As an education candidate, I understand the importance of demonstrating flexibility and response in a classroom. On the first day of my Cinquain Unit Plan, at the very beginning of the lesson, I was unable to get Nearpod to work on the students' iPads due to connectivity and login issues from the terrible storm that happened that day. To combat this I let students who were able to get their technology to work rewatch the video and answer questions for extra practice to ensure that all students were able to watch the video and answer the questions at least once. This took up a large portion of lesson time, however, so I had to change the timing of my lesson to fit around students going to lunch. After they came back from lunch, students began working on the second half of the lesson which consisted of them working together in groups of three to create their own Cinquain poem by using a keyboard to type them on their iPads. Around two minutes into the directions being explained, the power in the school went out as you can see in the pictures provided. To combat this I had to calm students down and tell them that we were unsure if they were going home yet and that the upper grades still had to eat lunch before they could be sent home anyway. I was able to gather their attention back and instead of using an app that required WIFI to type their poems, I had them type them into the notes app on their iPad. Within this lesson I was thrown multiple curveballs and was able to respond to them in an appropriate and timely manner where students were still able to learn. I was able to seize an opportunity to enhance learning which built on a spontaneous event within the classroom. I was able to adjust and differentiate instruction to address all student misunderstandings and excitement. I was able to gather students back and change my lesson in real time by using an extensive repertoire if instructional strategies and soliciting additional resources from the school. I made sure that students still met the instructional goals and targets which I had previously put in place for this lesson by persisting in seeking effective approaches for student learning. During this experience, I myself was actually able to use the Transformative Learning theory. This theory was developed by Jack Mezirow and states that learners can transform their thinking based on new information. I was able to change my thinking in a spontaneous moment to show flexibility and response and ensure that my lesson was still able to work. This lesson did not go according to plan, but it was able to show me the reality of being an educator and having to change plans on the spot to ensure that students are still learning. It gave me a great experience and showed me that a lesson can still be effective even if it does not go exactly to a lesson plan.