How many years have you learned the parts of speech? Enough, you say? Well, it's true that you have learned these things a number of times before. Nouns, pronouns, verbs, conjunctions, prepositions... however, you still get tested on these things in a big way. You just need a good "refresher." So the way we'll do that this year is with student-taught grammar. Yay!
When you teach a classmate--let's say you're working together on something your friend has missed in class, but it's something you know pretty well--it is actually good for both of you. You (as the "teacher") end up with a stronger understanding of it, because you have to understand something pretty well to be able to teach it. Then your friend's learning is made easier by something that teachers call "the zone of proximal development." What that kind of means is that you and your classmate are at a similar place in your learning of a concept, and so it will be easier for you to relate to it in the same way. If you understand the concept thoroughly, it will be quite natural for you to be able to explain it to your friend in a way that he or she can understand easily.
Enter student-taught grammar!
You need to do enough preparation in advance so that I can be assured that you'll know what you're doing when you get up in front of the class. I will go over everything you have to do for planning, check that you understand the grammar, teach you a "model" lesson (pointing out the things that you need to think about), give you a checklist and work closely with you in the few days before you teach. It's very important that you are well-prepared, because your students will be expected to do the homework you assign, and they will also be tested on these review topics.
Start thinking about how you can make your grammar lesson exciting! Make your lesson how YOU would like to learn. Consider fun grammar games or activities you've done in past classes.
After you've planned, don't forget to practice. Perhaps teach your lesson to your dog, your grandma or your baby sister.
When you teach, you may kindly keep your students on task, but don't fret too much about classroom misbehavior--your students are expected to behave as good audience and participants, and I will be there to make sure they do.
After you teach, you will also write a reflection about your experience. See the assignments link (on the left side of this webpage) for a copy of the reflection handout and the rubric with which you will be graded.
Good luck, and bienvenido a the world of teaching. I hope you like it!