The Lesson Plan from ______ (fill in the blank yourself)!!!!

Last Tuesday I was given the opportunity to teach my 1st ungraded lesson plan. It was a distaster. My practicum teacher gave me the book and photo copies of the teachers manual the previous Thursday and that was all the guidance I got. The teachers manual literally tells you step-by-step ow the lesson is to be taught, what questions should be asked, ect....no individual creativity required. I found it very boring and for being the history program the school uses, it wasn't user friendly at all. I got to Twenhofel at 7 on Tuesday to speak with my teacher prior to the students' arrival but he didn't show up until 7:30. When I asked him questions about teaching the lesson plan he was of no help. I've never felt so unprepared in my life. I read the material and teachers manual 3 times. I wasn't given all the paper and information I needed, which I wasn't aware of. I had to interlink the textbook, the "student interactive notebook", and the teachers manual and all were very unclear. The student's had that blank look on their face, while I taught the lesson, that was screaming "sit down, shut up, and let our 'real teacher' teach". Twenhofel praises the "History Alive" series but I dislike it. The History Alive series tells the you how to teach a lesson....it's in black & white in the teachers manual and there's no creativity required!!!!!