MentorTeacher:

HaileeMorin
StudentTeacher:
NoelleAuger

Observation:
November19th(
Blue4)
Youhavedevelopedagoodconceptofhowtheclassshouldflow.Itisagreatideatobrainstormalistof
strategiesforpresentingadramaticreadingofthepoem,andthencompareittotherubricforPOL.Nice
work!Ifeltlikemanyofthestudentsweremoreengagedintheideaofactuallymemorizingthepoem
afterwatchingthetwovideoclips.Overall,itsgoingreallywell.
Comments
:
DramaticReading/PoetryRecitalLesson
POLRubric:

ItmightbehelpfulforthestudentstousetheactualPOLrubricto
scoretheperformance.Inthepast,Ihaveallowedthestudentstopicktheclass
representative.Whatdoyouthink?
ProjectPoints:
Italsomightbehelpfultoarticulatehowmanypointstheywill
acquirefromactuallymemorizingthepoem.Iwasthinkingthatitwouldbethe
differencebetweena95anda100.Ididntwanttoweightitheavily,butIdid
wanttoofferthestudentsanincentive.Thoughts?
CopiesofthePoems:
Itmightbehelpfuliftheyhavecopiesofthepoemsin
frontofthemwhentheyarelisteningtothevideorecitals.Theylosepointsif
theyforgetormessuptheverses.
MemorizationStrategies:

IalwaysreviewahandoutwhenIpassitoutoruseit
withtheclass.Otherwise,itsunliketheywillreaditontheirown.Inthepast,I
havediscussedwhentheymightneedthisskillagain:speakingatawedding,a
majortest,etc.Feelfreetosharepersonalexperiencesthatwereeithersuccessful
ornot.Studentslovetohearshort,anecdotalstoriesthatareinteresting.
PoetryAnalysisProject:
Beforeallowingthestudentstobeginworkingontheproject,youmightwantto
reviewthefollowinginadditiontotheprojectitself:
ReviewQualifyingFormatives:
Itwouldbeagoodideatoreviewthe
listofqualifyingformativesfortheproject.Illgivethelistofstudents
whoaremissingthemtomorrow.
ProgressReports:
Itmightbeagoodideatobeginmentionthatprogress
reportsforQuarter2willbeonDecember4th.Theweekafterweget
backfromThanksgivingbreak.
RequiredMaterials:
Itmightbeagoodideatoremindthestudentswhat
theyshouldhaveformaterials(andwhatthematerialslooklike)before
theybeginworking:SummativePoetryProjectDescription,Poem,
FormativePoetryAnalysisAssignment,FigurativeLanguageTerm
Sheet,etc.Also,studentsoftenlosetheircopies,soitmightbeagood
ideatohaveextracopiesonthecentraltable.
Laptops:
ForWhite5and7,youwilldefinitelyneedanextralaptop
cart.Mycartwontmeetallofthestudentsneeds.

Teacher:
NoelleAuger

Lesson:
PoetryOutLoud

Date:
November12,2015

Observer:
HaileeMorin

TimeBegin:
8:45p.m.

TimeEnd:
9:02

TypesofParticipation

Calledon:handraised

Feedback

Calledon:nohand
raised

Selfinitiated:hand
raised

Selfinitiated:nohand
raised

EntranceSlipCarissa
(8:00a.m.)
POLIsaiah(8:06)
POLIsaiah

EntranceSlip
Parker
andKaitlyn(7:47a.m.)
EntranceSlip
Bisharo
andIsaiah(7:47a.m.)
EntranceSlip
Sylvia
7:48a.m.)
EntranceSlip
Tyvonne
7:49a.m.)
EntranceSlip
Jaylin
7:49a.m.)
Parker8:22

Youdidagreatjobcallingona
varietyofdifferentstudents.As
Imentionedbelow,itmightbea
goodideatoputtheminpairsor
groupsbeforehavingthem
reportout.

EntranceSlip
Carissa
7:49a.m.)

Carissahasbeeninamuch
bettermood,andshehasdonea
betterjobofparticipatingduring
thepastcoupleofclasses.

EntranceSlip
Parker
7:49a.m.)
POLCarissa(8:25
a.m.)

Theclassseemedprettyfocused
thismorninghowever,itsgood
toencouragestudentstoraise
theirhandbeforespeaking.

