reflection on a lesson in practicum

Q1) The lesson that I conducted was on newspaper reports, they are to familiarise themselves with the format of how a newspaper report is usually presented, taking note of the tone and language features required in a newspaper report. They are given a worksheet to guide them with the features to look out for in a newspaper report and sample newspaper articles for reference. The lesson was conducted with Secondary Two Express students, a class of 40 boys who are fascinated with reading of the newspapers and have a good amount of general knowledge.
A video clip of a news broadcaster's report was also shown to the students as a starter to captivate their attention and the topic was on handphone technologies which is something they will be fascinated about. The use of multimedia was good as it appeals to more than one sense, visual and audio which caters to their multiple intelligences. The students were posed with some questions on identifying the gist of the verbal news report and there were a couple of volunteers. Some got the main idea, others concentrated too much on the insignificant details of the report.
By going over the worksheet and the slides which explain the different features of the newspaper report, students were able to follow closely to the lesson and because it was a 35min lesson and I decided to pack a couple of activities within it, the worksheet was mostly on fill in the blanks which I could see was something they enjoyed as they filled up the entire worksheet and majority got all the answers correct. I was quite sure that they have mastered the tone and format of the newspaper report as they could tell me at the end of the lesson these aspects of the newspaper report in the conclusion.
Something which enthuse the students was the rearrangement of the strips of the newspaper report in the correct order, the reward was also an enticement which probably motivated them and they were very excited when they thought they got the order right. I thought it was a good activity as it gets students thinking instead of being passive recipients of knowledge, the students were made to actively construct their own knowledge of newspaper reports and how the sequence of events in a newspaper could be presented, with the help of connectors which are sometimes provided, as well as the fact that there must be a logical train of thought such that the events do not seem to occur haphazardly.
I feel that this lesson was good because they were rather cooperative and they were engaged every single moment of the lesson and were clearly motivated. I feel that classroom management and rapport with the students are important elements to win half the battle, however, the other half of the battle depends on the type of activities planned out for the lesson, if students are more IT savvy and they enjoy solving problems and mind boggling activities, lessons planned in such a way would achieve the desirable outcomes expected from the students.