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In this unit, I watched two videos covering the same ESA lesson taught in two very different ways. In the first video, the students were left confused and the lesson was not encourging the students to participate. The lesson skipped the Engage phase entirely and went straight into the Study phase. During this lesson, the teacher lacked encouragement when a student provided a wrong answer by just saying 'no' and moving on, especially during the Activate phase when he just gave out random points because he preferred one side over the other. He also gave little to no instruction on what to do before the game in the activate phase. In the end, the students were left afraid to answer questions in fear if they got it wrong and very confused on lack of instruction and teachings. In the second video, the teacher was much more engaging with the students. He introduced himself and let the students do the same to provide a more welcoming atmosphere right at the start. After which, he went through the ESA style lesson plan much better this time, giving much more student to teacher talk time. There was clear instruction and demonstrations when needed for the different activities, like the worksheet (for study phase) and mill-drill (for activate phase). In the end, the students were much more willing to speak up when asked a question and weren't as scared to make mistakes. They all appeared to much more fun during the BINGO game provided in the activate then the game provided in the first video.