Reflection #14

Just this week, on the Monday, I did my in-class activity. I prepared 5 types of poems for the class. I started off by letting them write a prompt that I saw on the internet and thought it was perfect to give them. I gave them five minutes to write on the prompt. After I called out the time, I wrote the 5 types of poems on the board with their meanings. Some of the poems were familiar with the class. I read out poems related to the 5 types of poems I gave them. When I was done reading out  the poems, I made the class to write two poems  out of the 5 types of poems. I gave them 10 minutes to write acrostic and free verse poems for class activity. When the 10 minutes were up, I asked them, actually I did not ask, I command them all to read out loud what they wrote. Of all the students, one of them did not share his work. The reason I did not ask but commanded them to share is I wanted to point out to them that there are times that they would not know the instructor or the teacher gives credits. As I was observing them while they were writing, I could see that they were studying hard and most of all writing to their very best. I was not surprise to see that of all, one of them did not share. I was expecting the person. I think that everyone to participate in class activities and discussions, there has to be more of a talking with mates. This is my goal for next week, make everyone participate in class.