"Hogwarts School and my students of 3 A"

 As usual this year's open lesson was in October. I took part (again😊) in the festival of  "Teacher of  Year - 2022", at the school level. It was a really fun lesson😊I decided to take the theme of Hogwarts, because this theme is my beloved one and besides the kids like the plot of the books about "Harry Potter". 

At the beginning of the lesson we began with the song "What's the weather like?"

After this activity I pointed to the fireplace from which letters from Hogwarts flew out📩, in each of them there were written questions in the backside of the ticket to the Hogwarts Express. (To make the envelopes  with letters I used the site PhotoFunia.    https://photofunia.com/effects/hogwarts_letter  )

 Next I asked students to go through the  imaginary “wall” to take a sit in the Hogwarts Express. 

Then the students were divided by “sorting hat” into Hogwarts houses, Ravenclaw and Hufflepuff (I chose these houses, you might choose other ones).  I took a hat and put the cards with the names of houses, every student took a card and took his place. 

When the kids took their sits I asked a student  from each group to come to the board to the "Whomping willow". Each student should take a leaf and answer the questions. For each right answer, the group gets a point. The teacher gives “gemstones” for points. 

After going by the whamping willow the students imagine they were going through the Forbidden forest, where they met the "spiders and bats". They should have made up sentences with the words which were hidden on the backside of the spiders and bats. 

To the dynamic pause I used the rhyme "Siman says" and changed it to “Harry Potter says...” 

Next activity  was the “Transfiguration” lesson. On the board there was a “house” with windows. The students should have opened and showed the word miming it. We counted the gemstones (I used plastic stones from FixPrice). The winer group took a chance to openthe last window of the attic where there was a key of a treasure chest. Students opened the treasure with the key. There were candies as a treasure😊

   

             

At the end I asked students to show the smileys 😁 or😒 if they liked or disliked the lesson. All of them adored it (as they said to me). And when I asked what activity they liked most of all, many of them told they loved when they answered the questions of whomping willow and the spiders/bats. Some of them were fond of miming activity in the transfiguration lesson. 

All in all I might say that the lesson was held productive and engaging for both the students and the teacher👩