I realized that I forgot to post about my field experience teaching, so here it is. The lesson was basically a class think aloud in which we went over a poem and they found examples of their poetry terms from the unit. This went pretty well except some of the kids were completely lost, or just talking for the fun of it and not paying attention. This is not unusual in this class so I tried to take it in stride and continue on with the lesson.
We then did an activity involving their terms again, which was a review for their quiz at the end of the class. They were extremely hyped up that day so it was hard to get them to calm down but eventuallly most finished the assignment.
In all the experience went well, though not as smoothly as I would have hoped. I like working with freshmen but I constantl have to remind myself how young they really are, and therefore how immature they can be, but it worked out for the best. I need to work on deviating from my set lesson if things aren't working out, because I know this happens pretty often and thinking on your feet is an important skill that teachers need to be successful in their classrooms.