English: a secret

code to verbalize
feelings
I. E. Almirante Miguel Grau Seminario
Ugel Ilo- GREMO
 My context
● This webinar is aimed to teachers who started the 2020 school year with many projects to be
carried out or to continue the ones that were successful.
01. 02.
Challenged
Challenge accepted
New scenario: Remote Ask for help
teaching Adapt our projects

03. 04.
Aprendo en casa We can do it!
Can we pull these projects Prioritize projects
off?
 COVID 19
Challenge

● Students socio-emotional needs

● Teachers struggling to educate

students
As an English team we decided to:

Journal V Song Festival

Free writing “Your voice is stronger

Adaptation needed than your fists”
Before the lockdown, this is how we
worked:
Students replied each other´s entries
Before the lockdown, this is how we
worked:
Students replied each other´s entries
 Writing a
journal 2.0
Set the scene:
Set the scene:
Set the scene:
 Journaling and free writing

Set the scene

Read and watch the video

● Depending on the students writing prompts are given

● Students write once a week.

● There is no writing correction the aim is measure students’ feelings and

emotion due to the current situation .
Students named their diaries
Other students didn’t name their journal
Cathartic effect
Happiness, honesty
Aprendo en casa – free writing
Templates “Aprendo en casa”
Writing prompts
Socio-emotional thermometer
Writing process
 Free writing and journaling
A socio-emotional thermometer and our students a way to express
or register what are they going through.

1. socio-emotional thermometer

2. Students express or register what they

2.
are going through.

3. Recognize emotions 3.

4. Creativity 4.
 A successful
experience?
● Maybe, so far only signs.

● Exploring will give us evidence

 Questions to explore

What do the Why do I think free

students think of writing help students What do my
writing a verbalize their colleagues think
journal? feelings? of free writing?
Questionnaire Students’ task Informal conversation
performance
 Informal conversation
Help students express their feelings

Students like because it promotes creativity

Reflect about the teaching practice

Motivates students to write.

It´s not restricted.

Ss miss the interaction.

It allows her notice the ss needs in terms of
wrting , but know her ss more .
Questionaire
Help them improve their writing skills, use of dictionary and promotes
self-correction. They said they can apply what their former teachers
taught them.
They can express their their feeling, daily live
A few said its difficult their English level and suggest other activities .
they said they are afraid of confusing
.
The majority of students said writing their journal help
them verbalize, express what they are going through.
11 students out of 30 said it helps improve their writing
skills.
A few students said she felt tired and bad another
student said that it is just another thing to do,
One said he prefered learning English with dialogues.
Help them improve their writing skills, use of dictionary and promotes self-correction. They
said they can apply what their former teachers taught them.
They can express their their feeling, daily live
A few said its difficult their English level and suggest other activities . they said they are afraid
of confusing
 Findings

• The majority of students like writing a journal they find it useful to express
their feelings and improves their writing.

• Identifying students feelings allow teachers to reflect on their practice and

provide more support or being more flexible

• However, there are students who feel anxious due to the current situation
and their low English level and a few others
There is more
yet to come ;)
This is just
the beginning
When writing…

Can we?
 THAN
KS
angelaenilo@gmail.com
https://www.facebook.com/AmiranteMiguelGrauSeminarioSchool

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 References

● https://www.journalbuddies.com/journaling-resources/pandemic-journal-prompts
● https://www.facebook.com/AmiranteMiguelGrauSeminarioSchool

● https://www.therapistaid.com/therapy-worksheets

● https://www.freedomwithwriting.com/freedom/
● https://www.youtube.com/user/cristiandiazbasualto