Explanation:
1. Microteaching: In 15 minutes conduct a discussion on an issue, piece of literature, or theme that is being studied in your mentor teacher's classroom.
2. Lesson plans: turn in a copy to your mentor teacher and to your instructor.
3. Teacher evaluation- Have your teacher evaluate your lesson, focussing on strengths and things to work on.
Things to think about:
1. Will you stand or sit?
2. Desk arrangement
3. Try to get students to discuss amongst themselves. Set students
into arguing about reactions, idea, etc.
4. Try leading students to a theme you want them to discover and
see how far it gets you.
5. Avoid "Do you think" statements, questions.
6. Try some open and closed questioning.
7. Try to have four dense questions and see what happens
8. Try one question that you yourself don't know the answer to.
9. Check out "Little Red Riding Hood" again to find
some Level 3 or 4 questions to try.
10. Try to divide the discussion in some way so that you and your partner have some autonomy in the experience, so that as an individual you can experiment and analyze the results.
11. Notice in the lesson plan below how the teacher has tried to rehearse the students for a discussion. Plan pre-reading, during reading, and/or post-reading activities to prepare for a good discussion.
An Example that uses rehearsal to generate discussion:
"The Stone Boy"
By Gina Berriault, From Points of View. ed. J. Moffit and K. McElhony
10th Grade English
Pre-reading Activity:
1) Free Write-
In your journal, write for approximately 15 minutes about a personal
experience in which you've received (or had to give) "bad
news". If you were on the receiving end, how did you feel?
If you were on the giving end? How did you act?
Make two lists describing your feelings actions. List at least
five items for each. Example: When my brother's best friend was
killed in a car accident, I had to help break the news to some
of their friends...
Feelings Actions
1. sad, upset 1. calm-made phone calls, helped family reach people.
Read "The Stone Boy"
Post-reading Activities: What might these be?
Self-Evaluation for Microteaching #5:
Do a careful examination of the video of your lesson:
1. What kind of questions (dense, shaded, white, or the Little Red-Riding Hood question types) elicited what kind of response? Actually relisten to the tape, write down abbreviated forms of the questions you asked, identify the type of question, and evaluate the kind of response that it received. This analysis must be turned in with this self-evaluation. Take the time to do it. You will learn something from this analysis.
2. How much did the teacher talk vs. the students? Was the student talk focused to other students or to the teacher?
3. How was the wait time? Was it productive or confusing?
4. What teacher behaviors were evident and how were they evident?
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