This lesson was on Canadian myths and monsters and it was on the 5th of June, 2023. I started the class by asking students what their thought on myths were and the popular myths in their country. Students shared about their thoughts on myths and also shared some common myths from their country. Later, I gave out cutout cards with various myth definitions and thoughts about myths and made each student pick out a card, read what the card said and share their thoughts about it, if they agree to it or not. That was the highlight of the class, there were many discussions and suggestions on the thoughts of myths and the students were very participative.
I introduced the journal on Canadian myth and monsters by showing students pictures of some known Canadian monsters and I talked a little about them especially the popular Canadian monsters, the Bigfoot. I gave out the various journals to students to skim through the journal, annotate and also underline new words they come across. After 15 minutes of skimming, I read through with the students and asked them to summarize the journal in their own words.
Few minutes to the end of the class, each student read out their summaries and new vocabulary were discussed as the class came to a close exactly on time.
I worked so hard to manage the time and pacing well this time and I also tried to speak in a louder and clearer voice as my sponsor teacher advised after my last lesson. I think the students liked the class though there were no activities. My sponsor teacher commended my timing and also the pacing of my lesson.