This lesson was to prepare the students for the next lesson which will take place in the TV studio at college to produce a show. As the students do not have any prior knowledge of the TV studio I wanted to prepare them. This is also beneficial for the students with autism as this would be different to their routine. The national autistic society (2017) states that students on the autistic spectrum can cope better with change if they are prepared in advance. As this was the case the lesson planned was based around job roles, so they knew what was expected of them when they are in the tv studio.
As the lesson is in an open zone I was struggling to think of activities when planning this lesson. As the noise in the open zone is an issue when teaching I was trying the think of activities that can be done independently or on their table. DfEE (2009) explains that for learning to go on, students should be able to communicate clearly in the learning environment. However, feedback from my mentor suggests that planning tasks
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I assume the students would be able to do the task from similar work we had done previously. I am unsure if this was due to the task being put into a new context or expectations from them was too high. As they found the work difficult they found it hard to keep focused. Blanchard (2009) explains that if the student is not interested in the task due to it being too difficult then they will find it hard to engage in the learning. I was “working too hard” to compensate for this and to show their progression. I do think I need to take differentiation into consideration next time. However, as I did all the resources myself, I they were appropriate to the session. My mentor also put in my feedback back that the handouts were all inclusive for all the students. The activities were all varied so that all students were involved in the