ESAL 0370 Reading Lab Lesson Plan – Hour 9
This hour was our second observation – the first observation lesson being on the 5th hour. I had thought that I could not teach any better than I did on the 5th hour, but am I glad to be wrong!
This hour, Sam and I designed our lesson plan to be heavily student-engagement focused. We wanted to make sure our students got plenty of time to apply the learned theory instead of spending most of the time rambling about it. I saw the students heavily engaged in their tasks, and they seemed to be quite interested in it too. I consider this a success, more so than the impressions I did on hour 5!
I also made sure to pay attention to the pace of my speech. Over essentially the whole TESL program, I have been trying to improve my speed without sacrificing precision. I think I was able to achieve that this time. As long as I put my mind to it, I think I can start speaking faster.
This was also the only hour excluding the 1st, where we did not go into overtime. That may have happened thanks to my improvement in my talking speed!
This has been the one lesson that I haven’t really found anything negative for. I think this lesson has been the best hour yet. Nonetheless, I can still very much learn from the positives, as I know what works, and how to model my future lesson plans.