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  • #9468
    Qrysi
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    Lesson Title: Brace yourself, winter is coming
    Date of Class: 11/27/2017
    Day of Class: Monday
    Time of Class: 12pm
    MC: Qrysi
    DJ: N/A
    Assistants: Jean, Hilary
    Module: Happy Holidays
    How Many Learners: 10
    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) =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) =5
    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): We had 2 new learners and 2 new shadowers. We talked a little about Christmas, Hanukkah, and Kwanzaa. Many learners didn’t know what Hanukkah or Kwanzaa were. It was difficult to explain/act out what Hanukkah was for low level learners. The learners wrote down a few sentences, asked a few round robin questions on what holidays they celebrated this time of year, and we worked with two dialogs asking “What day of the week is Christmas on?” and “Do you work on Christmas?”. The learners were very engaged.

    #9469
    Qrysi
    Spectator

    Lesson Title:Under the Mistletoe
    Date of Class: 11/27/2017
    Day of Class: Monday
    Time of Class: 6pm
    MC: Qrysi
    DJ: N/A
    Assistants: Lucas
    Module: Happy Holidays
    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) =5
    Technique: Completely Incompetent (1) vs. Flawless Delivery (10) =6
    Engagement: Snoring Loudly (1) vs. Absolutely Riveted (10) =4
    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:33

    What happened (as short or as long as you like, but be specific): This was an interesting class. We had 2 young learners who were difficult to get focused and a new learner who didn’t seem sure of the PPT approach. We wrote down a few sentences, asked a few round robin questions about Holidays we celebrate this time of year, and we played BINGO.

    #9472
    Brooke Stady
    Spectator

    Lesson Title: Can you believe all this rain we’ve been having?
    Date of Class: 11/30/2017
    Day of Class: Thursday
    Time of Class: 12pm
    MC: Brooke
    DJ: N/A
    Assistants: Rachel
    Module:
    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) =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) =6
    Reflection: “It was ok.” (1) vs. Life-changing Epiphany (10) =6

    Total Score:35

    What happened:
    Phew I hadn’t taught a class at Rockwood in a while, and I’m so used to working with small groups that I felt a little rusty in the beginning of class. Thankfully after some warming up, I got right back into my groove! We started with Alphabet, then yell n spell. This group is SO good together. Clearly they are all regulars, or at least ‘seasoned’; I was impressed by their choral response to pretty much everything! We practiced a short dialogue about the rainy weather; first dictation, then choral response then round robin (it was a bit long for the round robin but we got through it). Next we had fun learning winter weather vocab by passing around pics and actual items of clothes via ‘This is an apple’ activity. With 10 minutes left, we did a winter clothing crossword together and they loved (and rocked) it! I was very glad that Rachel was there to help :)

    #9485
    Maureen Riggs
    Spectator

    Lesson Title: Is this on sale? What is the price?
    Date of Class: 12/5/17
    Day of Class: Tuesday
    Time of Class: 12-1:30
    MC: Maureen
    DJ: Maureen
    Assistants: Judy, May, Amy
    Module: Shopping
    How Many Learners: 13
    Materials Status (loyalty cards, alphabet sheets, etc):
    need loyalty cards. I will make photocopies of other materials tomorrow.
    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) = 7
    Poise: Charlie Brown (1) vs. Prince (10) = 7
    Reflection: “It was ok.” (1) vs. Life-changing Epiphany (10) = 8 *reflection was particularly informative!

    Total Score: 42

    What happened (as short or as long as you like, but be specific): Used the Fred Meyer flyer for sentence dictation, seek & find and for SHOPPING BINGO. Purposely dictated sentences with IS and ARE with singular and plural nouns respectively–milk is $1.99, seedless grapes are $2.49. Learners seemed to enjoy looking at the flyer after they had written sentences about the items within. Bingo was a lot of fun–lots of money and shopping-related words. I gave out chocolate coins to two winners.

