ESAL 0370 Reading Lab Lesson Plan – Hour 3
I was feeling pretty cynical with the preparation of this hour, because I felt that the reading material we had from the textbook did not give much potential for an engaging class. However, I am glad to be wrong! I think there was a lot that went well for this class. We were able to create fun activities to keep the students engaged from what I thought would be a boring lesson.
We were also able to know the students a little more. We asked what the students’ favourite genres of writing were, and we made note of them to tailor our lesson plans in the future.
I myself am starting to find comfort in the “zone” of teaching. I believe I am able to remain calm and collected, and I do not feel stressed out teaching.
Of course, this lesson did not come without challenges. The students that I thought were observing from last week’s lesson came back. Again, I was unprepared for this as I thought they were only visiting for that one time last week. For some reason I still thought that they were just there to watch like ghosts. Because of this, I ended up excluding them from participating for about the first half of the lesson. I ended up thinking they were disrupting the class whenever they spoke, but they just wanted to participate like any other student taking that class!
I learned an important lesson with teaching. I should be ready to welcome and include anyone that enters my class, as if they are actual students of my class. I don’t know if the two students will be coming back next week, but I will be focusing on creating the next lesson plan to be more flexible, and accept them as part of the class.