Reflection of Video: 8th Grade Language Arts Lesson-Novel Study Set up

Tonight my class watched a video on youtube you can find here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lIsfCmPI0cU. This video shows us how an 8th grade teacher set up her lesson intro into her class reading a novel.

What I liked about this video:

• The teacher kept things going/moving.
• The teacher made sure her students understood by asking questions and relating things to her students.
• The teacher gave her students the opportunity to plan for themselves, she gave them the downfalls of certain choices, but ultimately left it up to them and the groups they are a part of to decide.
• The teacher utilized several different techniques through large groups, small groups, and electronics.
• The teacher showed she cared about her students. (she tells them she loves them all as she's saying goodbye!)

What I disliked about this video:

• That she's such a great teacher I should just show her videos instead of teaching myself...just kidding...
• Honestly there was not really anything to dislike. She manages to get a lot of information to her students in a very short amount of time and everyone appeared to understand.

It was very useful seeing that you can do group stations in 8th grade as well. Most of the time I think of group stations being utilized in elementary aged classes or maybe even Special Ed classes, but she utilizes them in a regular ed Language Arts class. It really goes to show that you can achieve anything you put your mind to.