Leading Class Reflection Report

Reflecting back on leading class discussion Wednesday, I thought it was a success for the most part. Dylan and I collaborated really well together, and we split the work up evenly which is always makes working with a partner so much more enjoyable. One thing I learned about collaboration from working with Dylan was compromise. Although there was no actual conflict, coming up with an idea for the actual discussion part was a lot of us throwing out ideas and listening to each others feedback. For instance, we were going to play Jeopardy as our discussion topic, but then we decided that might not get the class discussing how we liked. We finally compromised on the idea to have the class write on flashcards and pick one randomly to talk about. This played really well off of “The Lottery”
I was very pleased with how willing the class was to jump right into talking about “The Lottery” and “The One Who Walked away From Omelas”. It definitely made being up in front of everyone more enjoyable. One thing I learned from the large class discussion and from observing in previous classes, is that I think everyone is more willing to talk about their thoughts if we get into groups first to build on our thoughts and hear others perspectives. I think this is especially crucial on some of the more challenging short stories that could have several different themes or meanings. With this knowledge in mind, Dylan and I agreed it would be a good idea to do small groups before brining it the class together for one big discussion. I think we were successful in that aspects of the discussion. However, if I could go