On the 31st of May 2023, my practicum continued. I taught the first hour of the class on some indigenous fables and the lesson objective was students to be able to skim through an indigenous story on Ojibwa and answer the comprehension questions on the story.
I started the lesson right on time and I began by showing a PowerPoint presentation on indigenous stories in Canada. I presumed students didn’t know much about the indigenous fables so I made a simple and clear presentation with lots of explanations and images so that students could visualize the content of the story as they read. I believe reading is more interesting and understanding if the content can be well visualized while reading.
After the PowerPoint presentation, I gave out printed copies to students. I read the story first as the students scanned through the story and afterwards, I asked them to read, underlined new vocabulary and annotate as they read the indigenous story. I read the story because, I wanted my student to take note of some pronunciations and new words. After 15 minutes, I put the students in groups to discuss the story and answer the questions.
After the comprehension questions were answered, I discussed the answers with the students. I played a spin the wheel activity with multiple choice questions on the indigenous story and all the students were excited and participated fully. This was my first activity in a lesson and that was also the highlight of the lesson. I felt so good, the activity went well more than I anticipated, and it encouraged me to look for more activities for my lessons.
At the end of the class, my sponsor teacher gave me some advice on my time management and the volume of my voice which I look forward to improving before my next class.