Teaching diary

Writing a teaching diary

Here are some general questions to get you started:

Lesson objectives

• Did the students understand whatwe did in the lesson?

• Was what we did too easy or too difficult?

• What problems did the students have (if any)?

• Was there a clear outcome for the students?

• What did they learn or practise inthe lesson? Was it useful for them?

Activities and materials

•What different materials and activities did we use?

• Did the materials and activities keep the students interested?

• Could I have done any parts of the lesson differently?

Students

• Were all the students on task (i.e. doing what they were supposed to be

doing)?

• If not, when was that and why did it happen?

• Which parts of the lesson did the students seem to enjoy most? And least?

• How much English did the students use?

Classroom management

• Did activities last the right length of time?

• Was the pace of the lesson right?

• Did I use whole class work, groupwork, pairwork or individual work?

• What did I use it for? Did it work?

• Did the students understand what to do in the lesson?

• Were my instructions clear?

• Did I provide opportunities for all the students to participate?

• Was I aware of how all of the students were progressing?

Overall

If I taught the lesson again, what would I do differently