Your First Speak Agent Lesson

Scenario:

If you are preparing to teach your very first Speak Agent lesson, read on!

Preparation:

1. Choose the lesson you plan to teach. Click Lessons on the left side menu.
   
2. Then narrow by the Subject you are teaching and look for your first lesson. In most Speak Agent implementations, the lessons will be named and sequenced according to your school district’s curriculum. So, if you are starting with unit 1, the Speak Agent lesson will be named 1A, 1.1, or something with the number one.
3. Click on the lesson title and Preview it.
   
4. Choose one to three activities to introduce to your class. Lessons are provided with a recommended order, but you may go in any order you prefer.
5. Also take a look at the Teacher’s Guide Activities A-Z section to decide on how to use each type of activity. 

In Class:

1. Start by exploring each new activity together with your students. Run up to three activities in your first lesson one by one. In a physical classroom, use a projector. For distance learning, share your screen or web browser window.
2. To run an activity, use the Preview feature. 
3. Most activities are organized into “rounds.” Each round is one word, sentence, question, answer choice, page, etc. — any learning task that requires a click to respond. A round ends when you complete an answer, make a match, fill in a blank, or press a “next” button or arrow. After you’ve demonstrated the first round, try involving your students in deciding on responses together.
4. When you model the activities for your class, you may just want to do a few rounds, rather than the entire set of tasks.
5. Then have your students complete the whole activity independently before moving on to the next activity.