For my simulated teaching two weeks ago, I chose the play “the bear” by Anton Chekhov to teach in class. This play is about Smirnov, who gave debt to Popova’s husband, wants to claim the money back and goes to Popova’s house. Meanwhile, Popova, who was widowed, don’t want to meet anyone but she had to face Smirnov as he was persistent to meet her. Popova could not pay Smirnov as she was out of funds at that particular day. A conflict exploded between the two of them and gradually Smirnov got attracted to Popova.
In the end of the play, Popova calls Smirnov “a bear” because he is like a bear; comes in and shakes her life totally. I stressed on “the bear” which was used to describe Smirnov is what I concentrated on teaching.
I started my lesson by showing pictures of a man and a bear and I asked the students to tell me the similarities and differences between the man and the bear. For my pre-reading stage, i asked 2 of the students to read the extract aloud. When their friends are reading, the other students have to highlight the lines that show Smirnov’s character. They have to list down the lines and give one word that represents the line.
For my while reading, I asked the students to fill in the chart given with the similarities and differences between Smirnov and a bear. Upon completing this exercise, students have to write an essay on why Popova called Smirnov a bear and the reason for it. They have to refer to the previous exercise to do this one.
I felt that my students (course mates) did enjoy the lesson as I was the only one who chooses to do this play. Although my friends didn’t have prior knowledge of the play, they still get to help me out to react and move my lesson. By teaching a play that is unfamiliar to everyone, I got to know the real feedback of my set induction. Now I know how my real students will react when I do set induction in real classroom. This was a new and unique experience that not everyone in class has gone through. I guess I had the advantage together with few other friends of mine who picked to teach plays that the others are not familiar with.
In the end of the play, Popova calls Smirnov “a bear” because he is like a bear; comes in and shakes her life totally. I stressed on “the bear” which was used to describe Smirnov is what I concentrated on teaching.
I started my lesson by showing pictures of a man and a bear and I asked the students to tell me the similarities and differences between the man and the bear. For my pre-reading stage, i asked 2 of the students to read the extract aloud. When their friends are reading, the other students have to highlight the lines that show Smirnov’s character. They have to list down the lines and give one word that represents the line.
For my while reading, I asked the students to fill in the chart given with the similarities and differences between Smirnov and a bear. Upon completing this exercise, students have to write an essay on why Popova called Smirnov a bear and the reason for it. They have to refer to the previous exercise to do this one.
I felt that my students (course mates) did enjoy the lesson as I was the only one who chooses to do this play. Although my friends didn’t have prior knowledge of the play, they still get to help me out to react and move my lesson. By teaching a play that is unfamiliar to everyone, I got to know the real feedback of my set induction. Now I know how my real students will react when I do set induction in real classroom. This was a new and unique experience that not everyone in class has gone through. I guess I had the advantage together with few other friends of mine who picked to teach plays that the others are not familiar with.
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