Lesson Title: Not all non-native plants are invasive plants
Date of Class: 4/25/18
Day of Class: Wednesday
Time of Class: 6PM
MC: Ian
DJ: Melissa
Assistants/Shadowers/Auditioner:
Module: Native Plants
How Many Learners: 4
Materials Status (loyalty cards, alphabet sheets, etc): fine

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) = 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) = 7

Total Score: 39

What happened (as short or as long as you like, but be specific): Practiced English about invasive species using dictation, poster, and going outside to identify plants (which made me wish we could identify more plants). Strong connection among learners and a solid mix of activities.

Lesson Title: Great Outdoors
Date of Class: 5/2/18
Day of Class: Wednesday
Time of Class: 9:00 am
MC: Patrik
DJ: Na’ama
Assistants/Shadowers/Auditioner:
Module: The Great Outdoors
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) = 4
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) = 6
Reflection: “It was ok.” (1) vs. Life-changing Epiphany (10) = 7

Total Score: 36

What happened (as short or as long as you like, but be specific): We started with the alphabet sheet, using triplets and quads, which worked really well with the small group. Instead of Yell and Spell for the names, we spelled our names quickly and learners wrote them down, then repeated (all together and individually). This also let us do last names, which was new and exciting! We then used the Great outdoors word cloud and learners were able to engage with words and really practice pronounciation. We ended with a little bit of dictation and a map of regional parks. Overall, a fun and engaging lesson, which really took advantage of the small group to create individualized learning.

Lesson Title: Why join a union?
Date of Class: 1 May 2018
Day of Class: Tuesday
Time of Class: 9 am
MC: Amanda
DJ: Santiago
Assistants/Shadowers/Auditioner: Hong and Cara as assistants
Module: Labor unions
How Many Learners: 11
Materials Status: I’m not ceratin. This site does not keep its materials in a box with a lid. plenty of empty loyalty cards, amazing pencil and pencil-cap eraser supply

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) = 6
Reflection: “It was ok.” (1) vs. Life-changing Epiphany (10) = 4

Total Score: 34

Ian was away at a training, and not on site this day. Consequently, the room was locked when we arrived, and the person in the office of this part of the school who knows what P*P*T is was out, with an administrative sub in their place. Amanda had horrible trafic difficulty; she arrived around 8:50 and managed to have a custodian called, who unlocked the room within 3 minutes of 9 am. (I can’t remember if it was 8:57 or 9:01 or 9:03.) The room was SUPER cold, having been locked and in the dark, with no central heat, all night and morning. I and several learners comented on how cold it was. Luckily, Amanda knew how to turn on the recirculation HVAC for this room, and soon it was very comfortable. While I was trying to get the room open, I saw a learner with an alphabet sheet in a page protector. Cara saw them too and knew them by name, but they did not come to class this day. Wheter this was becasue the room was locked, or they had not been planning to go anyway, I do not know.

We started with the alphabet and Amanda did some fun things, like adding the numeral 3 to C,Z,G. We spelled names and did a document search about the benefits to workers of unions. One learner seemed to be anti-union, or maybe they were disappointed with political suppression of/reactionism to unions. When Amanda read the phrase “Conditions for workers have improved over the years because of unions.” they said to me, under their breath “I don’t think so.” in English.

Then we did a survey about what P*P*T English, if any, these learners would like during the summer. I incorporated “take one and pass it down” while handing-out whiteboard markers, for the survey, and, later, loyalty cards. Amanda incorporated dictation and passing mini-dialogues between the learners while doing the survey. Then it was time for everyone to go away from there.

Lesson Title: Unions stand up for worker rights
Date of Class: 5/8/18
Day of Class: Tuesday
Time of Class: 9:00AM
MC: Ian
DJ: Amanda
Assistants/Shadowers/Auditioner: Cara
Module: Labor Unions
How Many Learners: 14
Materials Status (loyalty cards, alphabet sheets, etc):
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) = 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: 36
What happened (as short or as long as you like, but be specific): Four new learners today! Ian made them feel very welcome and they slid right into the groove of the group. We are having a little trouble coming up with solid activities for the labor unions topic, but spent some reflection time brainstorming possible new activities.