Comments:
Think,Pair,Share
Itwouldbehelpfulityouputtheminpairsorgroupsfirst(Pair)before
havingthemreportouttotheclass(Share).Ididthisisgroupsofthree,andthenIhadstudents
withthebeststoriessharethemwiththeclass.
NoteMemorization
Thememorizationofthepoemwillbeapartofthespeakingandlistening
assignmentthatwillfollowthePoetryAnalysis,whichisareadingassignment.Itwillbegraded
separately.
NotePoetrySelection
:TheywillonlybeabletoselectfromoneofthesixpoemsIhavefound
inclass(unlessyoufindmore)theywillnotbeabletopicktheirownonthewebsite.
NoteCummingsPoem:
Itmightbehelpfultowritetheversenumbersonthemarginsofthe
poemforthepurposeofcitingit.
NoteCummingsPoem:
Youmightwanttodiscussthefigurativelanguageassociatedwitheach
line.Thelines(icarryyourheartwithme(icarryitinmyheart)arenotsupposedtobetaken

literally.Itishelpfulifyouhavetobeginthelessonbyhighlightingthefigurativelanguagebeing
used.
Note
Heisntcomparinghertothemoonandthesunheisstayingthatthemoonmeant(
or
described
)andthesunwillalways
sing
.Thisisanexampleofpersonification,notametaphor
astheintentisnottocomparethelovertothemoonandthesuninstead,heissayingeventhese
extraterrestrialentitiesacknowledgeherpresenceandalsopraiseher.Thisissupposedtobea
throwbacktotheromanticpoetslikeBlake,Byron,Shelley,etc.

Observation:
November5th,2015(
White5,White6,White7
)
Thefigurativelanguagereviewwasagoodactivitytodowiththethestudents.Ithinkithelped
themtothinkaboutthetermsandapplythem.Itwouldbeagoodideatoreviewtheactualterms
withthestudents.
Ilikedtheassignment.Itwaswellwritten.
Beforeteaching:
Itwouldbeagoodideahavethemwatchthevideoandidentifythe
theme
withthestudentsasthatisapartoftheexample.
Also,itmightbeagoodideatoideatoreviewthecourseandidentifythefigurative
language,sothenhavethemfindtheirown.
Youmightreviewtheconceptsofanimpliedmetaphor,astatedmetaphor,and
anextendedmetaphor.Theyhaveahardtimetimewiththelatertwo,whichare
usedthroughoutthesong.
Revisions:
Iwouldaddtothestretchquestion.Theycreatemetaphors,similes,etc.using
theabstractnoun
love
.Also,theycouldexplaineachexample.Whyaretheycreating
thiscomparison.
Annotations:
Iwouldhighlyrecommendannotatingthethepoemandhavingthe
studentsdoitaswellasitwillhelpthemtounderstandwhatyouaretalkingaboutbetter.
Moststudentsstruggletounderstandthingswhenitisjustsharedorally.Inaddition,
annotatingisaskillthatIplantoreinforcethroughouttheyear.

Observation:
October22nd,2015(
White5,White6,White7
)
Theclasswaswellorganized,andyoudidagoodjobmodelingalloftheactivities.Ifeellike
youhaveasolidunderstandingofhowtodeliveralesson.
Theonlythingistomakesure

Behaviorwasanissuetoday,anditwillprobablycontinuetogrowasweapproachabreak.The
daybeforevacationcanbeverychallenging.Inaddition,Ithinkthehoneymoonperiodisover
andthestudentsarebeginningtotestyou.EvenifIcorrectstudents,ultimately,itwontcorrect
theirbehaviors.
Pleasereinforcetheclassexpectationsandgiveconsequencesverbalorotherwiseifthestudents
breakthem.Behaviorshaveawayofbuildingasyouprobablynoticedtodayandmaintainingthe
rulesandstructureisimportant.Youareincharge.Dontletthestudentstakecontrolofthe
class.Ifstudentsaremisbehaving,pleasestopandaddressitimmediately.Somethingsthatyou
shouldaddress:

