A problematic lesson

I went ahead and taught MND's Act II, Scene 1. It was not horrible, but it was definitely one of the weaker teaching days.

I began the lesson with Four on the Floor (an activity I love and learned in this program). The questions were about specific passages where the students had to figure out what was going on. (Strike one) One of the posters had Oberon and Titania in bubble maps (that was a good one) and the conflict between the two. That was the only good poster.

After the activity, I posted the posters up and looked at the responses, 80% of them were totally, absolutely, off. Some students either hadn't read, some read and didn't understand, and a couple really got it.

Let me also mention that my master teacher was in there to observe me. I thought to myself, "self!" what do I do?

I ignored the posters and had the students refer to their texts, beginning with some interpretation about my favorite passage (Titania describing her friend's pregnant belly,etc). Again, no response.

Hmm. What to do now? I ended the lesson and played a game. Now it's spring break. What to do?