Midland Library – Fall 2016

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  • #8058
    Zadok Taylor
    Spectator

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    Lesson Title:
    Date of Class:
    Day of Class:
    Time of Class:
    MC:
    DJ:
    Assistants:
    Module:
    How Many Learners:
    Materials Status (loyalty cards, alphabet sheets, etc):

    Self Evaluation

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

    Total Score:

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

    #8082
    Whiley Rubin
    Spectator

    Lesson Title: Election Day is Almost Here
    Date of Class: October 5, 2016
    Day of Class: Wednesday
    Time of Class: 6-7:30pm
    MC: Luke
    DJ: Whiley
    Assistants: Ivy
    Module: 2016 Ballot Measures
    How Many Learners: 12
    Materials Status (loyalty cards, alphabet sheets, etc): Need more cardstock to make copies asap!!! We have one more sheet of loyalty cards but have not cut them so that we can use that sheet to make copies so new learners for the last two weeks have not been able to receive one!

    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) = 5
    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) = 7

    Total Score: 33

    What happened (as short or as long as you like, but be specific): Luke lead a class centered around election terms. Many students were curious about terms they did not know and asked for their meaning. A quarter of the class were new learners who are already at a somewhat advanced level so they assimilated quite easily.

    #8088
    Marc Czornij
    Spectator

    Lesson Title: The Leaves on the Trees Are Changing Colors
    Date of Class: 10-6-15
    Day of Class: Thurs
    Time of Class: 6-730
    MC: Whiley
    DJ: Marc
    Assistants: Rebecca, Brianna
    Module: Tree Hugger
    How Many Learners: 15
    Materials Status (loyalty cards, alphabet sheets, etc): Need 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) = 5
    Engagement: Snoring Loudly (1) vs. Absolutely Riveted (10) = 6
    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) = 6

    Total Score: 35

    What happened (as short or as long as you like, but be specific): Alpha Listen and Point, Yell and Spell, Title of Todays Lesson, Tree Hugger Scorecard doc search, Round Robin, Tree Hugger Scorecard dictation, Round Robin 2, Listen and Do, Dictation. Great class! Whiley did a terrific job preparing and engaging the learners. Wonderful help from Rebecca and Brianna.

    #8119
    Marc Czornij
    Spectator

    Lesson Title: What’s On This Year’s Ballot?
    Date of Class: 10-12-16
    Day of Class: Wed
    Time of Class: 6-730
    MC: Whiley
    DJ: Marc
    Assistants: Ivy, Nina, Mary, Anne
    Module: 2016 Ballot
    How Many Learners: 13
    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) = 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) = 5
    Reflection: “It was ok.” (1) vs. Life-changing Epiphany (10) = 7

    Total Score: 34

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

    Alpha listen and point; Names; Title of Today’s Lesson; Dictation; Round Robin; Listen and Do; Doc Search. Whiley did a great job creating a mock ballot and then having learners recreate it themselves!

    #8125

    Lesson Title: Urban Forest
    Date of Class: 10/13/16
    Day of Class: Thursday
    Time of Class: 6-730
    MC: patrik
    DJ:
    Assistants: Ahshuwah, Tanya, Ivy
    Module: Tree Hugger – Fall Orchard
    How Many Learners: 6
    Materials Status (loyalty cards, alphabet sheets, etc): Brought more loyalty cards. Ivy is helping to keep track of everyone!

    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) = 5
    Poise: Charlie Brown (1) vs. Prince (10) = 5
    Reflection: “It was ok.” (1) vs. Life-changing Epiphany (10) = 7

    Total Score: 35

    What happened (as short or as long as you like, but be specific): Small group today, probably due to the rain. Ivy said she appreciated the smaller group for a change! Ironic that I wanted to show Tanya our large group but oh well…

    #8153
    Qrysi
    Spectator

    Lesson Title: On the Fence
    Date of Class:10/19/2016
    Day of Class: Wednesday
    Time of Class: 6-7:30pm
    MC: Krysie
    DJ: N/A
    Assistants: Ivy
    Module: 2016 Ballot Measures
    How Many Learners:18
    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) =3
    Connection: Open Hostility (1) vs. Kumbayah (10) =4
    Poise: Charlie Brown (1) vs. Prince (10) =4
    Reflection: “It was ok.” (1) vs. Life-changing Epiphany (10) =4

    Total Score:29

    What happened (as short or as long as you like, but be specific): We started a couple minutes late to wait for more people, but a lot of people came in about 10 minutes late. That put the class on hold while we rearranged the class. Once class started, we wrote down a few sentences, did a dialog, a document search, and listen and do.