Noonewasraisingtheirhands.Iwouldreinforcementthepositivebehaviorsbyonly
callingonstudentswhowerefallingtherulesandskippingpeoplewhodonot.(youcan
comebacktothemlater.)Makeverbalstatementspraisingpeopleforfollowingthe
rules.(E.g.Thankyouforraisingyourhand,Parker.)
Addresstheissueswhenpeoplemisbehave:
Cameronhasbeenmakingsomestatementsthatareborderlinesexuallyexplicit.
Walkovertohisdeskorpullhimintothehallandtellhimthatitiscompletely
inappropriate.
Kenielwasntparticipatingduringthediscussion,andhehadhisheaddown.
Again,walkoverandremindhimtoparticipateorhewillhavetoleave.
Eskawassittingnexttoafriend.
*Ifyouaddressthelittlethings,theclasswillrespond.
Observation:
October22nd,2015(
BlueWhite5,White6,White7
)
Thediscussionwentwell:
Theme:
Itmightbehelpfulforthemtoagreeonon
one
themethatbestrepresentsthe
storyasawholeaswellasexplaintheirreasoning.Althoughmanyofthemmadegood
points,someideasweremorecentraltothestorythanothers.
Censorship:
ThethemeoncensorshiphelpsthemtoconnectFahrenheit451totheir
bannedbookproject.
ModelingParaphrasing:
Itmightbehelpfultothestudentstomodeltheprocessof
paraphrasing.Ithinkmanyofthestudentswereconfusedbythisprocessasitisanewconcept
forthem.
LibraryBook:

Mrs.Lynchstatedthatwecansignoutthebannedandchallengedbookreference
list.Thismightbeagoodresourcetoofferstudentsinsteadofhavingthemsearchfor
informationonline.
Organization:White6
OrganizationislistedinmanyofthestudentsIEPs,soitisimportant
thatthehandoutsareeasyforthestudentstofollowandparentstoread.(
Parentsandcase
managerswillwritemeandcomplainifthisisnotthecase
.)Trytogiveonehandoutwithallof
therequirementsforatask,insteadofpassingouttwoofthree.Also,Iwouldonlyourthe
summativeassessmentonthedaythattheybeginworkingonit,insteadofpassingitoutin
advanced.

Observation:
October22nd,2015(
Blue4
)
Ilikedthediscussionformat.IthinkitwasgoodtomixupthetypeofIthinkthateachstatement
wascontroversialenoughtogeneratediscussion.
Grading:
Pleasereviewthefactthattheircreditisbasedontheirparticipation.Also,it
mightbeagoodideatoscorethemastheyparticipate
Behavior:
Thestudentsweretalkingalotduringthediscussion.Ithinkthistakesaway
fromthediscussionasawhole.Ithinkitisimportanttoaddressthistopic.
Format:
Ialwaysfeeltheurgetofacilitate,butIthinkitisimportanttoletthegroup
facilitatethemselves.Thisistheoverallgoalwiththesetypesofactivities.

Theme:
Ithinkitmightbeagoodideatogivethemamodelthemeonthetopoftheir
paper.Idontthinktheyneedtowriteastatementinstead,theycouldjustverballyshare
theirresponse.Thisseemedlikeitsloweddowntheoverallforum.
Notetaking:
Ithinkyoushouldaddtothenotetaking,sothestudentsonthestudentson
theoutsideareactivelytakingnotes.Perhapstheycouldhaveabriefperiodtosharetheir
thoughtsaswell.

Observation:
October22nd,2015(
White5,6,and7
)
White5
CarouselActivity:
Ilikethatyouarebeginningtodiversifythetypesofdiscussionsthat
peoplehave.
Model:
Itmightbeagoodideatomodelwhattheyhavetodo.Walkaroundand
writeanexampleoneachsectionwiththeir.help.
Timer:
Italsomightbeagoodideatorunatimer,sotheyknowhowmuchtime
theyhaveineachsectionandtellthemhowmanytheyhavetodo.
Video:
Theymightenjoywatchingthenewsclipaswellasitwouldhighlight
someofthedifferencesandsimilarities.
White6
Agenda:
ItwouldbehelpfulifyouupdatedtheagendaforWhite6andrevieweditwith
them.Ifyoudonthavetimetowriteit,youcanhaveadigitalcopythatistypedbefore
hand.
Wehadtalkedaboutwritingthebrainstormofchallengereasonsontheboard,so
theycouldhaveareferencesheet.
ReviewAssignmentandStandards:
Whatwilltheyhavetodo?Whatstandardisbeing
addressed.Thiswillhelpthestudentsframetheirapproachtothestandard.
HomeworkCheck/PassBackWork:
Youshouldcheckhomeworkandpassback
homeworkduringthetimethattheyareoccupiedlikethevideoanalysis,soyouare
utilizingalloftheirtimewell.Trytoorganizetheclass,sotheydonthavedowntime.
Thisiswhenproblemsarise.
Observation:
October21th,2015(
Blue4
)
Possiblechanges:
Itmightbeagoodideatogivethestudentsakeyoftermslikethe
mechanicalhound
and
the
salamanders
aswellaskeycharactersaswearedoingexcerpts.Wecouldalsoadda
plotoverview.
Whatdoyouthink?

