Lesson Reflection

After observing some of the lessons that went before mine, I developed my lesson to include a lot of class participation. I felt this would be the best way to preemptively eliminate the behavioral problems and take less stress off Joe and I. With the class constantly involved with something, it was easy to handle the few behaviors that arose. This was also my way of assessing the skill and experience level of my students, which allowed me to adjust the lesson on the spot. My lesson plan was not necessarily followed as I wrote it, but all the activities that we did in class were planned. My formative assessment was not necessarily perfect, and Dr. Luogno advised an "exit slip" strategy that would best for assessing the progress my students had made that day. It seemed to be a good choice as it made my students focus on their work. Closing the lesson was somewhat improvised prior to teaching it. I felt it was effective in seeing contrast between two speakers. Overall I felt the lesson was successful and I have improved since I first began these exercises. There is not much I would have done differently, I tend to move with the attitude of my audience when it comes to teaching and adjust accordingly. One way I could have made the lesson more effective was by bringing the class to an auditorium and let the students sit in different areas as they took turns speaking. That may be a good follow up lesson once the students completed their "Current Event Speech".