Teens aL.I.V.E. @ An-Nahdhah

of goals and purposes

i had to teach teens year 1 on goals and purposes. and as per usual, to teach one of the year 1 class, required me to have umpteenth replay of how i'm going to teach them. and countless times of checking up the trainers' guide, trying to get some ilham. hahha

so in need of catching their attention, i do get the ilham. it was to straight away open up with a story as soon as they get to their seat, the aim is to get their attention before they even got time to think. well, i think we did. i mean. they did give their attention. at my loudest, i told them of this:

of how a young man who wanted to travel to study, leaving his old mother, and how a mother's prayer was answered by God. to cut short (however, i believe most of us know of this teladan story~) the young man was framed of stealing, got both his legs and hands cut off, also blinded. a retribution for him for not listening to his mother's cries..

the story went well... but what i didn't manage to do was....to relate the story back to our lesson: on goals and purposes. i knew there was some gap between me finishing the story and starting up on the lesson. but i didn't realise it then.

only after doing some reflections did i notice. i can always relate back how the young man has a goal to achieve, however, he also has a purpose to fulfil!! i missed out on that!!

still, it's a learning process for learningteens as well as their trainer. and i have to say, other than preparing yourself for the class, it's always wise to reflect back on our teaching. so we will not do the same mistakes again in the next class.

it's how i realise my students needed precise instructions. sometimes we forgot that they need guidance and proper guidelines. so i give them that.

and for teens year 1, always say, "listen to my instructions, my dears" i see that always work with them~

posted by learningteens @ 6:24 AM