    #8159
    Whiley Rubin
    Spectator

    Lesson Title: Money doesn’t grow on trees but fruit does!
    Date of Class: 10.20.16
    Day of Class: Thursday
    Time of Class: 6:30-7pm
    MC: Marc
    DJ: Whiley
    Assistants: Ivy, Briana, April, Ashley and Ashlyn
    Module: Fall Harvest
    How Many Learners: 21
    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) = 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) = 5
    Reflection: “It was ok.” (1) vs. Life-changing Epiphany (10) = 6

    Total Score: 36

    What happened (as short or as long as you like, but be specific): April from the Portland Fruit Tree Project came in to help out with a class on orchards! We had a huge group and lots of late arrivals so moved in to the bigger room and got a little bit of a late start but all the assistants agreed it was a much more productive environment once we moved. Everyone sat around three different tables so had their own group to work with. April brought in a fig tree and figs and lots of different tools and at the end, gave the students a chance to try the figs. Very large and lively group tonight! (**Note: I can’t find the attendance list- I must have left it in the box at Midland so will fill that in next week!)

    #8181
    Whiley Rubin
    Spectator

    Lesson Title: Politically Correct
    Date of Class: 10.26.16
    Day of Class: Wednesday
    Time of Class: 6-7:30
    MC: Krysie
    DJ: Whiley
    Assistants: Ivy
    Module: 2016 Ballot Measure
    How Many Learners: 15
    Materials Status (loyalty cards, alphabet sheets, etc):

    Self Evaluation

    Preparation: Forgot to Show Up (1) vs. Every Hair In Place (10) =4
    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) = 7
    Reflection: “It was ok.” (1) vs. Life-changing Epiphany (10) = 6

    Total Score: 36

    What happened (as short or as long as you like, but be specific): Two new learners came tonight! The class was very engaged and stuck with the lesson on ballot drop boxes until the very end! In the middle, Krysie had everyone get up and we all walked over to take a look at the ballot drop box. It was full of pretty high learners and there was lots of helping so things progressed smoothly and at a very good pace.

    #8198
    Qrysi
    Spectator

    Lesson Title:
    Date of Class: 10/27/16
    Day of Class: thursday
    Time of Class: 6-7:30pm
    MC: Marc
    DJ: Krysie
    Assistants: Ivy
    Module: Oregon Orchards
    How Many Learners: 16
    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) =5
    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:36

    What happened (as short or as long as you like, but be specific): Some people came in late but we started on time and ended on time. We worked with a dialog, document search, and did a This is an Apple activity. After the fort 20ish minutes of class, we had to move to the larger room but the MC handled in smoothly.

    #8213

    Lesson Title: Electoral Map
    Date of Class: 11/2/16
    Day of Class: Wednesday
    Time of Class: 2-330
    MC: Patrik
    DJ:
    Assistants: Ivy
    Module: Elections 2016
    How Many Learners: 19
    Materials Status (loyalty cards, alphabet sheets, etc): need more loyalty cards

    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) = 4
    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) = 4

    Total Score: 31

    What happened (as short or as long as you like, but be specific): A nice size class.. The group had come up with a good idea for a classroom layout, and I could have listened to them a little more.. their T shape idea was good.. I eventually followed their lead, but didn’t add the second table. Next time I will. Very familiar class, great feeling, and it was so cool to see a couple of folks who it’s been years since I’ve seen! And a couple of new people too. This group is not well-coordinated and would benefit from some consistency because of the size, but ultimately, it may well have paid off in terms of the general feeling of togetherness there.

