Mini lesson reflection

In preparing for the mini lesson, I first needed to make sure that I fully understood the concept of the point of view guide, so I re-read the section in the text a couple of times.  I then considered how I would introduce the strategy.  I decided that the class would do a POVG on women suffragists since I figured this would be a fairly easy subject.  I then decided what I would say during the lesson, and practiced it a couple of times to make sure I was within the time limit.  I edited in my head what I would say as I thought of new ways to say things in a clearer fashion. 

I think that my mini lesson on point of view guides went fairly well.  I think that I effectively showed the class how to teach the POVGs to their students.  I think that my classmates will know in the future the things to emphasize with their students when they want to show them how to use this strategy.  They will know to make sure they understand that they are speaking as the subject, and so will need to be reminded to write in first person.  They will also make sure that the students understand the concept of a point of view before assigning the strategy. 

I think that my introduction to strategy went well.  By beginning with the basic idea of what a point of view is, and moving on to how the students usually write their points of view, I think that concept of POVGs would be easier for students to grasp and write.  If I were to do the lesson again, I think that I would write out the POVG that the class did together on the board so the students would see how it should be written, instead of just hear how it should be written.