A Nervous Week

Day 15. Monday, January 28, 2019.

Back to Monday again. We always start with the flag ceremony. But today we did not attend it until it was finished because we had to left immediately to school. Today I am very nervous because this is the first day I will teach. my class starts at 7.30 a.m. while I am still on the way at that time. Sir Boyet could not accompany me to teach today because he attended the seminar. Instead, he asked ma'am Nakamura to accompany and observing me when I was teaching. First, I taught 7th grade Dalton. I continue the next chapter, which is about waves. I use powerpoint as my learning media.

I taught according to what I have written in the lesson plan. Began with greetings until asked about what they learned in the last meeting. Actually, I want to use kahoot as a learning media so that it can attract the attention of students, but as sir Boyet said that in this school students are not allow to using the telephone during lessons, as well as the internet connection here is very bad. Finally, I chose powerpoint as my learning media. I show a video as a brainstorm. My material that day was about how waves can be generated and propagated. I explained a little about this material and showed an example of those waves. In the application section, I made a game like a puzzle. I asked students to make 4 groups and then I gave envelopes to them which insides answers and i show the questions on the slide. They must paste the answers on the board. Who is the fastest and answers correctly, that group is the winner. I gave a prize to the first winner as my appreciation for their work. They are very enthusiastic to participate in this game.  

After gave the prize for the winner I asked a few questions related to the material I had taught as a form of review. In the evaluation section, I told students to work on some of the questions that I displayed on the slide, this was intended to test their understanding. I did not give assignments to them, I just told them to study the material we will discuss in the next meeting. The same thing I did also in class after that, 7th grade Newton.

After I finished to teach, Ma'am Nakamura gave me some suggestions to improve my teaching skills at the next meeting. After that, I and my buddy went to the canteen to take lunch.

Day 16. Tuesday, January 29, 2019.

Today is the second day I teach. Not too nervous like yesterday, because today nobody observed me like yesterday. Today, ma'am Nakamura has a class and Sir Boyet are still attending the seminar. I taught 7th grade Dalton at 7:30 a.m. In this second meeting, I still use the same media, powerpoint. My material is about what are the types of waves. I present many animations about waves to make students easier to understand the type of waves. Finished explaining I gave games quiz again as a form of application. This time the game quiz is in the form of a crossword puzzle. I made a crossword puzzle and displayed the question on the slide. The type of this game is individual, anyone can answer as much as possible. I gave gifts to each student who answers with the correct answers and again they are very enthusiastic.

After playing, I gave the students some questions as a review based on what has been learned today. And as an evaluation, I gave a short question about this material. I gave them assignments to draw a picture of a transverse and longitudinal wave along with the characteristics.

I gave the same treatment in 7th grade Newton but they were more enthusiastic than Dalton.

Day 17. Wednesday, January 30, 2019.

Today I feel nervous again. This is the third day I will be teach and sir Boyet will observe me today. Even though I have prepared everything well but I still nervous. Today I continue to the next topic but still in the same chapter that is about what are the properties of waves. I still used powerpoint as my learning media. I displayed animated images in it. In the application section, I told students to make 6 groups then asked them to draw the shape of the properties of waves. In the middle of activities, sir Boyet told that all students must gather in the auditorium because today there was a seminar about Anti Illegal Drug Summit. They present special guests at the event, he is the former Chief of the Philippine National Police who served from 2016 to 2019. He is Ronald Marapon dela Rosa or more famously known as Bato dela Rosa. I can't finish my class today because they have to gather. Therefore sir Boyet told me that the activities in the application step is used as an assignment and they must collect it tomorrow. I do not forget to inform the two classes (Dalton and Newton) that tomorrow there will be an evaluation of the chapter that we have finished discussing, it's about waves.

After I finished teaching, I attended the seminar in the auditorium and it was a good fortune that I could take a picture with Bato dela Rosa.

After the event, we decided to go back to the hostel, take a rest and prepare everything to teach tomorrow.

Day 18. Thursday, January 31, 2019.

