My observation—Seeing as though this lesson was part of a unit plan, the students were not given too much background information. The teacher informed the class that they would be reading a specific scene, and then watching the video clip of the scene in order to compare the two forms of media. The students were aware of what they were about to do, so the teacher probably did not feel it was necessary to outline the daily activities or supply them with background information. There was no assessment during this opener. Effective teachers should constantly be assessing their students in order to gauge what they remember, or already know.
My critique—This was not really an effective opener. The teacher simply said what they were going to be doing, …show more content…
It would be recommended that the questions are not based on the dialogue or the events within the scene, but questions about how the two forms of representation of the text are similar and different from one another. That way, students are formulating their own thoughts in order to better understand the material. Furthermore, using this type of assessment would also help fulfill the previously mentioned academic standard, as it has students “analyze multiple interpretations” of this …show more content…
This did not allow the teacher to accurately assess and gauge what the students’ takeaways were from the film. The teacher simply asked the students “what did you think?” By not asking thoughtful questions, the teacher was unable to assess what the students actually understood from the lesson. This goes against our course mantra of “teaching for understanding.” After a few quick responses from the students, the bell rang and that was the end of this class session.
Critique—Overall, it seemed like this class session was rushed. While it may have beneficial in some ways for the students to watch the scene directly after reading it, there was very little time for assessment. By packing both of these teaching events into one class period, the teacher seemed rushed and felt the need to get through both
My critique—This was not really an effective opener. The teacher simply said what they were going to be doing, …show more content…
It would be recommended that the questions are not based on the dialogue or the events within the scene, but questions about how the two forms of representation of the text are similar and different from one another. That way, students are formulating their own thoughts in order to better understand the material. Furthermore, using this type of assessment would also help fulfill the previously mentioned academic standard, as it has students “analyze multiple interpretations” of this …show more content…
This did not allow the teacher to accurately assess and gauge what the students’ takeaways were from the film. The teacher simply asked the students “what did you think?” By not asking thoughtful questions, the teacher was unable to assess what the students actually understood from the lesson. This goes against our course mantra of “teaching for understanding.” After a few quick responses from the students, the bell rang and that was the end of this class session.
Critique—Overall, it seemed like this class session was rushed. While it may have beneficial in some ways for the students to watch the scene directly after reading it, there was very little time for assessment. By packing both of these teaching events into one class period, the teacher seemed rushed and felt the need to get through both