Lesson Title:
Date of Class: 05/16/2015
Day of Class: Saturday
Time of Class: 2:00-3:30
MC: Zadok
DJ: n/a
Assistants: Priya, Estefania, Susang
Module: US Geography
How Many Learners: 6
Materials Status (loyalty cards, alphabet sheets, etc): Fine

What happened (as short or as long as you like, but be specific): Covered regions in the US, and did a dictation activity with a blank US map.

Lesson Title: n/a
Date of Class: 05/02/2015
Day of Class: Saturday
Time of Class: 2:00-3:30
MC: Zadok
DJ: n/a
Assistants: Priya, Susang, Lika, Estefania
Module: US Geography
How Many Learners: 4
Materials Status (loyalty cards, alphabet sheets, etc): Fine

What happened (as short or as long as you like, but be specific): Examined a map of the Western US.

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Lesson Title: Smalltalk 2
Date of Class: 06/13/2015
Day of Class: Saturday
Time of Class: 2:00-3:30
MC: Priya (Dress Rehearsal)
DJ: Zadok
Assistants: Charlie
Module: Smalltalk
How Many Learners: 4
Materials Status (loyalty cards, alphabet sheets, etc): Okay

Self Evaluation

Preparation: Forgot to Show Up (1) vs. Every Hair In Place (10) = 5
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) = 6
Poise: Charlie Brown (1) vs. Prince (10) = 7
Reflection: “It was ok.” (1) vs. Life-changing Epiphany (10) = 5

Total Score: 32

What happened (as short or as long as you like, but be specific): Priya started with a dictation of alphabet letters, then did a quick self-introduction. Next, she had students listen to a dialogue. After the dialogue, students wrote down some phrases from the dialogue, then practiced doing smalltalk in various different situations. Students practiced with the dialogue a little bit more, then did some open discussion.

Lesson Title: n/a
Date of Class: 06/27/2015
Day of Class: Saturday
Time of Class: 2:00-3:30
MC: Priya
DJ: Zadok
Assistants: none
Module: Small Talk
How Many Learners: 10
Materials Status (loyalty cards, alphabet sheets, etc): Zadok needs to print off evaluations and attendance sheets

Self 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) = 5
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: 31

What happened (as short or as long as you like, but be specific): Priya started with the alphabet, then had folks spell their names and other students point to the letters on the alphabet sheet. Students found words a phrases on an article as dictated by Priya, Zadok, and other students. Priya’s struggled to load a video for a bit, and Zadok had folks remember others names. Priya streamed the video from her phone, and students followed along on a transcript. Zadok and Priya dictacted/showed some meanings of some words, and then students broke into small groups for chatting for the last 10 minutes.

Lesson Title: Declaration of Independence
Date of Class: 7/18/2015
Day of Class: Saturday
Time of Class: 2:00 – 3:30pm
MC: Patrik
DJ: Priya
Assistants: Salomon
Module: N/a
How Many Learners: 8
Materials Status (loyalty cards, alphabet sheets, etc): N/a

Self Evaluation

Preparation: Forgot to Show Up (1) vs. Every Hair In Place (10) = 4
Technique: Completely Incompetent (1) vs. Flawless Delivery (10) = 5
Engagement: Snoring Loudly (1) vs. Absolutely Riveted (10) = 5
Connection: Open Hostility (1) vs. Kumbayah (10) = 6
Poise: Charlie Brown (1) vs. Prince (10) = 7
Reflection: “It was ok.” (1) vs. Life-changing Epiphany (10) = 6

Total Score: 33

What happened (as short or as long as you like, but be specific): So this is the summary of today’s class, hopefully in the right order. Patrik started the class with a small dictation exercise and then moved on to the alphabet sheet. Next we learnt everybody’s names, followed by another dictation and choral response activity. We then did, a listen and find activity with the Declaration of Independence. We finished with an entertaining listen and do activity.

Lesson Title: Writing of the Independence
Date of Class: August 1, 2015
Day of Class: Saturday
Time of Class: 2:00- 3:30 PM
MC: Estefania
DJ: N/A
Assistants: Salomon, Grace
Module: Declaration of Independence
How Many Learners: 11
Materials Status (loyalty cards, alphabet sheets, etc): We need more loyalty cards printed Asap and ABC sheets (Christina talked about laminating them)

Self Evaluation

Preparation: Forgot to Show Up (1) vs. Every Hair In Place (10) = 7
Technique: Completely Incompetent (1) vs. Flawless Delivery (10) = 7
Engagement: Snoring Loudly (1) vs. Absolutely Riveted (10) = 8
Connection: Open Hostility (1) vs. Kumbayah (10) = 8
Poise: Charlie Brown (1) vs. Prince (10) = 6
Reflection: “It was ok.” (1) vs. Life-changing Epiphany (10) = 9

Total Score: 45

What happened (as short or as long as you like, but be specific):
-I started with the ABC sheets, did the Yell and Spell names, the Title of Today’s Lesson, Dictation exercise, document search (some of the names and grievances in the Declaration), watched a short video and answered questions from it (What You Might Not Know About the Declaration of Independence), Dialogue Sequence and finally finished with a Listen and Do.

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Lesson Title: As American As Apple Pie
Date of Class: August 15, 2015
Day of Class: Saturday
Time of Class: 2:00 – 3:30 PM
MC: Priya
DJ: Estefania
Assistants: Salamon, Susan
Module: Visas and Immigrations
How Many Learners: 10
Materials Status (loyalty cards, alphabet sheets, etc): Loyalty cards!

Self Evaluation

Preparation: Forgot to Show Up (1) vs. Every Hair In Place (10) = 7
Technique: Completely Incompetent (1) vs. Flawless Delivery (10) = 7
Engagement: Snoring Loudly (1) vs. Absolutely Riveted (10) = 5
Connection: Open Hostility (1) vs. Kumbayah (10) = 5
Poise: Charlie Brown (1) vs. Prince (10) = 7
Reflection: “It was ok.” (1) vs. Life-changing Epiphany (10) = 6

Total Score: 37

What happened (as short or as long as you like, but be specific): Alphabet sheets, names, dictation, a document search and a listen and do activity. Class was wrapped up with small talk in groups. We had another assistant come in towards the end (didn’t catch her name). We also had a native English speaker there that came in with a learner and ended up helping us out too!