So. This is it. This is the end. Okay, no. That is just me being dramatic. Okay, move on, shall we?
This time, this entry is dedicated for my mentor because he deserves a place in this blog somewhere. Somewhere as in here. This was the time when I was observing my mentor teaching grade 8 and 9 junior high school.
This was when he was teaching in grade 8.
This was when he was teaching in grade 9.
The lesson in grade 9 was about genres in poetry such as, epic, tragedy, etc., if I am not mistaken... We were informed to attend his classes by this schedule. Pardon the rain drops, it was pouring down and the paper was the victim.
Suffice to say my mentor's teaching method was up to my liking. How he taught, it was very easy for students to understand what he was saying in front of the class. Teaching appeared to be easy as you watched him. Take a note, because this was how to attract students' attention from what I had learnt.
As you teach students, you have to make the students realize that the material is related to their daily life. Sure, in teaching there are some things students have to remember. However, in teaching literature, students cannot simply just remember what they have read. They cannot just remember what they have been learnt. Students have to understand what is the meaning behind the literary piece.
How many of English material you remember after you read it than the material that you use in life?
Mentor's approach in teaching literature is how to relate students' emotions through literary piece. A lesson will give a bigger impact when students understand the condition of the material. How Grendel's mother was not a villain, simply because she avenged her son. How King Arthur was loved not because of his title, but because what he had done for kingdom. How it was very human when they were being greedy over things they want. Students will learn better when teacher gives them a new perspective to see.
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