AMIDST CHAOS

Description of the week Owing to the Christmas celebrations and examination, there were no regular classes during the week. As a result, we were not able to cover any curricular components during the week. On December 11, it was a regular working day till 2 p. m. There were Christmas programs in the school auditorium. We also celebrated Christmas by exchanging gifts with the internship trainees from St. Thomas Training College. The real joy of Christmas was truly felt when we exchanged gifts. On December 12, we got a holiday owing to the study leave for Christmas examination. From December 13 to December 15, there was no regular classes. Arrangements were adequately made in the school for the Christmas celebration. The exam halls were allotted to students a week before itself and it avoided the chaotic situation usually seen during exams. We were allotted discipline duty which was to be carried out just after exams.  I and Swathy were given the ground floor of the Library Bloc...

      The fourth week was well spent. Each and every moment at school was utilized fully. Ø Coverage of Curricular Components:  I was able to complete nine lesson plans. It includes: 1. Defects of Eye and Eye donation- Refraction of Light- IX. J 2. Ammonia- Laboratory Preparation- Compounds of Non-Metals- IX. F1 3. Ammonia- Industrial Preparation- Compounds of Non-Metals - IX. F1 4. Identification of Ammonia Salt- Compounds of Non-Metals- IX. F1 5. Sulphuric Acid- Industrial Preparation- Compounds of Non-Metals- IX. F1 6. Introduction to Current Electricity- Current Electricity- IX. J 7. Electromotive Force- Current Electricity - IX. J 8. Properties of Sulphuric Acid- Compounds of Non-Metals- IX. F1 9. Problems Based on Lens- Refraction of Light- IX.J Ø Participation/ Leadership in Co-Scholastic Activities:         I got an opportunity to evaluate the entries of short story competition which provided me with an ...

School:                   St. Mary's HSS Dates of practice:                    November 27 to December 1 Description of the week Week 3 comprised of only three regular working days. The collector declared holiday in the afternoon session on Thursday, November 30 due to heavy rainfall that occurred as an impact of the very severe tropical cyclonic storm, Ockhi. December 1, Friday was also declared as a holiday due to the same reason. I was able to complete two lesson plans during the week. It includes 1.      Power of lens and Hypermetropia: Refraction of light- Class IX. J 2.      Salts- Chemical formula and Uses of Salt: Acid, Alkalies and Salts- Class IX. F1      Self-Reflection: I could convey the content to the students in an effective manner. The videos I showed during the classes were particularly interesting ...

Ø School:          St. Mary’s HSS, Pattom Ø Dates of Practice:                From November 20 to November 24, 2017 Ø Coverage of Curricular Components:   I was able to complete five lesson plans in this week. The lesson plans are as follows:  1. Magnification: Refraction of Light - Class IX.J  2. Eye and Vision: Refraction of Light - Class IX.J   3. Neutralization Reaction: Acids, Alkalies and Salts - IX.F1  4. pH scale - Acids, Alkalies and Salt - Class IX. F1  5. Salts- Cations and Anions: Acids, Alkalies and Salts - Class IX.F1 Ø Progress of other practicals during the week: Innovative teaching aids were constructed to make the teaching – learning process more effective. Review of various literature for my project was carried out. Ø Areas that require further improvement:                  ...

 Internship Practice  Week 1 As a part of B.Ed course, we were assigned different schools for the internship phase. The internship phase started on November 13, 2017, Monday. The school allotted to me was St. Mary's Higher Secondary School, Pattom. During this phase, we have to take thirty lesson plans including Physical Education and Health Education, collect data for our project, conduct achievement test and diagnostic test, etc. We were given clear instructions regarding our activities in school including the expected dates in which we have to complete our works. I was assigned class IX.J to take Physics under the guidance of Mini Mathew teacher and class IX.F1 to teach Chemistry under the guidance of Preetha V R teacher.  I got one period in class IX.F1 during the first week. I took the lesson "The Common Components of Alkali" during the fourth period on November 13. The Revenue District School Science Fair and Vocational Expo were conducted at St. Mary'...