These practice teaching sessions will require that you turn in a lesson plan and engage your classmates in the lesson itself. Following the lesson you will receive feedback from your classmates and teacher (me!).
What this means!
All Practice Days will be done with a partner. When you are in charge of the practice day you and your partner will need to take charge of the class for 30 minutes. You could do this by teaching a lesson just as you would if you were really teaching a class involving your topic, teaching it as you would for whatever age-level you wish to work with. For example, if you present on post-reading activities, you could have everyone read something before the class and use that text as the basis for your lesson. Then, you would have the class do the activities you designed. After this, you will get feedback from the class.
All Practice Days will be done with a partner. When you are in charge of the practice day you and your partner will need to take charge of the class for 30 minutes. You could do this by teaching a lesson just as you would if you were really teaching a class involving your topic, teaching it as you would for whatever age-level you wish to work with. For example, if you present on post-reading activities, you could have everyone read something before the class and use that text as the basis for your lesson. Then, you would have the class do the activities you designed. After this, you will get feedback from the class.
IMPORTANT:
Do remember that you don’t need to always take the full 30 minutes for your lesson. In the case of lessons, I expect that the rest of the class will give lots of input/suggestions after the lesson, so leave some time for that. On the other hand, do not plan on doing a 5 minute lesson and then sitting back for feedback (see below). If you lead a discussion, it is expected that the rest of the class will actively participate throughout the lesson, and that there will be little need for further discussion at the end of the class.
Keep this in mind. This counts for a significant percentage of your grade, and you should plan accordingly. Consider what you will do and plan ahead! Carefully go over the readings for that week before that week actually arrives.
How much time will you have? Each Team will have about 30 minutes for their practice day, or about 30 minutes for teams of 2.
What is it worth? 15% of your grade
What you need to give to me.
Before
1. Your plan. This should include the goals and objectives you have for that day/lesson, as well as a specific and detailed plan of what you will do. You must give this to me by the class before your presentation. You may (or may not) choose to meet with me at that time (or even earlier) to discuss and get feedback on your plan.
2. Copies of all the materials you use for that day.
After
3. A reflective report of your lesson that will need to be turned in the class after your lesson. This reflection should be similar to what you will do for the classroom observation. This should basically tell me how you feel the lesson went, what you might do differently next time, what surprised you, etc. The reflective report would typically be a couple pages, double-spaced. This type of reflection is very important for teachers--it is what let's you improve!!
How can I turn it in? Simple! Just send it to this email address as an attachment and it will go into a Box folder for this specific assignment (there will be a different address for other assignments.
How can I turn it in? Simple! Just send it to this email address as an attachment and it will go into a Box folder for this specific assignment (there will be a different address for other assignments.
Please name your file like this: Last name_First name_Reflection Report.
Once you send the email you should get a response very soon telling you the upload was successful. If you need to upload a new version, just upload the new one with the same name and it will overwrite the old one. Simple as that!!
Once you send the email you should get a response very soon telling you the upload was successful. If you need to upload a new version, just upload the new one with the same name and it will overwrite the old one. Simple as that!!
