This week went by so fast and was really great! Each week I feel more and more like the teacher. I was able to have a lot of time to teach lessons this week and I feel like I am improving each time in many aspects. My confidence level is reaching a comfortable level and I feel like I am able to control the class in ways that I wasn't able to before, such as getting them to be quiet before I begin teaching. I came up with a lesson plan that included verb charades and noun pictionary and I had a blast teaching and watching this lesson. I really enjoyed being able to include music, art, and kinestetics into a grammar lesson. I also feel like it was a good thing to bond with the class, because I was laughing right along with them. They are all great actors and artists :). I would really like to continue being creative and finding fun ways for the kids to learn! I truly do believe they learn better this way.
My weakness this week is making school (intern and 801/802 classes) my life. I am not really making the me time I need and I am beginning to struggle to find the time to do this as things become more demanding. I need to flat out schedule fun into my life I think, but not to a point where I get unfocused. I have always struggled with allowing school to become my life. I think its good that I am focused and driven, but I need to let up a little bit at times.
Something that would help me this week is taking some time and doing something completely unrelated to school and doing it somewhere away from my apartment. I think this will refresh me and allow me to not get so stressed out.
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