Field Experience Entry Four

Today I experienced teaching a lesson on a lesson plan to a room full of teachers.
Let me explain -

My school is adapting a program based on personality types. Students will be given Myers-Briggs personality tests and grouped together based on their results. Those groups - whom we are calling culture groups - will meet every two weeks during a block schedule. Part of the agenda during those meetings is a reading seminar. Our goal is to encourage our students to read for pleasure more often, and we're hoping that by discussing reading with peers that share the same inclinations toward reading they'll discover better reading habits and/or new book genres that appeal to their tastes.

So, my lesson today was to introduce the idea to the teachers and to share a lesson plan I developed for the culture group reading seminar. This particular lesson delves into whether or not we read for pleasure, why or why not, and what the class may collectively have in common pertaining to reading based on their personalities.

Most teachers were receptive to the idea of reading during class. They also expressed interest in selecting book genres and titles based on personality types. We even broke into groups of like-personalities and discussed common reading behaviors and how they can translate that to the classroom.

All in all, it was a successful experience. I hope the students are as receptive to it!

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