For our second demonstration, Sarah and I were assigned the topic of Pronouns. We had some initial difficulty narrowing down our topic to something teachable, primarily because pronouns was such a broad topic to us. We eventually looked at the book (like we were supposed to from the beginning) and narrowed our lesson down to a basic overview of pronouns, followed by an introduction to vague and clear pronouns usage with a focus on writing.
If I had a chance to redo that lesson I would practice it a little more before hand. Sarah and I had a few mishaps along the way, mainly involving talking over one another and both trying to teach the same part. I would have either planned the lesson for a longer time period, or cut out something just because I felt quite rushed at some parts, and I'm afraid that transferred over to the students as well.
Most everyone gave us positive feedback, which was nice to hear, but we did get a few notes about being one-sided, which upon reflection, we did favor the side of the classroom we normally converse with as students. I regret that, and would like to have more equal representation in my classroom.
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