JOURNALWeek 10

It had been two month where I have gone through my third phase of practicum.

Honestly, I was happy and grateful for having my year 4 Terbilang for the third phase of

practicum. In term of behaviour, I would say that they were behaving really well for the past

one month. I managed to control the class effectively compared to the previous practicum

session.

Problem

For the 10 week, I discovered that the pupils were still having a difficulty in using the

punctuation correctly. Some of the punctuations are capital letters, full stop, comma and

exclamation mark.

Analysis

Some of the pupils even use capital letters in the middle of the sentences. Besides

that, when looking at their homework and worksheets done in the classroom, I found that

the pupils always forgot to put full stop at the end of the sentences. I need to ring a bell and

tell them to do it in every lesson in order to remind them to put full stop at the end of the

sentences.

Suggestion for improvement

In order to solve the problem, I used one hour lesson in order to brush up their

memory. In the lesson, I only focus on four punctuations which are capital letters, full stop,

comma and exclamation mark. While teaching the pupils, I discovered that they were well

known with the functions of the punctuation. However, they were having a difficulty to use

it correctly when it comes to practice. Thus, I thought them a punctuation song in order to

make them remember and aware of when to use and put the punctuation in sentences.

Then, I also gave them some worksheets to complete in order to let them practice it and get

used to it.

Time duration

I take one hour lesson in order to help the pupils to improve their ability in using the

punctuation correctly. I have done the intervention on 17th of February 2014 at 12.15 PM to

1.15 PM.

Further action

If the pupils were still having the problem in using the punctuation correctly, I plan to

produce flashcards and paste it in their classroom with a hope that that will look at it every

day. By looking at it every day in the class, I wish that it can be a reminder for them to use it

correctly.

JOURNALWeek 11

The eleventh week was an examination week for standard 5 and 6 pupils. In the fifth

week, I only taught my pupils twice as I was in charge to monitor the pupils that sit for the

examination. For the three days, I have changed my timetable with the English head of

panel since she was not in a good shape and has a difficulty to climb the stairs to the class.

Problem

The problem that I encountered for this week was my disability to start my proposal for

action research.

Analysis

Since, it has been about 3 month in the school; I should already have my research topic and

research participants. However, I was still in the air losing my mind on which area or

problem to be chosen for my proposal.

Suggestion for improvement

In order to get some ideas, I met the English head of panel and asked for her opinion

regarding the problem. Since she has been taking my class for three days, she suggested

that I should try to solve the pupils’ problems in writing sentences. In order to help the

pupils to improve their writing skills, she suggested that I should teach the pupils on how to

write present continuous sentences since it would be less confusing for the pupils to write.

In fact, it can help the pupils to write narrative writing in the future.

Time duration

I met the Head of English Panel on the last day of the week which was on 27 th of February

2014 at noon.

Further action

In order to teach the pupils on how to write present continuous sentences, I did some

readings on how to teach the structure of a sentence. Based on my reading, I found that

there were some articles suggesting teacher to use coulour code in order to teach the

structure of a sentence. Therefore, I plan to teach my pupils on how to write present

continuous sentences in next week’s lesson. Then, from the lesson, I can find my research

participants who may have problems in writing the sentences.