Lesson Title: Crater Lake National park
Date of Class: 05/09/2018
Day of Class: Wednesday
Time of Class: 6 PM
MC: Melissa
DJ: Christina
Assistants/Shadowers/Auditioner:
Module: The Great Outdoors
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) = 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) = 7
Reflection: “It was ok.” (1) vs. Life-changing Epiphany (10) = 7

Total Score:44

What happened (as short or as long as you like, but be specific): Melissa brought in some great material from her trip to Crater Lake and shared it with the students. We were able to do a listen and point and have some really great visuals. We also did a listen and did physical response activity in regards to certain outdoor activities. Overall very fun and engaging class.

Lesson Title: Labor Unions
Date of Class: 05/15/2018
Day of Class: Tuesday
Time of Class: 6:00pm
MC: Christina
DJ: Cara
Assistants/Shadowers/Auditioner: none
Module: Economy and Employment
How Many Learners: 4
Materials Status (loyalty cards, alphabet sheets, etc):
Out of Attendance and evaluation sheets. Will resolve Wednesday morning.
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) = 6
Reflection: “It was ok.” (1) vs. Life-changing Epiphany (10) = 5

Total Score: 35

What happened (as short or as long as you like, but be specific): Small class of highly regular Tuesday night learners. MC was asked by one of the learners to spend time during class clarifying present vs. past tense. MC deftly incorporated fulfillment of this request into the lesson plan as appropriate. Lesson focused on the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire and it’s impact on the evolution of workers’ rights. Exercises included a wordsearch, video, dictation, listen and point using an article from the history channel related to the video. One learner brought food which she shared with the class. It was really good.

Lesson Title: Great Hiking Nearby
Date of Class: 05/16/2018
Day of Class: Wednesday
Time of Class: 9:00 am
MC: Ian
DJ: Cara
Assistants/Shadowers/Auditioner: Kelin
Module:Nature, Science & Technology
How Many Learners: 2
Materials Status (loyalty cards, alphabet sheets, etc):
Good
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) = 7
Connection: Open Hostility (1) vs. Kumbayah (10) = 8
Poise: Charlie Brown (1) vs. Prince (10) = 7
Reflection: “It was ok.” (1) vs. Life-changing Epiphany (10) = 7

Total Score: 42

What happened (as short or as long as you like, but be specific):Small but very fun class. Kelly had a late start day. Both learners were at about the same level and benefited from the more focused attention. MC included a document search of a Forest Park map and essential hiking gear. Lesson plan also included a Personal brainstorm lesson which challenged them to remember the 10 items on the Hiking essentials sheet. One of the learners who always brings joy and energy to the classes has a very impressive memory. Everyone laughed. The shadower was new to Kelly and appreciated working with speakers of Asian languages. It was alot of English, fun, English, fun, English, fun, English, fun, English, fun, English, fun, English, fun, English, fun, English, fun, English, fun fun fun, laughing, then English.

Lesson Title: Child Labor
Date of Class: 05/22/2018
Day of Class: Tuesday
Time of Class: 06:00pm
MC: Christina
DJ: Cara
Assistants/Shadowers/Auditioner: Zoe
Module: economy and Education
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) =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) =7
Poise: Charlie Brown (1) vs. Prince (10) =5
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): The regular Wednesday night learners were there. We were joined by a chocolate cake, made as a thank you for the learners who had brought food over the last few weeks, and a new shadower who was really great . Wednesday night crew is pretty advanced and MC dictated some rather complex sentences. Additional class time involved a document search and two short videos. The subject of tense continued to be a subtle theme. As always a very connected class.