that you don't need to perform on stage.... and guess who was one of the volunteer who joined coral speaking during my last week in SMK Puteri Wilayah. YOU! Yes you Farhana!! I was super happy to see you in coral speaking practice on Monday (27.09.10). That was a great step! Good decision! Keep up the good job!!!

Remember girls! Be active in schools activities! Do not be afraid of failure... school is where you learn... school provides a good environment for you to try new things.... when a mistakes is done.... forgiveness comes easily because everyone in school is learning.... The real world will not be so easy on you..... so gain experience in school... learn to be a leader, learn skills, and most important enjoy every lessons and activities your in... Having fun is a decision you make...    

Girls still remember how to play this??

Chapter 6 - Phantom of the Opera (Comic style)

Coming to think of it.... I think I enjoyed teaching Literature more than English. English is more rigid, Literature allows creativity to flow more.... and one of the way in class where I stirred 2 Cita's creative was to ask them to draw a comic version of Phantom of the Opera (Op-prah; not O-pe-rah) hahaha.... This was one of the major projects I did with 2 Cita... sad to say... We didn't managed to compile it into a book... well... lets just say some parts where not past up... but my fav was Jannah's and Hamizah's comic illustration of Phantom of the Opera... yes, I know they cut and paste... but it is nicely done... the rest of the groups also did very well.... thumbs up to all the group and thumbs down to those who didn't pass up... boo! 

I am quite impressed that you girls managed to come up with the drawings.... Fadia"s group! Good job for being the first to pass up... a pat on the back for you... :) Hopefully through this comic activity... you all now know the events that happen in each chapter better... :)

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Teaching practical Part 1

Phew! Just a blink of an eye and my teaching practice for 3 months at SMK Puteri Wilayah is over! Thank God  I survived this challenge..... Now when my students see me... they would say "Speak English!" hhahah.....

Chapter 1 - First step in SMK Puteri Wilayah

I still remember the first time I arrived at Kg Baru with my teaching partner Miss Jessica Yim Sau Theng ( Jess! You are an awesome partner... if ever I have the chance to select another partner I will surely pick you again! you have indeed been a great friend to go through the thick and thin in life!). 

Okay let's continue.... so we arrived at Kg Baru and guess what!!  We were so lost.... Well, all we had to guide us to the school was the map we printed out from Google map.... ahhaha...at last after walking blindly and in faith... Ta da!!! We found the school!!! Hooray!!!! 

The first thing that I was impressed with the school was with the cleanliness and the landscape of the school! It was beautiful! Too bad after enjoying the beauty of the school that I realized the school was having it's holiday... so we had to come the next day... Haiz.....

The next day, we arrive at school and met Puan Radiah (The principle), we were then introduced to the Penyelia Petang (afternoon class coordinator) Puan Norhayati. Puan Norhayati sorted out our classes timetable for us and we chat for a while asking questions and what was expected for us in the school. After that brief meeting we headed home and got ready for class on Monday..... jeng! jeng! jeng!

Chapter 2 - Observation on 1 Budi

On Monday (12.07.10) I had my first observation with my form 1 class. Oh ya! btw, SMK Puteri Wilayah is an all girls school. Okay! So I followed Miss Nurizan to class.... When I got into class... ahhaha well... I can feel that all 31 pairs of eyes was scanning me from the top of my hair to the end of my toes.... OMG!!! I just smiled but I feel nervous inside and at the same time excited to see all these new faces that are going to be a part of my life for the next three months...... after the students greeted me, I sat at the right hand corner of the class room where the reading corner was.... observing how Miss Nurizan control the class and trying to get the style of study and behavior of the students.... Too bad... I didn't get to observe much... class was quiet... too quiet for me in fact... cause I like noisy noisy noisy class!!!! I had to leave early to observe Puan Jasmeet class... so I went off during the second period of the class.... inside me... I was still puzzle and still trying to figure out how are 1 Budi girls... are they outspoken? timid? noisy? creative? do they like me? will they listen to me??? all these questions were circling my head like planets circling the sun..... My observation in 2 Jaya was also the same respond... 

Chapter 3 - First class with 2 Cita

2 Cita!!!! Now... my first experience with this class was totally opposite from 1 Budi (ya... 1 Budi become the ideal class that I liked in the end... active and NOISY!!! Hooray for noise...) Back to 2 Cita... My first class with them was on Wednesday (14.07.10).... it was curriculum day... so they were all in their uniforms... so I have some police in my class... red cross... youth cadet ... etc... awesome right?? What a variety... So I entered class... well... they have not meet me before and didn't know that I will be teaching them... so when I enter... all was looking at me surprise... Then the first person to speak....is Iwana... she said " Teacher, ajar kami Inggeris ye?" My reply was "Hmmm... speak English".... Iwana kept quiet and continue on her conversation with her friends.... My first lesson with 2 Cita was on recycling... at the end of the class they were required to produce some bookmark.... it was pretty the book marks that they made... too bad I didn't take pictures of the cute bookmarks.....

to be continue......