This weekend I was informed I would be teaching my second lesson to the students in Mrs. Roed's classroom. I work all weekend, so I didn't get the email until Monday morning...awesome! I had to prepare my lesson in one day and have my lesson plan in to Mrs. Roed by the night before. I was extremely nervous about this lesson because of the lack of time I had to become comfortable with the topic. I arrived at West Intermediate with butterflies for the first time, and my nerves didn't calm down until Mrs. Roed assured me that everything would be fine. She is always good at calming nerves and letting me know that I am not expected to be perfect!
My lesson was about foreshadowing and I began by reading aloud to them. I was excited to read to the students because I got to read in a "scary" voice and they all followed along and used good listening practices. Before reading to them I gave them a handout and a definition of foreshadowing. They had a lot of questions and were initially confused, but over the course of the week they seemed to grasp the idea and wanted to put it to use in their own works.
After my reading the students were turned loose and got into groups and read the play aloud to each other. I have a few alterations I would make to this part of the lesson, but overall it went well. One of the things I would change is the group sizes. The class was split in half and the groups were just too big. Students also struggled to hear because they had to read over the other groups reading.
Overall the lesson welt well and I enjoyed sharing it with the students.
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