Colleagues reflect on a Middle School English lesson

• Managed to engage with students and has developed an effective relationship with the class. 
• Sometimes we make the assumption that students know the language we use, e.g. explain “Super Bowl Sunday” and hold to the same high standards for the lesson objective. 
• Picked up that if one child can’t hear at the back of the classroom – classroom management / disruptions might become an issue. 
• Excellent practice of walking around classroom – checking 'over the shoulder' that students are working well. 
• Integration of IT into lesson – wonderful! 
• Never accept a "yes" – ALWAYS ask why! Drawing them out.
• Interesting lesson- can use ideas from the English Dept. in Setswana Dept. Cross pollination!
• Lesson related to their “world”. Content was brought back to their “world”. 
• Do now – always gets the students focused at the beginning of the lesson. Works well.