Here, you will find the lesson plans Samantha designed and Implemented in Fall 2017 and Spring 2018 and her experience reviewing other UTAs' plans
Lesson plans consist of: clearly stated objective, a minute-by-minute time estimate, lesson materials, and a method of assessing the achievement of the objective.
Fall 2017
LESSON PLAN ONELearn how Samantha tackled teaching her students on how to succeed on an exploratory inquiry assignment.
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LESSON PLAN TWOLearn how Samantha guided her students through the rhetorical analysis paper of English 101.
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Spring 2018
LESSON PLAN ONEIn this lesson plan, Samantha teaches her students how to survive the Exploratory Inquiry for a second semester. Powerpoint attached separately.
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LESSON PLAN TWORead Samantha's Lesson Plan designed to teach her students how to master the Digital Forum. Powerpoint and Review attached separately.
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Reviewing 1st Year UTA Lesson Plans
I was very impressed by the lesson plans I had to grade. The lesson plans were created by first semester UTAs. As a second semester UTA, I feel I have some advice to offer to the UTAs who are crafting their first lesson plans. The key word in that last sentence is "some". Being a second semester TA, I understand what is expected of me, but because the classroom dynamic can change so drastically with new students, it is hard for me to say confidently that I know significantly more than most first semester TAs. That being said, I thought the lesson plans I was sent to review were stellar. They reminded me of my own, as they all came in a similar format. We all stated the objective and minute by minute time frame very clearly. I was impressed by the students' application of the 388v readings to their plans. Frankly, this is something I neglected to do in some of my own plans. Their plans were practical and did not rely to heavily on student feedback, which is good because too often students do not respond as much as you would hope. They both incorporated group activities, which is a great idea. Groups are a fun way to stimulate interaction in the classroom, while also giving your students time to get to know each other. I began incorporating group work regularly into my lesson plans, and it has been a huge success. My main critique for the first year TAs is that they often overestimated how long activities would take. For instance many TA's would write that they expected their introduction to take five whole minutes. In my experience, an introduction has never taken more than thirty seconds. Once you get in front of the students, it becomes easy to speed up because you get nervous or fear you are boring people. Because of this, I always set my time expectations to be very short. This is my main piece of advice for all first year UTAs. Plan for speed!