As I have told in the last meeting that today there will be an evaluation of the chapter we have discussed, it's about waves. I have 20 questions in this evaluation. 10 questions in the form of identifications and 10 questions in the form of matching types. In the identification types, I make a statement and then the student must identify the correct answer from the statement. While in the matching type, I write the statement and also the answer beside the statement but I make it random. Students just need to match the exact answer to the statement.

Today I did not explain the material, I only gave evaluations to Dalton and Newton class. But I gave a review before giving an evaluation to students. I asked them some questions about the chapter of waves, it turned out they could answer all my questions smoothly. After 15 minutes of review, I shared the evaluation paper and gave students 30 minutes to solve the questions that I had shared. After finished, they collecting it and then I gave it back randomly to corrected their answers. After finished, I asked the students to give back the paper to me. I closed the lesson and met Sir Boyet in his office to give him the evaluation paper.

Today is January 31. This day is the birthday of  Janu, one of my friends from Solo. The teachers have prepared a surprise for him in the principal's room. Me and all my friend waiting for Janu at there.  Around 9 o'clock we celebrated his birthday with Laboratory High School's teachers, after that we ate together. While waiting for my friends who were still teaching, ma'am Sonia invited me, Dada, and some buddies to buy a jacket because tomorrow we will go to Baguio, one of the cold places in the Philippines. When we finished buying our jackets, we back to the principal's office to wait for some of our friends. After that, we back to the hostel to Lunch and rest.

In the evening, Janu got another surprise from the people who worked at the hostel where we lived. They gave a surprise not only for Janu but also for Dada, because of Dada's birthday on February 11, and at that time we had back to Indonesia.

They gave me, Dada, and Mutia a doll. We are very happy because they are all so nice and warm. After this surprise, we had dinner together. This long day was closed by manicure, pedicure, and massage by several students brought by Ma'am Sonia. Maraming Salamat :)

Day 19. Friday, February 01, 2019.

After being busy with the lesson plan every day, finally today we had a little refreshing before our final demo on Monday. Today we went to an excursion at the Baguio, one of the vacation places in the highlands. The temperature there is around 17 degrees Celsius. We went to the Baguio with ma'am Ange, ma'am Theresa, and ma'am Jane. They picked us up at the hostel at 4 a.m.

The first time we saw a drum band along the Harrison road. We stopped about 30 minutes to saw the show. After that, we went to Burnham Park. We walked around to saw the scenery and didn't forget to take pictures.

We also tried to ride bicycles around the park. After more than an hour, we decided to continue the trip to Mines View Park. There, we saw the scenery from the top of the hill, we tried traditional Filipino clothes and then we took pictures together. After being satisfied with taking pictures, we hunt for souvenirs there. We buy various kinds of souvenirs such as key chains, fridge magnets, t-shirts, and miniature jeepney.

After shopping, we continued the journey to the last destination, The Mansion. There, we just took pictures for a while then went to Jollibee for lunch. After finishing lunch we back to Cabanatuan city. At 7 p.m. we just arrived at the hostel because of the traffic jam. We take a shower, have dinner then rest.

Day 20. Saturday, February 02, 2019.

Today we have no activity. We are only preparing for our final demo. Working on lesson plans and making learning media. In the afternoon we went to the SM mall to bought some items. We also bought a lot of chocolate for us to bring back to Indonesia as souvenirs. After going from the supermarket we went to the national book store to bought some items that we will use for our final demo. After we got all we need, we go back to the hostel.

Day 21. Sunday, February 03, 2019.

We are still continuing to make learning media for our final demo. Today ma'am Sonia and ma'am Jemma came to the hostel and cooked us a lot of food. Rice and all side dishes like fish, scallops, and salted egg are placed on banana leaves and we eat together.

After I finished eating, I continued my work, which was to improve my lesson plan. In the afternoon ma'am Sonia and ma'am Jemma bought us spicy halo-halo. Halo-halo is a Filipino dessert but this one is sprinkled with chili powder and put red chili on it.