MOHAMAD IZZAT AMIR

Prose Non-Fiction - My Experience

School based experienced (SBE) is a must for a teacher trainee. In order for them to become a full-fledged teacher, they must undergo a programme called school based experienced where they will have to observe how does a teacher teach in a classroom. Farid, Shahrul and I went to SK Padang Mokan for our SBE. In this article, I will discuss how our mentor teaches in her classroom by using the library as a method of teaching and how we manage ourselves in relieving a class during our SBE.

During our SBE, we have looked for a mentor for us to observe. Our mentor, Madam Haslina, is an English teacher who teaches year 4 pupils. During our observation, she brought her pupils to the library for her English lesson. She told her pupils to sit in a semi-circle at the back of the library as it is spacious enough for her to teach. She then begins her lesson by introducing the pupils with a big storybook. She began to narrate the story which is about the Little Red Riding Hood. She showed the book towards the pupils as she narrates the story so the pupils will be able to see the pictures clearly. At the end of her storytelling, she began to ask questions to the pupils such as if the Woodcutter did not come to rescue Little Red Riding Hood and her grandmother what would happen to them and so on.

In my opinion, Madam Haslina had done a good job of teaching her pupils about storytelling. She was able to expose her pupils on how does storytelling goes and in the future will be able to ask her pupils to narrate the story instead of herself.

Apart from observing our mentor, we were tasked to relief a class which is 3 Firus. We took the pupils from 3 Firus to the library as we were trying to copy what Madam Haslina did during our observation. Instead of teaching English, we were helping them with their Mathematics exercise as the period is Mathematics. We took the pupils to the back of the library and ask them to sit in a semi-circle too. I took the initiative to help them with their exercise by borrowing one of the pupil’s exercise book to look at the exercise and then give back the book to the pupil. As the exercise is not that hard for me to understand, I was able to help the pupils with their exercise by teaching them how to do the calculation. I felt happy to teach them Mathematics instead of English because as I future teacher I should be able to teach pupils with any kind of subjects in school.

As for my friends Farid and Shahrul, both of them help me to supervise the pupils by following what I had instructed them to do. Both of them agree to follow with what I had discussed with them as my focus is to help the pupils with their Mathematics exercise.

In conclusion, SBE is a fun and exciting programme for the teacher trainee where they have the opportunity to see how the teachers at the school teach. The teacher trainee can also take the initiative to relief a class so they can gain experience and have a taste of how does a teacher feel when teaching a in real classroom experience.

Prose Fiction - The School

            I wake up. It’s already 6AM and the date is the 24^th of March. Today is the day I have to go to a school with my friends for our School-Based Experience. First thing first, shower! Brushing, rubbing, sneezing and cold. Without a moment to lose I quickly iron my shirt and my pant after I get out from the shower. “6:45AM, guess I still have time for breakfast”. My breakfast usually just made out of bread and jam which I am happy to eat it every morning. After I say goodbye to my mum, dad and grandma I quickly drive to my friend’s house as it is just a stone throw away from the school we are going.

            Traffic. Lucky for me I manage to get out of my house just in time for the traffic to turn green. But somehow, I feel like the traffic is a bit different than the usual. I keep on seeing many kinds of cars with design and brand that I have not seen yet before. Maybe it is just my imagination I said to myself. Using the help of the Google Map I manage to find the road to my friend’s house. It was a road with a lot of thick trees like a forest. “Is this road really lead to Farid’s house?” I wondered. As I am already halfway through the forest, my car suddenly stuck in the mud. I keep on pressing the gas until suddenly a giant boar running straight to my car. As the boar almost reach my car, I close my eyes and then suddenly I heard Farid’s voice. I open my eyes and see myself inside Farid’s porch. I tried to ask Farid a few questions about how did I get to his house but he rushed me to get into his car and go to school as we are running late. Without questioning him, I entered his car.

           

            The forest which leads to his house, gone! It turned into bushes left and right. I was shocked to see that the forest that I had entered turned into bushes. As Farid about to enter the school compound, we were stopped by the guard at the gate. The guard, who is supposed to look like a typical human being with a human face turns out to be an alien! Farid, who is talking to the guard is talking to the alien guard as he is a human. I quickly tell Farid that this is an alien but Farid said the guard is just a normal human being. As I shift my head and look inside the school, my face rapidly turned into a terrifying face. “This school is for monsters!” I said. One by one little monster with different shapes and sizes went into the school which I am supposed to do my SBE with my friends.

            As the guard allowed us to park inside the school compound, Farid quickly goes inside to park. As Farid went out of the car, I am still inside trembling in fears. Farid said there is nothing to be worried about as he will protect me from this “monsters”. As I went out, a lot of these little monsters came to me and throw out their “hand” towards me. I tried to get inside the car but Farid already locked the door. I sat down and close my eyes and pray so these little monsters will go away.

           

            Suddenly, I heard a knock. I keep hearing it until suddenly I hear the sound of a door open. As I open my eyes, my dad is at the door to my room telling me that today is the day that I will begin my School-Based Experience. I look at my phone. It’s already 6AM and the date is 24^th of March. Now I realize that my dream will become a reality.

Diamante Poem - Pupils and Library