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[|One Page Lesson Plan 1.doc]

I taught this lesson on famous poets that high school students should be familiar with to my 10th grade English class. Follow the link to view the one page lesson plan.

Evaluation of the Lesson: My master teacher thought that this lesson went over well with the students. He said the powerpoint slides were helpful for the students to take notes on as I lectured about the history of the poets and how their political views and social standing helped to shape their poetry. He said my volume was much better while teaching this lesson and that he was able to hear what I was saying from the back of the classroom, even while the other classroom was watching a movie. He said that my presentation was good this time as well and that my nervous figits were fewer and farther in between. He said that the amount of time I gave the students was pretty good for them to write a poem, but he suggested that I move around the classroom a little bit more to make myself seem more available to the students if they had any questions. Overall, he said that the lesson went well and that the students seemed engaged and interested most of the time.

Reflection on the Lesson: I thought the lesson went pretty smoothly today. I taught on some of the most famous poets that the students will run into in their English classes. I used a powerpoint to show the students a timeline of the poet's lives and their place in historical and political context which seemed to help the students make connections between what was happening in the world and what they read in the poems. They also were very creative with their own constructions of their own poems once they were split into groups. They stayed on task pretty well and were not afraid to ask questions when I walked by them. It was a little bit more difficult to get the students to read their poems outloud and share with they class why they chose to write the poem in that particular style, but after one or two groups went, the rest of the students warmed up to the idea and were more willing to share what they wrote. I had a lot of fun teaching this lesson and it seemed like the student made good connections between the poets and what was happening in the time they were alive.