Warm-up activity is appealing and interesting, so that each group of us wants to anwer the questions and get scores eagerly. They used pictures and vocabulary to lead us into the main topic: reading. I think the article, General MacArthur’s Prayer For His Son, wasn’t too long for us to read, but variation will help students keep on attention. And, I saw Tiffany had many interactions with students because she asked students questions during explaining the passages and praised them when they have good performance. Moreover, in order to give more details to students, Tiffany wrote down synonyms and variation of part of speech to them on blackboard. After understanding the article, it’s time for information hunting. It’s a good idea to broadcast background music during activity, and students can be easy to get into what we are going to do and I believe they will quite enjoy such an atmosphere. By the way, I like the music very much! However, I can see group 5 must prepare the information hunting so hard and for a long time, but the worksheet seemed a little difficult for us to complete it in time due to our short memory and the length of the answer. Speaking of the game, I can not help but talk about our unfortunate fate to be the loser. Because we can’t find out the 12th hint in the end of game, but we discovered it after “being punished.” So, what I can say is it’s not our day!
Actually, this game is a modified one. At first, we just leave one-word blank, but we made it more difficult after pondering. This challenging game maybe frustrates students, doesn’t it? I’m very glad to see you enjoying the song so much. That’s really a exciting melody to make you involve in the game.
Oh, you’re so thoughtful and hardworking; unfortunately, most of us couldn’t get up to your expectation at last. But, don’t worry too much! Your modified worksheet is still well-designed and workable, just not for our short-memory guys. ^_^
As I commented in the end of the class, while we invite students to take part in group activities, a careful design and clear instructions are needed. If we fail to plan, we plan to fail. The 4R game that Group 5 presented is fun and meaningful except for time management and clear guidance. I think we all learn from the experiences, don’t we?