Lesson Title: This is Halloween!
Date of Class: 10-29-18
Day of Class: Monday
Time of Class: 9:00AM
MC: Amanda
DJ: None
Assistants/Shadowers/Auditioner: Kenadi, Canada
Module: Society and Culture
How Many Learners: 1
Materials Status (loyalty cards, alphabet sheets, etc): Need attendance sheet and evaluation sheet
Self Evaluation
Preparation: Forgot to Show Up (1) vs. Every Hair In Place (10) = 7
Technique: Completely Incompetent (1) vs. Flawless Delivery (10) = 6
Engagement: Snoring Loudly (1) vs. Absolutely Riveted (10) =6
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) =7
Total Score: 39
What happened (as short or as long as you like, but be specific): We had just one learner today (but YAY! One learner!!). Kenadi and Canada acted as additional students, which helped. We focused on Halloween, talking about traditional costumes, practicing Trick-or-treating (and how to greet trick-or-treaters), and dictated some lyrics from “This is Halloween”.

Lesson Title: I vote for candy!
Date of Class: Oct 31, 2018
Day of Class: Wendesday
Time of Class: 9:00-10:30
MC: Amanda
DJ: Anne
Assistants/Shadowers/Auditioner: Kenadi, Canada, Diane
Module: Voting
How Many Learners: 6
Materials Status (loyalty cards, alphabet sheets, etc): Need Reflection sheets and attendance sheets.

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) =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:39

What happened (as short or as long as you like, but be specific): This was the first day we had more than 1 student! Four of the six students were returning from last year. There was good energy throughout the class and there was a good group dynamic with the students helping each other and interacting with the facilitators. There was some disconnect in the choral responses with the Spanish speakers moving fast through them and the Vietnamese speakers moving more slowly.

Lesson Title: Portland’s Affordable Housing
Date of Class: 11/7/18
Day of Class: Wednesday
Time of Class: 9AM
MC: Ashley
DJ: Kenadi
Assistants/Shadowers/Auditioner: Canada
Module: Fall Orchards
How Many Learners: 7
Materials Status (loyalty cards, alphabet sheets, etc): NEED Attendance sheets and evaluation sheets!
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) = 7
Connection: Open Hostility (1) vs. Kumbayah (10) = 5
Poise: Charlie Brown (1) vs. Prince (10) = 6
Reflection: “It was ok.” (1) vs. Life-changing Epiphany (10) = 6
Total Score: 38
What happened (as short or as long as you like, but be specific):
We had seven learners and one brand new learner. The higher level learners did especially well in helping the lower level learners and they really engaged with each other during the dictation sections! The class flowed well and Ashley’s activities worked well with the levels of the class.

Lesson Title: Let’s talk turkey!
Date of Class: 11/19/18
Day of Class: Monday
Time of Class: 9-10:30am
MC: Amanda G.
DJ: Kenadi B.
Assistants/Shadowers/Auditioner:
Module: Fall Holidays
How Many Learners: 5
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) = 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) = 5
Total Score: 37
What happened (as short or as long as you like, but be specific): The learners had a ton of fun today! They were engaged and asked lots of questions, which is great with this class size because it becomes a solid, on-topic discussion. Amanda brought a word search and they were a bit intimidated a first but really liked it after a while! Overall a great class with great energy.

Lesson Title: Do you use Trimet?
Date of Class: 11/28/18
Day of Class: Wednesday
Time of Class: 9-10:30am
MC: Amanda
DJ: Kenadi
Assistants/Shadowers/Auditioner:
Module: PSU Transportation Survey
How Many Learners: 4
Materials Status (loyalty cards, alphabet sheets, etc): learner identifiers were initially constructed incorrectly but Amanda and I are working to make them correct and consistent!
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) = 5
Connection: Open Hostility (1) vs. Kumbayah (10) = 5
Poise: Charlie Brown (1) vs. Prince (10) =6
Reflection: “It was ok.” (1) vs. Life-changing Epiphany (10) = 6
Total Score: 34
What happened (as short or as long as you like, but be specific): The survey was a bit tedious and did not engage the learners in the most effective way. We noticed that computer use was difficult (using mouse/keyboard, typing) overall.
For question #4, most learners wanted to input a distance answer (2 blocks) rather than a time answer (5 minutes). For #9, Amanda had to take a good amount of time to explain/rephrase the question. For #18, we are unsure if the learners understood that they were intended to answer the total household income rather than just their personal income. #23 was a confusing question for our learners because they all have cars- would it be possible to skip a question based on a previous answer?
We also noticed that some of the phrasing may be difficult: vehicle vs. car, career vs. work, excellent vs. very good.
We thought another good question might be “Have you ever used Trimet?” because a few of our learners had not.
It was also helpful to have higher English level learners helping lower English level learners because they could often explain questions in a way that made more sense to the lower level learners. Overall, all learners were successful in completing the lesson and the survey within the class time.

Lesson Title: It’s freezing outside!
Date of Class: 12/5/18
Day of Class: Wednesday
Time of Class: 9:00AM
MC: Kenadi
DJ: Amanda
Assistants/Shadowers/Auditioner: Diane
Module: Shopping
How Many Learners: 4
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) = 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) = 7
Total Score: 39
What happened (as short or as long as you like, but be specific): We spent time talking about the weather. Kenadi printed out a week’s forecast of the weather in Portland, and then we dictated questions and had them find the answer (“is it supposed to rain this weekend?”). After that we had a small end of year party and spent time chatting about children, traveling to Vietnam, and how you invite someone to take food “Please help yourself!” Lots of good connections today!

Lesson Title: Best gift ever!
Date of Class: 12/12/18
Day of Class: Wednesday
Time of Class: 9am
MC: Amanda
DJ: Kenadi
Assistants/Shadowers/Auditioner:
Module: Christmas Shopping
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) = 8
Technique: Completely Incompetent (1) vs. Flawless Delivery (10) = 6
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) =8
Total Score: 42
What happened (as short or as long as you like, but be specific): We talked about “America’s Most Common Gifts,” connected the vocabulary with pictures, and did a round robin activity with the gifts. Learners especially enjoyed talking about getting money as a gift and being silly in the round robin. Amanda got some good feedback from Ramin about the structure of Kelly’s classes. Overall a great class with lots of laughs!