Briana's Response #9

Shall we talk about lesson planning? I think that might be one of the easier things for me to do when it comes to teaching. Well, in a sense. I usually know what it is I want the end goal of the day to be, and I know exactly what things need to be done for the entire unit. From there it is simply a matter of figuring out what order to place activities in so that the whole unit builds on itself. One of my biggest concerns for our unit while doing our teaching at Springville high school these past couple weeks was that we weren't putting enough teaching moments into our lesson plans. But I've realized that teaching theatre is a completely different ball game than any other teaching area. Students are going to need time to work on their scenes and to memorize lines and such, and during those times the teacher is going to have a lot of down time. This time doesn't have to be spent just sitting in the office or at a desk, it can be used productively and therefore become a teaching moment for the entire class. I think another thing that is important about lesson planning is being flexible. The plan is not always going to work the way that you wrote it out, so we have to be willing to change it up a little bit. Go with instincts, as long as their helpful and productive.