Lesson+Plan+2+(short)

__Short Lesson plan__

__Teacher Evaluation [|Necesitar_Lesson_Eval.jpg]__

__Reflection__ 10/21/2008 I taught only my second Spanish lesson today. It was about the verb “necesitar = to need”. My class was very well behaved and they participated in the lecture. This was also the first lesson I have taught this quarter where my master teacher was there in her own classroom while I was teaching and I think this greatly influenced the class's behavior (for my other lessons so far, my other master teacher has come to observe me because my master teacher was gone). I think I should have been a little more strict and encouraged the students who said they didn’t know the answer or were gone the day before to give it more of a try when I asked them for an answer. I used my master teacher’s “cup of fun” (a cup filled with popsicle sticks, each with a name on it, the names of all the students in the class are in the cup) to call on all students to supply answers after the esponja (warm-up), when going over the homework, and throughout the notes/lecture. I tried to be very supportive and positive as I know speaking up in a foreign language classroom can be very intimidating! My master teacher commented after the lesson that I did a good job on that. I felt like this lesson went very well. I only wish the students got to interact and communicate more with their peers.