Lesson: Teaching APA style and discussing the essay assignment.
Date: 23/11/2022
This class consisted of a smaller group of 7 students from multiple countries and cultures. The class was a 5th-level academic reading class. The objective of this lesson was to either introduce or help students with citations. Students were also expected to have read a short story for their assignment and so part of the class was given for students to discuss aspects of the story.
The lesson focused on reading, writing, and speaking. Students were responsible for reading through activities and discussing answers before writing a response.
This lesson focused primarily on group work and rotating stations while part of the lesson was used for me to explain citations and how to incorporate quotes for their written work.
I continue to find that building rapport and creating a comfortable atmosphere for my students comes very naturally and allows students to seek out help if needed. I also find that staying on my toes and thinking about how the lesson will go before teaching allows me to think about how to change the activities in case either some students are absent or we are running out of time. A couple of students were chatting and not paying attention and instead of pausing class to get their attention I instead moved toward them and stood right in front of them which caused them to stop talking.
Reflecting on this lesson I would change some of the worksheets that I created that students had trouble with. I would also try to implement a better way to check student answers that would not take up to much time.
Moving forward I would still like to improve on class management, specifically getting students’ attention after group discussions.