    #9488

    Lesson Title: More life hacks to make life easier
    Date of Class: 12/6/17
    Day of Class: Wednesday
    Time of Class: 12:00 PM
    MC: Izzy
    DJ: Na’ama
    Assistants: May, Herbert
    Module: Life Hacks
    How Many Learners: 11
    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) = 4
    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) = 6
    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): Started with ready and alphabet listen and point, and learners repeated some challenging letter combos. There was a great combination of dictation, document search, fill in the blank, and round robin which kept everyone engaged. Izzy made sure to challenge learners with the material and read the class well to know when to switch activities or add a movement activity. Learners were engaged and seemed excited to practice pronunciation of difficult words! A new person expressed interest in the program at the beginning of the class and stayed to shadow the class. One of the newer learners still needs a learner ID (I did not know the language so didn’t assign them one, the card had already been made).

    #9492

    Lesson Title: Life Hacks
    Date of Class: 11/29/2017
    Day of Class:Wednesday
    Time of Class: Noon
    MC:Izzy
    DJ:Benjamin
    Assistants:
    Module:Life Hacks
    How Many Learners:12
    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) =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:33

    #9497

    Lesson Title:
    Date of Class: 12/7/17
    Day of Class: Thursday
    Time of Class: 6-730
    MC: Benjamin L
    DJ:
    Assistants: Julia, Rhesa
    Module: Winter Weather
    How Many Learners: 11
    Materials Status (loyalty cards, alphabet sheets, etc): out of loyalty cards!

    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) = 7
    Poise: Charlie Brown (1) vs. Prince (10) = 7
    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): we had a video today and new shadower is from lents, and also applying for farmers of color program! patrik entered attendance, but was not DJ

    #9504
    Ramin Tokhi
    Spectator

    Lesson Title: “Christmas decorations”
    Date of Class: 12/11/2017
    Day of Class: Monday
    Time of Class: 6 – 7:30
    MC: Ramin
    DJ: Ramin
    Assistants: none
    Module: Happy Holidays
    How Many Learners: 5
    Materials Status (loyalty cards, alphabet sheets, etc): We 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) = 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) = 5
    Total Score: 36
    What happened (as short or as long as you like, but be specific): This class was a little chaotic because there were children in class. I have struggled to balance their energy and teach at the same time. I had 2 new learners, one of them with special needs and learning disability.

    #9505
    Cameron Coval
    Spectator

    Lesson Title: Window Shopping
    Date of Class: 12/12/17
    Day of Class: Tuesday
    Time of Class: 6pm
    MC: Ramin
    DJ: CamCivicContrarian
    Assistants: Chelsea
    Module: Shopping
    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) = 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) = 6
    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):
    Eight learners in attendance today, mostly lower level; two learners were young children and two other learners had special needs. Dictation included prices (e.g. $15.50) and common grocery items. Learners raced to solve a word search; first three to finish won chocolate. The younger learners were hyper and disruptive throughout the class; Ramin helped keep them in control with the promise of chocolate and a TPR activity that got everyone out of their seats.

    #9509
    Maureen Riggs
    Spectator

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    Lesson Title: What’s on sale at Grocery Outlet?
    Date of Class: 12/12/17
    Day of Class: Tuesday
    Time of Class: 12-1:30
    MC: Maureen Seastarteacher
    DJ: Maureen
    Assistants: Judy, Amy, Herb
    Module: Shopping!
    How Many Learners: 14
    Materials Status (loyalty cards, alphabet sheets, etc):
    we 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) = 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) = 7
    Reflection: “It was ok.” (1) vs. Life-changing Epiphany (10) = 7

    Total Score: 41

    What happened (as short or as long as you like, but be specific): I dictated sentences having to do with shopping at grocery Outlet using a sales flyer. The sentences included singular and plural nouns so learners could practice using IS and ARE. During the Round Robin, we practiced asking each other what the cost of certain products and food is. We ended the class with a very competitive game of shopping bingo where our newcomer won the second game. Class was very communicative and lively and everyone seemed to bring in chocolate to share!

