To be honest, this is my first time teaching at the junior high school level, before I had practiced teaching in my country in Indonesia but only was instructed to observe the school. I used to only teach elementary school children. Even so, I can deal with it. The difference here is only grade, although for the first time teaching in junior high school I can condition the class so that it is conducive because I am used to children who are super active when I teach in elementary school so I am used to it.
Procedures of teaching
On my first day of teaching, I teach about the narrative text about a story the hands of blacks.according to teaching procedures that are good and right, before teaching I have to prepare a lesson plan that has been corrected with my mentor and I have done that then I have also prepared my teaching materials apart from the textbook or modules namely cartolina paper, LCD projector and etc. I started the class by checking the presence first and then asking students if there were assignments, then asking again about the material we learned last week after that I told them about what we were going to learn that day which is “The hands of the blacks “. in this material I ask one of the students to read the story in the module book they already have, to make other students listen to the students who read me instructing other students to pay attention later I will show one of them to continue reading and with that, they also focus on reading and listening to their friends who read the story, after reading they will look for difficult vocabulary words
after reading the students must have questions about new vocabulary for them when they read the story earlier, to solve this problem I have prepared the difficult vocabulary words on a cartolina paper, and also prepared means that I told some students who want voluntary to come forward to search vocabulary is difficult for them and stick it on the board and its meaning.so not only read and listen to the teacher, but they can also be active in class and can better understand the vocabulary and quickly understand the vocabulary . after searching and knowing the vocabulary that is difficult for us to proceed to the discussion session, in this section I gave them an oral and figurative question that is still related to the lesson they had earned earlier and explained the purpose of the lesson. after that, I always give a quiz or assessment to my students, why? because it can help me know whether my students have understood the material that I provide or not, and can also reflect on the lesson. and at the end, I didn’t forget to give them homework or assignments so they have activities at home and also study at home with their parents or with their friends.
Time management and organizing activities
one subject only takes 60 minutes, usually, I spend 15 minutes, in the beginning, to ask about checking the attendance and greeting.
15 minutes later I usually immediately give out or display material that I will teach reading, display PowerPoint presentations, play videos, and so on
The next 15 minutes I ask students my students with oral questions and figurative questions
The final 15 minutes to instruct students to work on the quiz and in the final minutes give assignments to the students.
Problem-solving
when I teach Philippines history or culture in the Philippines i am very troubled here why because I am not from the Philippines but at that time my students also do not understand at a time like I was a little panicked at first but I try to divert the distress by saving questions which I cannot answer and I will answer in the next meeting, or can I explain questions that are difficult to understand in a cultural and historical perspective that may be somewhat similar in Indonesia so that I can easily explain them and they understand my explanations, and thankfully they can understand it well.
Classroom management
What do I do when there are students who are busy chatting with their peers ? or sleeping while you explain the learning material?
the answer is I will reprimand students who do not pay attention to me because in my opinion people who pay attention to it do not necessarily understand but do not pay attention,
the same as sleeping when explaining but I respect students who sleep more because maybe he agrees, even though sleep also he does not support teaching and learning activities at least I just wake up and pay attention again.
what if I teach too fast and still have time?
Usually, I give stories or knowledge of the similarities and differences between the Philippines and Indonesia or the history / cultural customs that exist in Indonesia. and sometimes I also give motivations to my students.
Andi Abdurrahman M 