Lesson 1 Reflection

1. Positive Statement

What are you most proud of in your Lesson 1 Presentation and why?

What I am most proud of in my Lesson 1 Presentation was that I was able to immediately engage my audience and grab their attention with my introduction by dropping a book, taking off my jacket, and relating to them about a common experience (history boredom) without having to resort to a Q&A.

2. Questions to Consider

       a.     What assessment would you give yourself on your Lesson 1 Presentation (self-assessment)?

AP+

       b.     Explain why you deserve that grade using evidence from the Lesson 1 component contract.

Though I believe that my presentation is worth a P+ for being able to cite most of my sources and my good audience engagement, I deserve an AP+ because I failed to turn in the Lesson Plan Rough Draft in time. According to the Lesson 1 component contract, failing to do any of the P consideration requirements on time results in the loss of eligibility for anything above an AP+. Even though I don’t qualify for a P or above, I believe that my presentation content that is above a P level would qualify me for an AP+.

3. What worked for you in your Lesson 1?

• I was able to grab the audience’s attention immediately with my introduction.
• I positioned myself at the front of the classroom rather than the side.
• I was able to cite most of my sources.
• I was able to relate my research to my mentorship.
• I remembered to talk about my prop.

4.  (What didn't work) If you had a time machine, what would you have done differently to improve your Lesson 1?

• Try to stay more relaxed. Because of my nervousness, there were topics that I forgot to go in-depth with such as museum engagement and airplane artifacts.
•   Don’t over prepare. I over prepared and when I forgot to say something during the presentation, it affected by tone and thought process.
• Remember to turn in the rough draft lesson plan. This affected my confidence because I became extremely paranoid about trying to salvage as much of my grade as I can.
•  Better eye contact. Though eye contact was good at the beginning, toward the end I started staring at one corner of the room.
•  Talk about my visual examples. I could have gone more in depth with a couple of items.
• Simplify my content so that it’s more understandable to my audience.