Observation:
October21th,2015(
White6
)
Youdida
great

job
utilizingthefollowingteachingstrategies:
Annotations:
Theannotationsaswellasyourfrequentdiscussionsaidedthestudents
comprehension.Nicework!
Vocabulary:
Idoubtedthestudentsknewsomeoftheothervocabularywords:
vitalis,antiseptic,etc.Iwouldstopkeepthislistgoingasyouread.
Youcould
workon
thefollowingthings:

Brainstorm:
Itwouldbehelpfulifyouwrotetheresultsofthebrainstormontheboard
andhadthestudentstakenotes.Youcouldreferencethislistwhentheyarereading
The
GlassCastle
asagroup.

Observation:
October20th,2015(
White5
)
Youdida
great

job
utilizingthefollowingteachingstrategies:
Structure:
Ithoughttheclasswaswellstructured.Thestudentswereabletohavethree
transitions,andIthinkthishelpedwiththeirabilitytofocus.
ConnectingtheChildrensBookActivitytoFahrenheit451:
Youdidagoodjob
highlightingtheconnectionsbetweenthetwoassignments.
Youcould
workon
thefollowingthings:
Context:
HomeworkCheck:
Makesureyoucheckthehomeworkatthebeginningofthe
class.IliketomakesureparentsaregettingfeedbackonPowerSchoolregularly.
Evenifyoudonthavetimetogradeeverything,Icanlistwhatismissing.I
usuallycheckitwhenthestudentsareworkingontheirindependentreading.
IndependentReading:
Ithinkitisgoodtousetheblackboardtolisttheir
annotationgoalseachclass,sotheyhaveaconstantreminder.Ididntseealotof
studentsusingtheirstickynotes.
ChildrensBook:
Whilemanyofthechildrensbooksarepopular,manyofthe
studentshavenotreadthem.Itwouldbehelpfulforthestudentstosharethe
summaryoftheirbooktogivetheotherstudentscontextbecauseyoutellthem
aboutthechallengereason.Theycouldalsobrieflysharetheirreactiontothe
book.
Also,Ithinkitwouldbemoreefficienttoskipthebooksthatnooneread.
ReviewAssignment:
Beforeshowingthevideofuturepredictions,Ithinkit
wouldbehelpfulforyoutoreviewthestandardandtheassignment,sotheycan

Observation:
October19th,2015(
Blue4
)
Youdida
great

job
utilizingthefollowingteachingstrategies:
Sorry!Ididnthavetimetodothissection.Ithoughtoverallthelessonwentwell.
Youcould
workon
thefollowingthings:
ProvidingaVisual:
Itmightbeagoodideatowriteaddthepunctuationontheboard.
EventhoughtheyareHonorsstudents,manystudentsstrugglewithpunctuationasyou
willprobablynoticeintheirwriting,sotheycanstillusethevisualreminder.Jorniegets
it,butIamprettysurethatAbdiandGage
ReviewAgenda:
OneofthethingsIdoatthebeginningofclassisreviewthedailytasks.
Thishelpsthestudentstofocusonthegoalsofthelesson.SomethingthatIwouldliketo
startdoingafterwatchingyourlessonsforthelastweekistobeginreviewingthe
standardthatthelessonwilladdress.
Presentation:
Itmighthavebeengoodideatoshortenthepresentationalso,Ithinkit
mightbeagoodideatohavethestudentstakenotesontheelementsofdystopian
literatureinPartB1.Takingnoteshelpswithengagement.

