January 13, 2020
11:00 am - 11:50 am
On Monday, I observed the 2A reading class that was taught by Olivia James. This class was rather slow paced but still informative. The task for the day was to watch a movie while reading a book. Ms. James explained to me that this is a really good way to form images as students are reading and has proven to be very helpful. The movie and book we were watching/reading was Pirates of the Caribbean: curse of the black pearl. She had us watch about 8 minutes of the movie, then read the corresponding book pages. After reading, she took a break to ask the students questions such as "why are they on the boat?" "who is the main character?" "Why did the character do this?". She also explained some confusing terms from the text book as well as what the italicization and punctuation meant. I really liked how she read the book because she used a lot of tones that made the book better to follow along with. Ms. James also constantly explained confusing vocabulary to the students.
Overall, I really enjoyed this observation. I learned a lot about the usefulness of imagery while reading, and how test my students on their comprehension (asking questions while reading).
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