Today was off to a bad start: I woke up feeling groggy from a cold or a flu and spilt water all over my drawer trying to take some medicine; The class I recorded was a complete disaster: Because of my low spirits or whatever misfortune, the class wasn't focused except for two students and I have it all on video. Yikes! I hope no one but I get to see this...
I'm cheating a bit because I just had lunch instead of writing my journal right after the class. If I am late for lunch then the other teachers always finish the good food, so I have to eat first.Teaching the lower level is always hard. Most of the students are not interested in English; and because they're not interested in English, they're not good at it. Students showed lukewarm attitudes while reviewing last week's lesson. They were barely engaged while playing jeopardy. I totally lost one group... Group 5 seems to be a problem in every class. It's the bad students' clubhouse. I rotate the first graders' seats, but I can't with the third graders because it's a mixed class. I think the main reason for the lack of interest was my condition. I probably look like a zombie so I can't lead or manage them well. I really can't think right now on what went wrong and how to improve on it. I have open class next. Yikes! This is really not the right time to be getting sick. I am just going to go home and rest...