HomeworkSuggestion:
Iwouldsuggesthavingthestudentsfindtheirsupporting
quotationsfromthesectionthattheyarereading,nottheentirenovel.Withoutfinding
quotationsfromthissection,youmightfindthatstudentssimplylookupsupporting
quotationsonline.

Observation:
October16th,2015(
Blue1
)
Youdida
great

job
utilizingthefollowingteachingstrategies:
Youdidagoodjobwalkingaroundtheroomandcheckinginwithstudents.
IfeltliketheclasswaswellorganizedIthinkitwasgoodtoprovidethemtimetowork.
Also,youdidabetterjobremindingstudentstolistenwhenyouweretalking.
Youcould
workon
thefollowingthings:
M.U.G.Sentences
Itmightbehelpfultoreadthesentenceoutloudbecausemanystudentsarenot
strongreaders.
Italsomightbehelpfultolistthenumberoferrorsontheboard.Manystudents
requireavisualreminderaswell.
ChildrensBookAssignment
Manystudentswerewritingasinglewordasananswer.Asyouaregoing
aroundtheroom,youmightremindthemto
expand
.
Ithinkitisagoodideatoletthemknowatthebeginninghowmuchtimethey
havetowork.
Itmightbeagoodideatohavethemtofilltheirresearchportionwhentheyare
sharingtheirsummaries.Thatwaytheycandecideiftheyimmediatelyifthey
evaluationswerecorrectorincorrect.Also,theyweremuchmoreengagedwhen
theysaythepictureofthebookontheboardbecauseitgavethemcontext.

Observation:
October16th,2015(
White5
)
Youdida
great

job
utilizingthefollowingteachingstrategies:
Youdidagoodjobskippingsomesections.Forexample,youskippedtheindependent
readingtoday,andyouskippedfindingoneofthequotations.
Youdidagreatjobwalkingaroundtheroomandcheckingwiththestudents.
Ithoughtitwasgreatthatyouhadallofyourhandoutspreloadedonyourcomputer.This
madethetransitionsquicker.
Youusedatimertoremindthestudentshowlongtheyhadontheirassignment.This
wasgood.
Youletthestudentspicktheirpartners,whichmadethemmoreengagedintheactivity.
Youcould
workon
thefollowingthings:
Yourlessontookabout
40minutes
.Theideallessonisabout15minutes,andinmy
experience,thelongestmygroupscaneverstayfocusedis30minutes.Honorsstudents
canfocuslongerthanEnglish10(remedialEnglish)students,soyoucantakethatinto
considerationaswell.Herearesomewaysyoucouldshortenthelessontothirtyminutes
orless:

Makeupwork:
Givetheassignmentstothestudentsandtellthemtomeetyou
afterschool.Itisthestudentsresponsibilitytoseetheteacherbeforeorafter
school.
Annotatethebookandhaveaselfcreatedkey:
Ifyouhaveakey,youwont
havetolookfortheinformationyourself.Iusuallyhavestickynotesinmybook
ofthethingsIwanttoshowstudents,soIdonthavetospendtimesearchingfor
it.
SkipSections:
Ifyoufindthatthelessonistakingalongtime,pickasectionthat
islessimportantandskipit.Forexample,youcouldskiptheWorksCited
section.Whenyouskipasection,makesureyoutellthestudentstocrossitout
tomakegradingquicker.
AudienceAwareness:
Academicstudentshavewrittenalotof
summaries
inthe
past.(
Itwasamajorfocuslastyear
.)Itwouldprobablybesufficienttosimply
showthemaquicklistofalloftheanswerstothequestionsandhaveastudent
verballysharetheirsummaries.
LateandMissingAssignmentsReminder:
Makesureyou
quickly
remindstudentswho
didnotpassinthepreviousassignment.
Also,pleasewriteitontheboard
.WhenImeet
withparents,studentswilloftentellmethattheydidnotknowanassignmentisdue,soit
isnicetobeabletousethisprocedureasasafeguard.Itsalsohelpfulifyouhaveacopy
oftheassignmentontheboard,sotheycanberemindedwhatitlookslike.(E.g.Last
classclasswecompletedtheprereadingcomprehensioncheck.Ireceivedcopiesfrom
BLANK.IfIdidnotsayyourname,youhaventpasseditin,andyoucurrentlyhavea
scoreofa1onHOWforthisassignment.)

