Saturday, May 2, 2015
Microteaching II Reflection
Lesson Plan Template
pt. 3 = reflection
WHAT?
What went well?
The Class seemed engaged. Time was managed well. The class as a whole participated. I had less awkward mannerisms (swaying/hand gestures) than previously.
What area of weakness needs addressing?
My opening and closing could use improving. Transitioning from one part of the lesson to another could be a little awkward.
Which objectives were met? What is the evidence?
All the objectives seemed to be met. The students all analyzed American Born Chinese to see how three stories related to each other.
Which students did not meet objectives?
All students met the objective.
Was time managed appropriately?
Yes.
Did any teacher mannerisms or actions detract from the lesson?
No.
*What were the strengths and weaknesses of classroom management?
I used wait time more. I think just about everything went pretty well.
SO WHAT?
Was the lesson engaging?
Yes.
What did I learn from the feedback my peers gave me? (address at least one aspect)
From feedback on previous lesson, no feedback yet on this lesson. I could be noticeably nervous. I could use more structure and guiding questions in my lessons. These are things I need to work on.
NOW WHAT?
How will this experience influence your professional identity?
I feel a little more confident.
How will it influence how you plan/teach/assess in the future?
I will use more guiding questions.
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Another thought-provoking lesson. You are good at getting people to look more critically at an alternative text, which might otherwise be dismissed. As we are discussing the text it might be a good idea to mention some literary analysis vocab, to help us describe what we're talking about. I appreciate that you are willing to get highschoolers to look at an issue from multiple perspectives and consider how it might influence their own ideas. Very cool.
ReplyDeleteMark, nice job again on your second microteaching lesson. If you were worried about swaying or over using hand gestures, I did not notice either of those at all. This time around you yet again kept us all engaged and interested in the text you chose. It was cool to see the underlying themes that related all three of the stories in your book. I think you did a nice job of allowing us to discover these themes ourselves and then pulling it all together in a group discussion. The only criticism I have is that there was not enough time to read through the entire packets that you gave us. However, it was very helpful that when you knew we were running out of time you pointed out the most important parts of the story that were left and told us what we could skip over. This will be less of a problem when we have more than 20 minutes to teach a lesson, but timing is always something to keep in mind. Great job on another engaging lesson, you're going to be a great English teacher!
ReplyDeleteI definitely picked up on your increased confidence Mark, I'm glad you notice how much you're improving in that area. The structure of your lesson could be a little more organized, but I think that issue is pretty universal among would-be teachers at this level of our education, myself included. The foundations are there man. All I ask is that you insist on using this text as part of your future curriculum, because I really enjoyed working with it!
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