I am more confident with this weeks lesson than I was with the last one I taught. I liked that I started my lesson my explaining WHY we were focusing on simile vs. metaphor, but I feel that I could have done more with this explanation. I might have cited a specific assignment or problem that I noticed my students had, and THEN explained what this lesson would accomplish instead of skating past this point.
I think that I met my goals for the lesson, and this impressess me. My goal was to appear confident and like I had a clear direction to the mini-lesson, following a logical order and progression. I got some positive feedback on this in class.
I feel even better about the choice of game than I thought I would, however, I am still so frustrated that I forgot the time limit was 15 minutes instead of 10! I would DEFINITELY included a tie breaker if I had remembered that fact. Also, although I didn't plan on including it, I think it would have been beneficial to include an assignment or next step to what I would then do at the end of the mini lesson to check for understanding. Also, I would have spent more time paying attention to each student's individual similes and metaphors during the game to gage where they needed to improve.
Overall, I am happy with my lesson, but wish I had thought of something more exciting to begin my lesson, rather than ONLY the excitement of the game at the end.
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