Dante Yacobucci

Instructor Engelhardt
EDUC 450 and 486E
24 April 2017
Lesson 1 and 2 Reflections

Lesson 1

1. To what extent were lesson objectives achieved? (Utilize assessment data to justify your level
of achievement)

My lesson objectives were achieved to a satisfactory degree, as students provided through

responses to my assessments. These included formative discussion questions, a pre-assessment

writing exercise, and a post-assessment writing exercise. Each form of assessment sought to

achieve this learning target: Students can identify stereotypes in visual arguments by determining

an authors target audience and purpose. Though I havent completed grading the post

assessments, what I have gathered so far showed me that the students were reaching the learning

target, especially in comparing their pre and post assessments. I will go into greater detail about

student growth when I create my data analysis, but the level of achievement I believe my

students have gained is justified in their discussion responses. Not only did they address my

questions with thorough answers, but some students went beyond the questions and offered

insights that I hadnt even considered.

2. What changes, omissions, or additions to the lesson would you make if you were to teach
again?
After receiving feedback from my cooperating teacher, 450 teacher, peers, and students, I

learned a lot about what went well and what could be changed. I would definitely change the

way I called on students, as I was not assertive enough. Instead of calling on the same students

over and over again, I would use Laura Druses method of pulling notecards with student names

on them. This keeps the entire class accountable and keeps the discussion diverse. I would also

add more group work to the lesson, as students said that it would have improved the engagement
level for them. I agreed with this and definitely want to bring in group discussions next time. I

would also offer students information about what led into this lesson and what this lesson was

leading them into. I didnt give them too much background information in the context of how

this lesson fits into the class as a whole, which I will at least mention briefly next time. Overall, I

think that the biggest change I would make would be less of me being the sage on the stage

and more of the guide on the side. For example, during my discussion, I would ask students to

respond to one another, instead of responding directly to me.

3. What do you envision for the next lesson? (Continued practice, reteach content, etc.)

For my next lesson, I plan to keep the same style of questions, but facilitate the lesson in
a different way. I want to add in group work, more interactive discussions, and an overall more
interactive exploration of concepts. I also want to do a Kahoot quiz, because they are exciting
and engaging. I watched the students take one of these quizzes during homeroom and I enjoyed
watching their enthusiasm. Ive also had success using this form of assessment in a prior lesson.
Since I will be teaching a lesson on women in the media, I plan on covering some of the same
concepts we explored in this lesson. However, I plan on adding a different learning target and set
of inquiry questions so that it isnt repetitive.

Lesson 2
1. To what extent were the lessons learning targets achieved? (Utilize assessment data to justify
your level of achievement)

My learning target was I can evaluate different forms of media in order to identify a

category of market segmentation. The success criteria was I will find 2-3 advertisements that

share a common target consumer and explain how they use market segmentation to create that

consumer category. I believe that these targets were achieved well, because every group

included at least two advertisements and they all explained how the ads use market segmentation

toward a group of consumers. Many groups included three advertisements, which strengthened

their evaluations of target consumers. However, there were a couple of groups that could have

strengthened their answers with more reasoning and support. This is all coming from the papers I
collected from each group, which all at least partially met the objectives and most meeting them

completely.
2. What changes, omissions, or additions to the lesson would you make if you were to teach
again?

The biggest change I would make to this lesson would be the addition of more specific

instructions for the groups. I did not ask for a specific amount of writing or support, which I feel

would have produced better results. I would definitely print out worksheets for each group to fill

out with more specific instructions. For example, I ask students to provide at least two reasons

per advertisement for evidence of market segmentation. I believe that this would help the groups

that did not offer as much evidence and reasoning, because there would be less room for

interpretation of the instructions. I would also give students questions to answer while they

watched the video on market segmentation. It would be simple, with questions such as, What is

the definition of market segmentation? and What are two examples of market segmentation

mentioned in the video?. This would help students focus on the important concepts within the

video and have them as a reference when they work in groups.

3. What do you envision for the next lesson? (Continued practice, reteach content, etc.)

For my next lesson, I envision using more tangible resources for students. This might

include handouts, questions, or instructions to keep them focused. I want to add more of these

resources, because they can be used as a reference during the lesson and for future lessons. I also

plan on creating more specific instructions and practicing them myself. I need to put myself in

the students shoes more so that I can find points of confusion before they happen.
I will continue using group work, because my students seemed engaged with the material

and asked more questions than usual. I also think its a great way for students to build off of each

others ideas, as I saw some aha moments arise in their conversations. I am not sure if I would

mix them up next time or leave them in their table groups, because they all seemed to work well
with their tables. However, I do know that it is important to mix students with peers they might

not normally hear from.