    #9514
    Izzy Armenta
    Spectator

    Lesson Title: How to make a cute little bean bag chair for your phone
    Date of Class: 12/13/2017
    Day of Class: Wednesday
    Time of Class: 12:00 pm
    MC: Benjamin
    DJ: Izzy
    Assistants: May, Sarah, Herbert
    Module: Life Hacks
    How Many Learners:9
    Materials Status (loyalty cards, alphabet sheets, etc): Loyalty cards. Out of loyalty cards and some learners had full cards.

    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) =8
    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:42

    What happened (as short or as long as you like, but be specific): Benjamin had a really fun hands-on lesson plan. We made cute little bean bag cell phone holders. It’s was fun, hands-on, and the right amount of challenging for some of the higher learners. Benjamin did the dictation of the step by step instructions on how to make it, a round robin with the materials we would use and then the actual making of the bean bags. Everyone seemed to have fun and it would be cool to try it again.

    #9515
    Qrysi
    Spectator

    Lesson Title: Cute as a Button
    Date of Class: 12/4//2017
    Day of Class: Monday
    Time of Class: 12pm
    MC: Qrysi
    DJ: N/A
    Assistants: N/A
    Module: Happy Holidays
    How Many Learners:
    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) =7
    Engagement: Snoring Loudly (1) vs. Absolutely Riveted (10) =8
    Connection: Open Hostility (1) vs. Kumbayah (10) =9
    Poise: Charlie Brown (1) vs. Prince (10) =8
    Reflection: “It was ok.” (1) vs. Life-changing Epiphany (10) =6

    Total Score:43

    What happened (as short or as long as you like, but be specific): We talked about a little about Christmas, Kwanzaa, and Hanukkah, and asked learners what holidays they celebrated in the winter. We also wrote down the lyrics to Frosty the Snowman, listened to the song, and sang a little of it. There was lots of laughing and one learner connected the song to something their kid was working on in school.

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    #9516
    Qrysi
    Spectator

    Lesson Title: Cute as a Button
    Date of Class: 12/4/2017
    Day of Class: Monday
    Time of Class: 6pm
    MC: Qrysi
    DJ: N/A
    Assistants: N/A
    Module: Happy Holidays
    How Many Learners: 6
    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) =5
    Connection: Open Hostility (1) vs. Kumbayah (10) =9
    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): We talked about Christmas, Kwanzaa, and Hanukkah, and asked learners what holidays they celebrate. We sang Frosty the Snowman. it was a learner’s birthday so we dictated and sang Happy Birthday for her.

    #9517
    Qrysi
    Spectator

    Lesson Title: Ho, Ho, Ho
    Date of Class: 12/11/2017
    Day of Class: Monday
    Time of Class: 6pm
    MC: Qrysi (Lucas Dress Rehearsal)
    DJ: N/A
    Assistants: N/A
    Module: Happy Holidays
    How Many Learners: 10
    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) =4
    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) =5

    Total Score:31

    What happened (as short or as long as you like, but be specific): Ie asked questions about the holiday seasons like, “Do you have a tree?” and “Have you been to Peacock Lane?” We listened to Holly Jolly Christmas, wrote down the lyrics, and sang the song. There was lots of laughing.

    #9519
    Qrysi
    Spectator

    Lesson Title:Let It Snow
    Date of Class: 12/14/2017
    Day of Class: Thursday
    Time of Class: 12pm
    MC: Patrik
    DJ: Qrysi
    Assistants: Benjamin, Santi, Mai, Aaron, Herbert, Melisa, Julia, Sarah, Erin
    Module: Winter Weather- Emergency Preparedness
    How Many Learners: 10
    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) =7
    Connection: Open Hostility (1) vs. Kumbayah (10) =8
    Poise: Charlie Brown (1) vs. Prince (10) =8
    Reflection: “It was ok.” (1) vs. Life-changing Epiphany (10) =6

    Total Score:44

    What happened (as short or as long as you like, but be specific): We had 9 assistants and the learners threw a party! During the class, we used an information flyer on winter roads to find words and sentences, and wrote down the lyrics to and sang Let It Snow. We stopped about 10 minutes early to hang out and eat the food the learners brought.

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