I'm teaching my first college course beginning in January. It's going to be an English Comp. class from 6-9 on Wednesday evenings. I'm a bit scared, especially since it's such a long class. What if I run out of material after only an hour or two? What if all the students think I'm stupid?
Did anyone else experience this type of anxiety before teaching their first class? Hopefully it goes away after the first or second session. Does anyone have any tips as to how I can increase my efficiency and how to make the class interesting?
I don't get to choose the material, the class readings are already chosen by the college. Fortunately I can plan the assignments. I'm thinking of assigning a couple of short papers, reading records after every chapter, and one larger final paper.