    #8215
    Marc Czornij
    Spectator

    Lesson Title: Waste Not, Want Not
    Date of Class: 11-3-2016
    Day of Class: Thurs
    Time of Class: 6-730
    MC: Cheryl
    DJ: Marc
    Assistants: Ivy
    Module: Recycling
    How Many Learners: 16
    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) = 5
    Connection: Open Hostility (1) vs. Kumbayah (10) = 5
    Poise: Charlie Brown (1) vs. Prince (10) = 5
    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): Alpha listen and point, names, title of today’s lesson, doc search, dictation, round robin, crossword puzzle/doc search (cool activity!).

    #8231
    Mike Watson
    Spectator

    Lesson Title: Results of yesterday’s election, November 8, 2016
    Date of Class: November 9, 2016
    Day of Class: Wednesday
    Time of Class: 6-7:30
    MC: Maureen
    DJ: Mike
    Assistants Ivy:
    Module: Voting and Elections
    How Many Learners: 18
    Materials Status (loyalty cards, alphabet sheets, etc): good, down to one sheet of extra loyalty cards.

    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) = 6
    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):It was a good (and large) class with a wide range of skill levels. Maureen led us through Listen and Point and the yell and Spell drill. We did several dictation progressions, focusing on the winners of the statewide elections. We finished up with a Seek and Find with a sheet of the Oregon ballot issues. It was a good mix of finding things in bold titles, with a few challenging searches for words in denser text.

    #8233
    Whiley Rubin
    Spectator

    Lesson Title: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle
    Date of Class: 11.10.16
    Day of Class: Thursday
    Time of Class: 6-7:30pm
    MC: Marc
    DJ: Whiley
    Assistants: Ivy, Reyna
    Module: Recycling
    How Many Learners: 17
    Materials Status (loyalty cards, alphabet sheets, etc):

    Self Evaluation

    Preparation: Forgot to Show Up (1) vs. Every Hair In Place (10) = 3
    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) = 6
    Poise: Charlie Brown (1) vs. Prince (10) = 5
    Reflection: “It was ok.” (1) vs. Life-changing Epiphany (10) = 5

    Total Score: 30

    What happened (as short or as long as you like, but be specific): Marc and I had some miscommunication about who was MCing tonight so had to improvise a lesson pretty quick. We used the Recycling word cloud to dictate words and then had them turn it over and practice writing them down. We did multiple round robins about recycling and passed around a blue bin. Lots of learners asked questions about the meaning of “reduce”, “reuse” and “recycle”. Lots of laughter and lots of side talking which made the room energetic but a little hard to focus back in at times.

    #8262
    Maureen Riggs
    Spectator

    Lesson Title: Every Election Counts!!!!!!!!!!!
    Date of Class: November 16,2016
    Day of Class: Wednesday
    Time of Class: 6-7:30
    MC: Mike W.
    DJ: Maureen R.
    Assistants: Ivy
    Module: Election 2016
    How Many Learners: 17
    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) = 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) = 5
    Reflection: “It was ok.” (1) vs. Life-changing Epiphany (10) = 6

    Total Score: 36

    What happened (as short or as long as you like, but be specific
    Mike dictated sentences having to do with how often certain elections are held. Many of the words were repeated from sentence to sentence and this aided in helping several low-level learners find success. One of the students was very interested in listening to me pronounce words that were similar to each other such as CAN and CAN’T. Mike facilitated a seek and find related to candidates, government processes and presidential races followed by two games of BINGO using buttons that the learners were excited about. A few students asked me and Ivy about the meanings of phrases such as “stump speech” and “soft money” that were on the BINGO cards. Several of the learners wanted to trade in their cards after the first game and joked about their unlucky cards. Fun class with inquisitive students!

    #8296
    Mike Watson
    Spectator

    Lesson Title: The United States is a Nation of Immigrants
    Date of Class: November 30, 2016
    Day of Class: Wednesday
    Time of Class: 6-7:30
    MC: Maureen
    DJ: Mike
    Assistants: Ivy
    Module: A Nation of Immigrants
    How Many Learners: 12
    Materials Status (loyalty cards, alphabet sheets, etc): complete

    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) = 6
    Poise: Charlie Brown (1) vs. Prince (10) = 5
    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): We did the alphabet Listen and Point, followed by yell and spell. We then did some sentence dictation. We then did a round robin and everyone identified the country where they came from. We did a dictation exercise with everyone’s country name. Then we played bingo with terms related to immigration.

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