Observation:
October14th,2015(White5)
Youdida
great

job
utilizingthefollowingteachingstrategies:
Overall,Ithoughtitwasagreatlesson.
Youreviewedtheprocessatthebeginning,sotheclassknewwhattoexpect.
Youcalledondifferentpeople,somorepeoplewereinvolved.
Youreviewedtheprocesswiththestudents,sotheyhadanideaofwhatwas
expected.

Youcould
workon
thefollowingthings:
Housekeeping:
DueDates:
Itmightbeagoodideatohaveallduedates(ongoingorotherwise)
ontheboardatthebeginningofyourclass.

Lesson:
CensoringtheText:
Ithinkitmightbeagoodideatocrossouttheswearwords.
Someparentsareextremelyconservative,andIthinktheminorlanguagecould
causeparentstocomplaint.
(Sorry,Ihadntreadthatchapterinawhile,soI
didntrememberthelanguagebeingsostrong.)

LexileWebsite:
YoualsocouldshowthemtheLexilewebsite,sotheycanuseit
asaresource.
Annotating:
Whenyouarereadingthemodel,Iwouldhighlysuggesthelping
themtoannotateastheyreadasthisissomethingthatwillbeemphasizedduring
theirindependentreading.Thiswillhelpthemtobemoreengagedinthe
process.
Findvocabularywordstogetherandwritethemontheboard.
Listthequestionsthataregoingtohelpthemsummarizeandwritethose
ontheboard.
Youshouldhavethestudentstakenotesonthemarginsoftheir
story.
WorkTime:
Attheend,Iwouldallowthestudentstocompletetheassignment
allatonce,insteadofstoppingtheclassperiodicallytoreviewthenextstep.This
seemedtofragmenttheprocess.Iftheygetdoneearly,theycanstartreading.

Youcouldmakethefollowingrevisionstotheassignment:
Vocabulary:
Iwouldsuggesthavingthestudentsreadthefirstchapter,insteadof
tworandompages.Also,itwouldbeagoodideatoprovidethemwitha
benchmarkforhowmanyunfamiliarwordsareappropriateforagivenbook.
(E.g.Fiveormoreperpagemeanstobookistoodifficult.)
Summary:
IwouldaddaPartB.toyoursummarysection,sothestudents
combinealloftheinformation
(Who?What?When?Where?Why?
)intoa
concisesummary.Youalsoshouldhavethemfigureouttheauthor,title,and
genreintheirsummary.
Content:
Youcouldalsoaddaquestionthatasksthemtoevaluatethecontent.Is
thestoryinterestingtothem?Whyorwhynot?

Observation:
October13th,2015
English10,
Blue1

Comments:
Youdida
great

job
utilizingthefollowingteachingstrategies:
Youdidagreatjobprovidingavisualaswellasauditoryresponse.
Makingthestudentshighlightthemostimportantpartofthesceneeachtimewasagoodteaching
strategy.Youalsodidagoodjobcallingondifferentpeople.

Youcould
workon
thefollowingthings:
ClassroomManagement:
Behavior:
IthinkitiswasgoodideatogiveMuktaranoptionofanotherpart.However,
hecontinuedtopushyourboundariesbyputtinghisheaddownandtalkingwhenyou
weretalkingandmumblingwhenhereads.Hecheckingtoseehowstrictyouwillbe.

Behavior:
Remindstudentstoreadclearly.Itmakesitverydifficultfortheother
studentstofollowalongwiththelesson.Manystudentsarenotcapableofreadingthe
assignmentontheirown,sotheyneedtohavetheauditoryaswell.
Timer:
Itmightbeagoodideatouseatimer,sothestudentsknowhowlongtheyhaveto
workontheassignment.
Modeling:
Itmightbeagoodideatoreviewtheplaybeforebeginningreadingasmanyofthe
studentsmayhaveforgottenwhathasoccurredearlier.Plus,acoupleofstudentswere
absent.
Itmightbeagoodideaideatoassigneachgroupadifferenttopicandlistitontheboard.
Itmightbehelpfulforyourtoprovideamodelofwhatyouwantthemtodobefore
askingthemtodoabrainstorm.Italsomightbeagoodideagiveacoupleofexamples
ontheboard.Thegivethemaminuteontheclocktowritedownsomeexamples.
(Some
studentswilljustwaitforyoutotellthemtheanswers.)
Itmightbeagoodideatocondensethedirectionsforathemestatementandwritethem
insteps.
StepI:
Identifyatopic.
StepII:
Findtwoareasinthestorywherethistopicisaddressed.
StepIII:
Listwhatthemaincharacter,Montag,learnsaboutthistopic.
Etc.

