Danielle Raffa

Live Lesson

1. Did you achieve both your language and content objectives?   How can you be sure?

Our language objective was students will be able to summarize in writing one theory that
they learned about Disney World. At the end of our lesson students individually wrote
about one new thing they learned about Disney. This shows that students achieved this
objective because every student wrote about one thing they learned after we presented
them with new information. Our content objective was students will be able to recognize
Disney World hidden secrets and formulate their own opinions on theories. To achieve
this objective, we completed an activity. I read to the class different theories and if they
agreed with it, they would walk to one side of the room and if they disagreed, they
walked to the other side of the room. Students completed this activity which shows that
they formulated their own opinions on the different theories presented.

2. Do you feel you "immersed" the students in the vocabulary?  Based on your assessment,
did the students have their own understanding of each of the vocab words?

I believe the class had their own understanding of each vocabulary word due to the
activities they completed. During the lesson students repeated each vocabulary word after
we went over each definition to become more familiar with them. One of our activities
included a vocabulary match, students had to match each word with the correct
definition. When we went over this worksheet, every student had the correct answers
showing that they understood each vocab word. Throughout our lesson each vocabulary
word had a slide dedicated to it, providing students with further information. Therefore,
students were immersed in the vocabulary.

3. Do you feel you had enough interaction, giving students the chance to apply the
language/content with other students?  Why or why not?

During our lesson I felt like there was a lot of teacher and student interaction, but not
much interaction between the student themselves. Most of the activities we gave the class
they completed individually, and we went over a class. Because of this there was not too
much interaction.

4. What are three aspects of the SIOP process that you find effective and truly need to be in
your lesson plans (especially if ELLs are present)?

Three important aspects of the SIOP process that are effective for students are interaction,
building background, and practice and application. Interaction is important especially for
ELLs because speaking and working with peers can help students better understand the
lesson and get a deeper understanding of the information. Building background is also
important because if students have background information of a topic, they can better
understand things going forward. Finally, practice and application is crucial to have in
 your lesson because students must apply what they have learned to get practice and see if
they fully understand the information.

5. Looking back now that you've completed the lesson, what is one thing you would have
done differently?  Why?

After reflecting on my lesson, one thing I would have done differently is make the
activities more interactive. Throughout our lesson there was interaction between students
and the teacher, but not many students with student interactions. Because of this, I would
add an activity that had students work together and formulate ideas so students could
bounce ideas off each other.