Second week of PACE. Unlike last week, I wasn't that excited anymore. The thought of the boring and draggy English lesson killed my excitement. But one thing I'm looking forward to was the activity planned by my friends.
So, the English lesson wasn't as bad as last week. The tutor tried to speed up and of course, I tried to make my mentee proceed slower by asking him some questions. I managed to get his feedback on the activities Joy and I carried out last week. According to my mentee, he quite enjoyed the activities carried out last week and I'm glad to know that.
The team leading this week was a little uncoordinated. The crowd was quite hard to control and only a person was trying to control the situation and the other members didn't help much. Compared to Joy and I, I think we did better than them. The reason I'm comparing is to reflect on how did we perform and what are the rooms of improvement that I can learned from them.
The first game was about guessing the word through actions. It was a warm up game and it meant to be competitive. However, may be the instruction wasn't clear enough, the competing spirit wasn't there. Anyway, it was fun. One of the boy was so sporting and cooperative and creative. When he was asked to put the word "cute" into action, he surprised me by pointing a finger on his one sided pouched cheek. He managed to put us into laughter. I like his spirit. Last week, during the action game, I told him, instead of alternate between five words, just to say one. He surprised me by alternating between two to three words. Bravo to him! I shall note down to get him something by the end of the programme.
The second game was to build the highest building using newspaper. Fun enough. The first time I played it was using spaghetti. I was told that time that one's characteristic and personality can be seen during the game. The team leader told me that his aim of the game is to let the boys know that a strong base will bring you far. However, I think he did not manage to let them know his objective. It could be due to time constraint and the out of controlled situation, also time control. Reflect to my team's time management, I think we did not do any better than them. So, I shall improve on my time management.
So, that's basically sums up my second day with the boys. Looking forward to the activities next week!
So, the English lesson wasn't as bad as last week. The tutor tried to speed up and of course, I tried to make my mentee proceed slower by asking him some questions. I managed to get his feedback on the activities Joy and I carried out last week. According to my mentee, he quite enjoyed the activities carried out last week and I'm glad to know that.
The team leading this week was a little uncoordinated. The crowd was quite hard to control and only a person was trying to control the situation and the other members didn't help much. Compared to Joy and I, I think we did better than them. The reason I'm comparing is to reflect on how did we perform and what are the rooms of improvement that I can learned from them.
The first game was about guessing the word through actions. It was a warm up game and it meant to be competitive. However, may be the instruction wasn't clear enough, the competing spirit wasn't there. Anyway, it was fun. One of the boy was so sporting and cooperative and creative. When he was asked to put the word "cute" into action, he surprised me by pointing a finger on his one sided pouched cheek. He managed to put us into laughter. I like his spirit. Last week, during the action game, I told him, instead of alternate between five words, just to say one. He surprised me by alternating between two to three words. Bravo to him! I shall note down to get him something by the end of the programme.
The second game was to build the highest building using newspaper. Fun enough. The first time I played it was using spaghetti. I was told that time that one's characteristic and personality can be seen during the game. The team leader told me that his aim of the game is to let the boys know that a strong base will bring you far. However, I think he did not manage to let them know his objective. It could be due to time constraint and the out of controlled situation, also time control. Reflect to my team's time management, I think we did not do any better than them. So, I shall improve on my time management.
So, that's basically sums up my second day with the boys. Looking forward to the activities next week!
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