Great Expectations: Self-Analysis

After using half of a class period on Wednesday, April 11 to teach about Chapter 37 of Great Expectations, the depth to which one must go to pass on knowledge accurately, efficiently, and creatively was revealed to me. Through this exercise the many aspects of the teaching process such as having to keep the class in check, the amount of preparation that the lesson took, and the difficulty in gauging their attentiveness while still trying to keep your own agenda. As expected, the real challenge in all of this was not necessary in each specific aspect but in maintaining all of them simultaneously. Though this project was difficult, having a partner made the process significantly easier as well as, in my opinion, adding another mind to add or

One of the most obvious yet most surprising things was simply the lesson plan. Having a week to create, revise, and practice the lesson plan that we presented made me personally and likely all of my classmates who presented realize how much time and dedication has to go into teaching in especially in a subject such as English that is clearly more literature based than most other subjects. I interpret this as meaning that the delivery of information through a lesson has to be a carefully and well thought-out process. With that being said, it became more clear why in English class in specific silence while being presented information in the form of a lesson due to how easy it is for one to become completely lost in a way that it is difficult to recover from, though it is possible. This, I feel is a point that was well demonstrated in having us carry out this

The main benefit was simply having another mind to work with and to share ideas with while working on this. It also resulted in having someone who acted as an accountability partner in ensuring that we produce project quickly and carefully. I also feel as though having a partner helped in terms of the classes engagement as well as having someone to fill in parts of points that were either poorly covered or partially missed. Having a partner who was actually open to sharing the workload as opposed to either trying to completely take over the project then ration responsibilities or completely taking the backseat and forcing me to do the entire