Examples Of Microteaching

My microteaching experience was completed at Rich South High School in Richton Park, IL. The cooperating teacher for this assignment was Elena Van Lieshout. Ms. Van Lieshout has been at Rich South for eleven years and she teaches 11th and 12th grade English and Language Arts. The 12th grade class she teaches is an AP English class. The classes Ms. Van Lieshout requested I participate in most were her first and third period classes, which were both 11th grade English classes. One of the first observations I made was the lack of respect the students had for their teacher and the lessons she presented to them.
The classes begin each day with a bell ringer activity which consists of a word of the day, the students are to copy the word of the day with the corresponding definition. They are also told to create an original sentence using
More connections need to be made in order for the students to understand why certain academic concepts are important to them and how they apply to their own lives. One mechanism I think would have made the students more attentive is connecting the concept of civil disobedience to the numerous modern day events that are taking place in their own lives. It would be beneficial for the students to know that they often participate in civil disobedience without realizing it. I would also add technology into their lessons, most of the students are visual learners and reading through pages of text is not an effective way of learning for these students. Ultimately, the microteaching experience was eye-opening and informative as I began to appreciate the different learning styles of each student and eventually became accustomed to the teaching style of the cooperating