H.B. Lee Middle School – Summer 2017

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    Cameron Coval
    Spectator

    Lesson Title: Flavoring with Spices
    Date of Class: 9/19/2017
    Day of Class: Tuesday
    Time of Class: 6pm
    MC: CamCivicContrarian
    DJ:
    Assistants:
    Module: In the Kitchen
    How Many Learners: 3
    Materials Status (loyalty cards, alphabet sheets, etc):

    Self Evaluation

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

    Total Score: 39

    What happened (as short or as long as you like, but be specific):
    Small class today, all mid to low level learners in attendance. Smaller class size allowed me to pay more attention to these learners. Sometimes with larger classes I can’t give these three learners as much attention as they need to keep up with the rest of class without relying on copying. Today I was able to push these learners to do more repetitions and to pronounce words more clearly. I feel like my alphabet technique is improving, I am now able to maintain a rhythm and speed up the triplets enough to make the activity fun and challenging. Talked about spices today, also read about how many common spices originated in the Spice Islands in SE Asia and were brought across the Eurasian continent to N. Africa, the Mediterranean, Western Europe, and eventually the Americas. Was cool to include content in lesson plan about items and history that are relevant to learners’ home countries.

    #9181
    Cameron Coval
    Spectator

    Lesson Title: Call me grill master
    Date of Class: 9/26/17
    Day of Class: Tuesday
    Time of Class: 6pm
    MC: CamCivicContrarian
    DJ:
    Assistants:
    Module: In the Kitchen
    How Many Learners: 8
    Materials Status (loyalty cards, alphabet sheets, etc):

    Self Evaluation

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

    Total Score: 38

    What happened (as short or as long as you like, but be specific):

    Mostly lower level learners in attendance today. Somewhat frustrating class for me because dictation and “this is a what” took longer than I had expected; there was more side talk than normal today; and learners werent quite as focused as they normally are.

    I’ve been trying to challenge learners more. The lowest level learner struggled today with dictation and reading aloud, more than she normally does. I tried to demonstrate higher expectations without appearing too frustrated. I’ve noticed that even when key words are repeated frequently throughout the lesson plan and in dictation, many of the spanish speaking learners do not refer back to handouts or what they have already written to figure out how to spell the word correctly. Im trying to think of activities that demonstrate that I’m looking for learners to connect the dots and use the information I’ve already provided them to figure out the next question. Any and all suggestions welcome!

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