Flexibility in Education Planning

After a three-hour celebration for the student’s day, the thirty-six sweaty and overexcited students rushed into the classroom and refused to sit down. A chill ran down my spine when my practicum teacher crossed the threshold and sat at the back of classroom. Analysing the situation, I realised that I had to adjust my lesson plan.  I focused on the goals for the lesson revising food items and describing them, and decided to make a big circle on the waxed hardwood floor. The whole lesson took place there.  Using a soft and sweet tone of voice with some background music, we sang together and finally, a suitable atmosphere for the lesson was created. Hands were raised up with enthusiasm to participate in the description of food items. The student sang along, mimed, and danced the Apples and Bananas song. Students were deeply connected with the lesson until a man with a Spiderman disguise came into the classroom, carrying colourful bags full of sweets for students. He delivered them and Mrs Lloberas, my practicum teacher, gazed at me. Immediately, I asked the students, “What flavours do you have?” “Do you like them all?”. Then, we classified the sweets according to their characteristics and they voted the most and least delicious of them. The bell rang, my teacher approached me, patted me on my shoulder and told me “Excellent darling! You could survive after all”.