This week I submitted an assignment for my GDTL course. The task was to create a literary experience for a group of children, and to read them a story and get them to act or react to it. The assignment consisted of a multimedia production of evidence of the experience and a document outlining the lesson plan, how it linked into the Four Resources Model and a short description of the context of the experience.
I read a story about Anne Frank to the Year 6s in whose class I am currently on prac. My lesson went really well, and I was pleased with the interaction and engagement of the students, and their genuine interest in listening to the story and their participation in the activity following.
More than anything though, I was impressed when a few days after reading the story to my Year 6s, a French girl came up to me and told me that her grandmother was sending her a copy of Anne Frank's Diary. Then in her reading journal on Friday (unfortunately after I'd submitted my assignment) she had written (in English) that she had started reading a French translation of Anne's diary and was enjoying it very much, and linked back to my lesson the previous week!
I think this is that 'buzz' that teachers sometimes say they get when they connect with a student!
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