SWOT analysis

 

To what Extent did you meet the needs of the TIF?
– For my group’s (6) lesson, since one of the lessons that TIF staffs are teaching includes food, parts of the lesson can be changed / adapted to the current lesson they have. One of the main aspects of TIF’s lesson is students’ active engagement, and this can be done by including variety of engaging activities that require students to move. For example, our lesson included an adequate amount of engaging activities, such as matching card game where students had to move around and talk to other people. However, we did not exactly meet the needs of the TIF because we spent about 10 minutes teaching where students had to sit and listen, meaning that students can easily get bored/distracted.
– After the actual lesson that combined both group 5’s and 6’s lesson, TIF staffs identified possible opportunities based on the lesson, such as Simon says. I believe the activity Simon says is a great example of activities that are engaging and meaningful at the same time. Not only does it allow students to move around the area based on what the teacher says, but it also teaches an insightful lesson to the students that they can easily memorize through active movement. Additionally, this activity can be adapted in many different ways depending on the lesson since this game is not specific to a certain topic, but rather general. Adaption of “market” activity was also mentioned by the TIF staffs, saying that involvement of simple exercises (push-ups, sit-ups, and etc.) to buy something from the market instead of just taking it will make the activity more engaging and interesting.
– On the other hand, speaking of the assessment criteria, I do not believe that my group’s lesson exactly met the needs of the TIF. Unlike the lesson plan, the lesson did not exactly include the environmental issue, such as global warming and the impact of consuming packaged goods to the surrounding environment. The lesson enabled students to think critically about their daily food and nutrition, as well as collaborate with others to create a creative local dish, enhancing their critically thinking and collaboration skill. One of the unique parts of the lesson was that instead of providing a sheet of paper with the language chunks to the students, we included an activity that requires students to create a sentence with the flashcards, allowing them to actually learn the sentence by putting the flashcards into the correct order.