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Lesson Title: Ant in Your Pants
Date of Class: 3/16/15
Day of Class: Monday
Time of Class: 6:30-7:00pm
MC: Arien V
DJ: Sheila G
Assistants: Glemn
Module: Small Talk
How Many Learners: 3Self Evaluation
Preparation: Forgot to Show Up (1) vs. Every Hair In Place (10) = 6
Technique: Completely Incompetent (1) vs. Flawless Delivery (10) = 6
Engagement: Snoring Loudly (1) vs. Absolutely Riveted (10) = 7
Connection: Open Hostility (1) vs. Kumbayah (10) = 7
Poise: Charlie Brown (1) vs. Prince (10) = 6
Reflection: “It was ok.” (1) vs. Life-changing Epiphany (10) = 10Total Score: 42
What happened (as short or as long as you like, but be specific): We had 3 students for about 25 minutes, but then 1 had to leave. Then it was a pretty much perfect setup with one assistant for each remaining student. Had fun with a dialog and alpha l&p and a little TPR at the end. Laughing and practicing galore! Arien was poised and with-it – really nice class!
Lesson Title: Cell Phone Types
Date of Class: 2.2.15
Day of Class: Monday
Time of Class: 6:00–7;30
MC: Ben C
DJ: Sheila G
Assistants: None
Module: Mobile Phones
How Many Learners: 6Self Evaluation
Preparation: Forgot to Show Up (1) vs. Every Hair In Place (10) = 6
Technique: Completely Incompetent (1) vs. Flawless Delivery (10) = 5
Engagement: Snoring Loudly (1) vs. Absolutely Riveted (10) = 4
Connection: Open Hostility (1) vs. Kumbayah (10) = 5
Poise: Charlie Brown (1) vs. Prince (10) = 5
Reflection: “It was ok.” (1) vs. Life-changing Epiphany (10) = 8Total Score: 33
What happened (as short or as long as you like, but be specific): Class started with only 2 students but within 30 minutes we had our full complement of 6. Started with alpha L&P, then moved on to Y&S. Spent most of the class doing dictation with “the title of this lesson is…” and then a couple of brief paragraphs about the differences between smartphone and basic (flip) phone functionality. There was lots of opportunity to practice choral response with the material. Then moved on to dictating text abbreviations like B4N and ISO and their meanings, with more chances to practice reading and speaking. There was lots of helping and laughter. Even though dictation can sometimes be very tiring, this group powered through it! There was a nice even energy throughout the class and it seemed as though folks left feeling pretty energized. Nice class!
Lesson Title: In the Kitchen
Date of Class: 1.28.15
Day of Class: Wednesday
Time of Class: 6:00–7;30
MC: Julie C
DJ: Sheila G
Assistants: Liam, Ivy, Cindy
Module: In the Kitchen
How Many Learners: 5
Materials Status (loyalty cards, alphabet sheets, etc): Good.Self Evaluation
Preparation: Forgot to Show Up (1) vs. Every Hair In Place (10) = 8
Technique: Completely Incompetent (1) vs. Flawless Delivery (10) = 7
Engagement: Snoring Loudly (1) vs. Absolutely Riveted (10) = 6
Connection: Open Hostility (1) vs. Kumbayah (10) = 7
Poise: Charlie Brown (1) vs. Prince (10) = 7
Reflection: “It was ok.” (1) vs. Life-changing Epiphany (10) = 9Total Score: 46
What happened (as short or as long as you like, but be specific): Class started about 10 minutes late because that’s when students first arrived. Started w
Lesson Title: Mobile Phone Features and Text Abbreviations
Date of Class: 1.26.15
Day of Class: Monday
Time of Class: 6:00–7;30
MC: Ben C
DJ: Sheila G
Assistants: None
Module: Mobile Phones
How Many Learners: 4
Materials Status (loyalty cards, alphabet sheets, etc): Good.Self Evaluation
Preparation: Forgot to Show Up (1) vs. Every Hair In Place (10) = 3
Technique: Completely Incompetent (1) vs. Flawless Delivery (10) = 3
Engagement: Snoring Loudly (1) vs. Absolutely Riveted (10) = 4
Connection: Open Hostility (1) vs. Kumbayah (10) = 5
Poise: Charlie Brown (1) vs. Prince (10) = 5
Reflection: “It was ok.” (1) vs. Life-changing Epiphany (10) = 9Total Score: 29
What happened (as short or as long as you like, but be specific): Class started on time with the DJ because the MC was stuck on the train. Only 2 students to start and we launched into alpha l&p. 3 other students joined and we continued with yell & spell. MC arrived and we finished up Y&S and he took over. 1 more student arrived. MC moved into dictation with the name of the lesson, then repeating the dictated phrase. Then moved into phone features – brought in a phone box with features listed on it and passed it around class. Dictated some features (e.g., volume, speaker, earpiece…) and practiced speaking those words. Then moved into texting abbreviations (e.g., xoxo, OMG, BRB, thx…) and their meanings – dictated them, students wrote them and then practiced saying them.
