"Don't Forget To Write" Ignite talk and Activity Reflection

After reading Don't Forget To Write I was excited to share what we learned from it with the rest of the class. At first we, as a group, weren’t sure what we wanted to do for our activity. We knew that we wanted to share a lesson straight from the book we read and we decided we wanted it to be something the rest of the class would enjoy like we did. We chose the lesson titled “Best Imaginary Vacation Ever.” It was perfect because it would get the class to think and also have fun with it creatively. When each of us in the group read through the lesson plan we realized we don’t think as creatively as we did back when we were young children. This happens naturally but we wanted to emphasize this to the class when we did the activity so they could really think outside the box and be as creative as possible. Yesterday we did our Ignite Talk and our activity and I feel that it went really well. Being the teachers in front of the class was really cool. I have done presentations in front of classes before but actually doing an activity directed by us with the class was new and exciting. We split the class into four groups for the activity with one of us at each group. Since we had given the class examples of our lesson they seemed to ease into it and have fun with it. Since they were really creative with their “Best Imaginary Vacation Ever” and were laughing and having fun, our group was really happy in the end. The Ignite talk and activity went smoothly and the class responded well to it. I can’t wait to incorporate this activity into my classroom when I am a teacher. Also I am excited to see everyone else’s Ignite talks and activities in our class.