Day Two

Day Two:

In the sophomore honors class, I lead a reading activity with them at the beginning of class. I had never spoken in front of high school students before, so naturally it was a little rough. Hopefully if I just take a deep breath before I say anything at all, my nerves will vanish. I also supervised them peer grading and reviewing their introductory paragraphs to an analytical essay. I gave support when needed, and also elaborated slightly on the topic of “themes”.

The freshman applied English class learned about literary terms today that were on a pretest the day before. I had created a PowerPoint and a graphic organizer to allow them to follow along easily. I feel that the presentation I tag teamed with my Cooperating Teacher (CT) went really well!

1.      The class was quite chatty, but we used it to our advantage and had some great discussion about several of the terms, such as allusion.

2.      I feel that my CT and I came up with effective examples throughout the lesson that allowed deeper understanding with the class.

3.      I noticed that I feed off of the classes positive energy, and although they are a little talkative, I was able to spark some creative discussion and asked some thought provoking questions.

However, there could have been some improvements.

1.      I feel that I did (and most likely will) have a difficult time keeping this class on track as discussions will continuously develop.

2.      I wish that I could have had additional couple of minutes to get further in the lesson, or perhaps finish it.

3.      I had planned for video clips to show, but unfortunately the technology did not work. I need to learn how to be more flexible with sudden changes in my plan.