edTPA: Making Good Choices

As I was reading through the requirement for the edTPA the first section that really stood out to be is the tip about actually following the verb directions in the prompt. For example, there is describe, explain, and analyze. There is a different task associated with each of these words and often times I don't even think about the significance of the different verbs that are used in a prompt but for the edTPA, it is imperative to complete the questions according to the verb used. 

The next section is similar to the use of the verbs in the prompt as there may be prompts that sound repetitive but the document suggests that "when you encounter a prompt that seems similar to the one you already answered, think about how the context in which the prompt appears might guide your response." 

Something that I am going to struggle with is not putting the rationale or justification for a lesson in the lesson plan because that is where it seems like that information should go but they are supposed to see that information in the prompts. I am going to have to edit myself quite a bit when I am writing my lesson plans then because that is something that I am consistently doing. 

The largest thing that seemed to be repeated over and over again in this document is that you cannot just say a statement you have to provide an example that supports that statement with examples of your own teaching. I am even more anxious about the edTPA now than I was before because I do not know how to accomplish so many of the tasks that were mentioned. How many pages is the edTPA supposed to be? There was a lot of good information about the edTPA in this document but I am even more anxious about the edTPA than I was before.