Observation:
October1st,2015
English10,
White67

Comments:
Youdida
great

job
utilizingthefollowingteachingstrategies:
Youwerecallingonpeoplebyname,whichasgreat,andwasabletoinvolveahighernumberof
studentsinthedialogue.Nicework!
Youalsodidagreatjobwalkingaroundtheroom.Itsgreattomakeyourpresenceknow.
Finally,youalsodidagreatjobbeingawareofthetime,andtryingtoworkwithintheparameters
oftheclass.

Youcould
workon
thefollowingthings:
Iwouldencouragestudentstoraisetheirhandsinsteadofblurtingitout.
Also,InoticedthatIssewasworkingonhislaptopwhenyouweretalking,andJasmineand
Stephanieweretalking.Makesureyouremindstudentstopayattentionwhenyouaregiving
directions.Whatyouhavetosayisimportant!
Finally,duringWhite7,Ithinkitwouldbeimportanttomakeaclearerconnectionbetweenyour
modelcounterargumentandtheapplicationtotheirdebate.Ithinkitisimportanttoexplicitly
statetheconnectioninclass,sotheycanunderstandwhytheyaredoingataskandhowitwill
helpthemtoachievetheirendgoals.Youcouldsay:
Wejustdiscussedthetwosidesto
homework,onesidesaid(
List

PositiveArgumen
t)andtheothersidesaid(
ListNegative
Argument
).NowyouaregoingtodothesamethingwiththeWestboroBaptistChurch

Debate.Yourtaskisto
(Overall,Ithoughtyourminilessonwentreallywellthough.
Whatdidyouthink?)

Observation:
September29th,2015
English10,
White67

GeneralFeedback

LessonOverview:
Noelledidagreatjobspeakingclearlyandusingvisualstoaidinthestudents
comprehensiononthetask.
Shebeganthelessonwithagrammarentranceslipandcheckedthestudentshomework
whentheycompletedit.
Shereviewedtheresearchprocessandprovidedthestudentswillmodels.
Duringtheclasssworktime,shewalkedaroundtheroomandofferedfeedbackand
suggestions.
Comments:
Youdidagreatjobutilizingthefollowingteachingstrategies:
Youdidagreatjobspeakingslowly.
Youdidanexcellentjobprovidingvisualsandprovidingclearmodelswithyour
directions.
Movingaroundtheroomduringtheirworktimeandofferingassistance.You
gaveanopportunitytoeventhemosttimidstudentstoaskquestions.Excellent!
Thestudentsaretransitioningwellintoyourleadrole.
Youcould
workon
thefollowingthings:
Pauseandmakesureeveryonehastheappropriateassignmentoutbeforeyou
beginteaching.Ifstudentsarestillworkingonthepreviousassignment,tell
themtoputitaway,andiftheyarestilltalking,remindthembynamethatitis
timetolisten.Yourinstructionisvaluable.
Trytocallondifferentstudentsthroughoutthelesson.Ifnoonevolunteersan
answer,callondifferentpeopletoexplain.Itwillbeagoodwaytoengage
everyoneinthelesson.Youstartedtodothisduringthelesson,whichwasgreat.
Askthestudentstoexplaintheirreasoningwhentheyansweraquestion.For
example,D.L.statedthatthesecondquotationwasbetter.Askhimtoexplainhis
thinking.Whydoesitcreateamorevalidargument?

OtherComments:
Ithinkthegrammaractivityfortheremedialclasswastoohard.Iamgoingto
workonfindingalesschallengingsource.
Forfuturereference,perhapsweshouldconsistentlyhavestudentsgotothesame
sideoftheroomandlabelthedesksaccordingly.Ithinkthiswouldreduce
confusion.