User blog comment:Jay Sea/Defense Against the Dark Arts/@comment-1613839-20150609125148

I like your class...I think it's really interesting. Maybe keep some of the more exciting lessons for after the break (such as Patronuses) and tell students "When we get back we'll be doing X." That'll help keep their interest up, and you'll have some things planned. I also sort of redid the GLEs for my class, and moved things about a bit to years I thought more appropriate, and to help balance interesting things amoung all the years. I also keep a list of everything I need to go through for each year so I don't run out of ideas. Some of them are less interesting than others, so I try to do one interesting lesson (a new spell, a plant that can kill you, etc) and then a lesson which is mostly discussion about something which might be less interesting. Finally, it seems like the younger classes are always MORe active, and the olders ones (especially 7th years) almost never post...I'm not sure why, but it's something to remember and just plan for. If you have any more questions, or if I can help you more, just let me know!