Lesson Title: Let’s ride the MAX!
Date of Class: 10/01/2018
Day of Class: Monday
Time of Class: 6:00pm
MC: Kelin
DJ: Vanessa
Assistants/Shadowers/Auditioner: Catrina
Module: Tri-Met/Getting Around
How Many Learners: 2
Materials Status (loyalty cards, alphabet sheets, etc): All good

Self Evaluation

Preparation: Forgot to Show Up (1) vs. Every Hair In Place (10) = 5
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) = 6
Poise: Charlie Brown (1) vs. Prince (10) = 5
Reflection: “It was ok.” (1) vs. Life-changing Epiphany (10) = 5

Total Score: 34

What happened (as short or as long as you like, but be specific): Students seemed to have the most fun listening to and dictating the Sesame Street ‘Meet me at the bus stop’ song. Kelin was good at facilitating song dictation, which is usually difficult to do, as songs are harder to understand than dialogue for most second language speakers.

Lesson Title: Looking for a Book
Date of Class: 08/29
Day of Class: Wednesday
Time of Class: 6:00PM
MC: Claire
DJ: Vanessa
Assistants/Shadowers/Auditioner: Francine
Module: Library/Library Orientation
How Many Learners: 10
Materials Status (loyalty cards, alphabet sheets, etc): COMPLETELY out of loyalty cards

Self Evaluation

Preparation: Forgot to Show Up (1) vs. Every Hair In Place (10) = 5
Technique: Completely Incompetent (1) vs. Flawless Delivery (10) = 4
Engagement: Snoring Loudly (1) vs. Absolutely Riveted (10) = 6
Connection: Open Hostility (1) vs. Kumbayah (10) = 5
Poise: Charlie Brown (1) vs. Prince (10) = 4
Reflection: “It was ok.” (1) vs. Life-changing Epiphany (10) = 6

Total Score: 30

What happened (as short or as long as you like, but be specific): Because me and Claire are still getting our bearings, the class didn’t feel as organic as it could’ve or should’ve been. Despite that, everyone was totally engaged and the content seemed to stimulate minds and posed challenges. We had two newcomers and they fit right in with the rest of the class! (Welcome Juana and Jacky!) The students seemed to struggle with dictation, but this was in part due to the chattiness of this particular group. MC Claire did a great job leading, but progression dictation lost its way a bit down the line. In hindsight, we decided that because the students tend to get overwhelmed easily during this section of the class we would improve DP for next time. Also, there were no loyalty cards whatsoever and I had to scramble to print more during actual class time, which left our shadower Francine to do the heavy lifting in my place. I slightly replenished them for next class, but I’m really hoping people will remember to replace them or at least leave the one sheet in the folder to make copies from.

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