The Worst Lesson Which I Have Ever Taught!

So the entire semester I have been blogging about how I planned on doing my voicethread lesson on the topic of the 1st Thanksgiving and do a readers theatre to go along with it. Well with that said all I can say is that best plans of mice and men! This turned out to be a disaster of a lesson eventhough I put much time and effort into the outcome. I thought it would go great but my class was not as impressed. I was greeted with boredom and lack of cooperation. And then in the end my video died right before my reader's theatre was over! So I am gathering my eggs once again to start over and on Tuesday teach a lesson on the civilization of the Ancient Egyptians and include a powerpoint for the students to provide commentary on as well as think sheets which they will answer following our discussions. The questions that I will ask are going to be higher order thinking skills such as: Compare the life of the Ancient Egyptians to life today in our society. What are some simmilarities and differences. Once finished I will upload my finished product to voicethread and my documents to google docs and onto here! Here is hoping for success the 2nd go around! Until then Bon Voyage!