Friday, February 20, 2009

Emily Mann Teaching 1

3 comments:

Stephanie LaMantia said...

Evaluation Form For Emily Mann
Lesson: Teaching the song "Frarashaka" in both French and English
Musicianship (5 pts): 5
I thought that Emily was always in tune and kept an accurate rhythm and tempo throughout her lesson. She could keep a steady beat and had the students singing on pitch. Her voice was very easy to follow and the students could always hear what Emily was singing.

Leadership (10 pts): 10
I thought that throughout Emily's lesson she was constantly interacting with her students. She kept eye contact with everyone and you could always hear what she had to say.

Preparation (15 pts): 15
I felt that Emily was prepared to present her lesson to the class. She knew her music and didn't seem to rely on her written lesson plan. She knew how to teach her lesson without using classroom instruments or the piano.

Delivery of Instruction (20 pts): 18
I felt that Emily did an excellent job with delivering her lesson plan to the class. The only thing that I noticed was that she just assumed that the class knew the English version of the song. Maybe she could of taught the class the English version like she taught the French version. I thought that Emily's lesson was very creative and I enjoyed the dance that she made up. I thought that it was good that the students had to interact with each other. This presentation kept my attention and I felt that the verbal instructions were good. Maybe for Emily's next presentation she could question the students more and talk in a voice more suitable for young children.

Total Point: 48

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Evaluation Form For Emily Mann
Lesson: Singing Frere Jacques in French and In English

Musicianship(5pts): 5
Emily did a good job with staying in tune/pitch with the song. I would say aim for a stronger head voice. The rhythm and tempo was good for the age group that you were targeting. You were very easy to follow during the lesson of the song.

Leadership(10pts): 10
I could tell that you were a little nervous , but overall you knew what you were doing.You show leadership immediately when you demonstrated the scale for the students and its hand signs. You had good eye contact throughout the lesson to the students.

Preparation (15pts): 14
I felt that you knew the song , and were very familiar with the material before you started teaching. When it comes to you lesson plan try to walk away from it. It will help you to have better instruction.

Delivery of Instruction (20pts): 19
I thought that over all Emily did a great job of instruction. She could have used more motivational phrases and praises (i.e. " you are singing very well bill" ect.). Another problem that I notice in all of us as future teachers is don't tell the student's your steps. It distracts the flow of the lesson (i.e. " Now we're going to do..., "Next is ..." a more flowing approach is " Great Job everyone lets get in a circle and try it in English" Overall you did a very good job.

Total Points 48/50