Students helped each other with some initial prodding. There was laughter and engagement and a sort of surprising and fun bond between 2 students. Students really enjoyed the texting abbreviations – really thought they were fun. But only 2 of the students actually text so had to sort of illustrate what texting is and why we use abbreviations for it – nice interaction!
Last student arrived at 7:15pm in time to work on part of abbreviation dictation.
Lesson Title: In the Kitchen
Date of Class: 1.20.15
Day of Class: Tuesday
Time of Class: 6:00–7;30
MC: Mark G
DJ: Sheila G
Assistants: Glemn
Module: In the Kitchen
How Many Learners: 4
Materials Status (loyalty cards, alphabet sheets, etc): Just refilled today.Self Evaluation
Preparation: Forgot to Show Up (1) vs. Every Hair In Place (10) = 6
Technique: Completely Incompetent (1) vs. Flawless Delivery (10) = 6
Engagement: Snoring Loudly (1) vs. Absolutely Riveted (10) = 8
Connection: Open Hostility (1) vs. Kumbayah (10) = 7
Poise: Charlie Brown (1) vs. Prince (10) = 7
Reflection: “It was ok.” (1) vs. Life-changing Epiphany (10) = 6Total Score: 40
What happened (as short or as long as you like, but be specific): Class started about 10 minutes late because the room assigned wasn’t vacated on time. At the start of class, there were the MC, the DJ, one assistant, three shadowers and one student. We started with alpha l&p and a second student came in. Then we moved to yell & spell including all around the room. MC then dictated name of class and then identified the props he’d brought in and asked students to repeat (“this is called a mixing bowl … “, “… a measuring cup…”, etc.) We moved on to variations of dialogue “this is a…” going all around the room. Then we moved on to some dictation. The last two students came in at this point. We continued with dictated sentences about measurements, then moved on to a document search of a chocolate chip cookie recipe returned to alpha l&p. Closed with another short dictation and the long-awaited and delicious homemade chocolate chip cookies. Fin.
Date of Class: fake
Day of Class: false
PI: faux
SI: falsch
Assistants: null
Module: Licht
How Many Learners: sieben
Score: n/a
What happened (as short or as long as you like, but be specific): I’m just testing this out.Date of Class: October 15, 2013
Day of Class: Monday
PI: Lisa
SI:
Assistants: Sonia
Module: Maps and Addresses
How Many Learners: 0
Score: N/A
What happened (as short or as long as you like, but be specific):
First day at Lynchwood…and no one came. We waited it out for half an hour and decided to pack up because it didn’t seem like anyone was coming. It was nice to meet and talk with Amber and get some things settled as to making copies of attendance and alphabet sheets, and other things. No learners today but we’ll hope for a better outcome next class.Date: 12/10/13
PI: Sheila G
SI: Niemand
Assistants: Auch Niemand
Module: Froehliche Weinachten
How Many Learners: 5
Score: 16
What Did I Learn: Ich wünschte, dass die Feiertage vorbei waren. Kaput! Fertig! Ich bin müde von den Ferien schon. Bald wird es so sein. Gott sei Dank!Date: djdj
PI: djdj
SI: dkdkd
Assistants: dkdkd
Module: dkdkd
How Many Learners: 5
Score: 22
What Did I Learn: Whiskers refuses to let me work. She’s sitting on ctl z and is undoing everything I’m typing. I’ve had to boot her from the premises.Date: 12/9/13
PI: Sheila G
SI:
Assistants: Ramin
Module: Holiday Parties
How Many Learners: 7
What Did I Learn: Res ipsa loquitur I can edit this entry, however, the display while editing in Chrome is cattywompus. Ooops, editing this as the “top dog” in Firefox still has cattywompus display. Hmmmmm… :(Res ipsa loquitur Res ipsa loquitur Res ipsa loquitur Res ipsa loquitur Res ipsa loquitur Res ipsa loquitur Res ipsa loquitur Res ipsa loquitur Res ipsa loquitur Res ipsa loquitur Res ipsa loquitur Res ipsa loquitur Res ipsa loquitur Res ipsa loquitur Res ipsa loquitur Res ipsa loquitur Res ipsa loquitur Res ipsa loquitur Res ipsa loquiturDate: 12/8/13
PI: Sheila G
SI: 0
Assistants: 0
Module: ‘Nother Test of the Holidays
How Many Learners: 4
Score: 36
What Did I Learn: That a spectator can’t reply to posts, but a participant can.