Srta+Catherine+-+Lesson+Plan+I+Post+Lesson+Reflection+&+Analysis


 * Post Lesson Reflection/Analysis**


 * Student Name:** Catherine Scaffidi
 * School/place:** North Middle School/School District of Menomonee Falls
 * Grade Level:** 8th
 * Subject:** Spanish
 * Date:** February 8th 2011
 * Instructional Model:** Direct Instruction
 * Lesson Title:** Introduction Letters

Initially, I was concerned about whether or not the students would be interested in writing a letter to a teacher that they had never seen before. Prior to the lesson, I thought to myself that the lesson would go one of two ways: the kids would be scared of the challenge of writing and not take it seriously, or they would accept the challenge. Luckily, I was able to engage them with my letter and the students focused on writing their own letter until the end of the class period. I could tell that the students were really thinking about what they wanted to communicate to me by the questions that they were asking and their focus on the task at hand.
 * 1. As I reflect on the lesson, to what extent were the students productively engaged?**

My instructional goals were met. I wanted the students to look at the things that they were good at, the things that they need to improve on and any other things about them as individuals. They had to really think through these qualities and decide on which ones they wanted to share with me. I could tell that this instructional goal was met because the students included many details about themselves in their letters. In addition to this, I wanted students to practice composing an original piece of writing in Spanish. Each student was able to produce one half of a page or more of original writing by the end of the class period. Initially, the students were really concerned about whether or not they’d be able to write that much individually. But, they took on the challenge and produced awesome letters.
 * 2. Were my instructional goals met? Did the students learn what I intended?**
 * How do I know or how and when will I know?**

If I had to teach this lesson again to this same group of students, I would make a list of useful phrases for them to look through. A lot of times, it’s difficult to recall the simple phrases in Spanish. I think that an initial review of these phrases would set the students up for even greater success. This would also cut down on the time that students spend looking up new words.
 * 3. If I had the opportunity to teach the lesson again to this same group of students, what would I do differently? Why?**

Relative to the objectives, this student is performing very well. The vocabulary and the sentence structure above the target for this grade level. He seems to have few grammatical errors compared to his peers and is very specific about his likes and dislikes. This student’s area of strength is vocabulary and sentence fluency and his area of weakness is deciding when to conjugate or not conjugate a verb. His direct demonstration of letter writing and sentence structure leads me to infer that he has a strong grasp on grammatical concepts of the Spanish language. It seems that no accommodations were needed for this student and overall, his paper was exemplary.
 * Post Lesson Analysis and Student Work Samples**
 * Student #1 – High Achievement**

Relative to the objectives, this student is also performing very well. She used correct grammar and sentence structure and was right on target for this grade level. Her area of strength is word order and sentence structure and her area of weakness is vocabulary. Compared to the exemplary, her vocabulary is average, though it is used correctly. She has a clear understanding of the chapter vocabulary and was able to directly demonstrate this in her letter. From this student’s letter, I can infer that she has a grasp on the grammar and vocabulary concepts, typical for this level. Many other students exhibited much of the same skills.. It seems that no accommodations were needed for this student and overall, here paper was in line with an average performance.
 * Student #2 – Average Achievement**



Relative to the objectives, this student is performing at a low level. Her overall grammar and sentence structure is very poor. One area of strength is how self-aware she is. All over her letter, if she didn’t know the word, she’d write what she meant in English. A lot of teachers discourage this but I like that the student knows that learning a language is difficult for many. I think in the future, she should try to work around using English. By her direct demonstration of her grammar knowledge, I can infer that she is not as strong in grammar concepts or vocabulary as her peers. . It seems that no accommodations were needed for this student and overall, her paper was well below her peers.
 * Student #3 – Low Achievement**