Rockwood Library – Spring 2015

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  • #5120
    WebMaestrex
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    Lesson Title:
    Date of Class:
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    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):

    #5124
    WebMaestrex
    Keymaster

    Lesson Title: Yes We Can
    Date of Class: 3/30/15
    Day of Class: Monday
    Time of Class: Noon-2pm
    MC: Mark
    DJ: Sam D
    Assistants: none
    Module: Cesar Chavez Day
    How Many Learners: 10
    Materials Status (loyalty cards, alphabet sheets, etc): no more loyalty cards

    Self Evaluation

    Preparation: Forgot to Show Up (1) vs. Every Hair In Place (10) = 8
    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) = 7
    Poise: Charlie Brown (1) vs. Prince (10) = 7
    Reflection: “It was ok.” (1) vs. Life-changing Epiphany (10) = 8

    Total Score: 44

    What happened (as short or as long as you like, but be specific): We had 3 new learners in class today. Mark came prepared and led class on the topic of Cesar Chavez. Learners tackled dialogue that addressed the United Farm Workers movement and their symbols such as their flag. We listened to an on topic song and wrote down lyrics. We acted out action words like “pick” and “strike”. Students were enthusiastic and asked for copies of dialogue to take home and study.

    #5126
    WebMaestrex
    Keymaster

    Lesson Title: N/A
    Date of Class: 03/30/15
    Day of Class: Monday
    Time of Class: 6-7:30 pm
    MC: Arien
    DJ: Sheila
    Assistants: Glemn
    Module: Small talks
    How Many Learners: 9
    Materials Status (loyalty cards, alphabet sheets, etc): Loyalty cards, alphabet 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) =7
    Poise: Charlie Brown (1) vs. Prince (10) =7
    Reflection: “It was ok.” (1) vs. Life-changing Epiphany (10) = 8

    Total Score: 43

    What happened (as short or as long as you like, but be specific):
    Class went well, we had a better attendance this time including a two new learners. There was laughter and students were engaged. The beginners struggled a little but they were supported. Assistants did a nice job reinforcing students positively all the time and modeling.

    #5128
    WebMaestrex
    Keymaster

    Lesson Title: Yes we can
    Date of Class: 03/31/15
    Day of Class: Tuesday
    Time of Class:6- 7:30 pm
    MC: Mark
    DJ: Arien
    Assistants: None
    Module: Drivers Licence Test
    How Many Learners: 5
    Materials Status (loyalty cards, alphabet sheets, etc): Tablet, flag, UFW hat, handouts. We ran out of loyalty cards, we need new ones ASAP.

    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) = 7

    Total Score: 37

    What happened (as short or as long as you like, but be specific): Class was OK. We had four learners for most of the time but then came a new student (a nursing mother) who stayed for about 15 mins because she had to go. There was some laughter, learners showed enthusiasm by wanting to continue working on the dictation activity. The highlight was welcoming back a learner who had voluntarily left a class in the past and seeing him totally engaged and willing to interact.

    #5129
    WebMaestrex
    Keymaster

    Lesson Title: You Can’t Fool Mother Nature
    Date of Class: 4/1/15
    Day of Class: Wednesday
    Time of Class: 12-2pm
    MC: Patrik
    DJ:
    Assistants: Barbara, Ivy
    Module: In The Neighborhood: Animal Adaptations
    How Many Learners: 7
    Materials Status (loyalty cards, alphabet sheets, etc): Replenished loyalty cards and alphabet sheets – also, found a new way to organize the loyalty cards which I think will be less frustrating.

    Self Evaluation

    Preparation: Forgot to Show Up (1) vs. Every Hair In Place (10) = 3
    Technique: Completely Incompetent (1) vs. Flawless Delivery (10) = 4
    Engagement: Snoring Loudly (1) vs. Absolutely Riveted (10) = 5
    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) = 6

    Total Score: 26

    What happened (as short or as long as you like, but be specific): Not a bad class.. folks came in a little late, not sure if they are kinda deciding to avoid the alphabet, or if it’s just the change in the season. Had a learner return from a while ago, it’s a little tough for him, but he can learn. Had Barbara and Ivy facilitate some of the activities while I tidied up the box and stuff. Worked with animals, great materials, I could have planned more to use it to the best effect.

    #5231
    Brooke Stady
    Spectator

    Date and Location of Class: April 3, 2015, Rockwood Library
    Day of Class: Friday
    Time of Class: Noon-2 p.m.
    MC: Joshua Clark
    DJ: Jane McIver
    Assistants: Kate Willson, Bernadette Dominguez
    Module: Civic English—Taxes

    How Many Learners: 5

    Score: 40 (Preparation: 7; Technique: 7; Engagement: 6; Connection: 7; Poise: 6; Reflection: 7).

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

    Class began around 12:08 due to late arrival of the learners. Activities includedAlphabet Listen & Point, Yell & Spell, document search of a W-7 tax form, dictation and use of charts showing Obama’s and Romney’s income and tax rates in 2010. This class ended on time following a short movement activity (Total Physical Response).

    #5266
    Qrysi
    Spectator

    Lesson Title: Everything but the kitchen sink
    Date of Class: April 6th
    Day of Class: Monday
    Time of Class: 12-2
    MC: Brooke
    DJ: Krysie
    Assistants: Crystal, Kathryn, Peter
    Module: Mr. Fix it/ Dear Landlord
    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) = 8
    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) = 7
    Poise: Charlie Brown (1) vs. Prince (10) = 7
    Reflection: “It was ok.” (1) vs. Life-changing Epiphany (10) = 8

    Total Score: 45

    What happened (as short or as long as you like, but be specific):
    Class started a few minutes late to let people show up. After that, we had the learners write down a few key words, do a listen and find with a picture of a house and it’s contents, then a round robin-like activity. They then wrote down a dialogue and ended the class with a listen and do activity.

    #5320
    Arien Lorenzo
    Spectator

    Lesson Title: She Flies With Her Own Wings
    Date of Class: 04/6/15
    Day of Class: Monday
    Time of Class: 6-7:30 pm
    MC: Julie
    DJ: Arien
    Assistants: Yanira, Glemn
    Module: Oregon Geography
    How Many Learners: 7
    Materials Status (loyalty cards, alphabet sheets, etc): Loyalty cards, alphabet sheets, iPhone, cloth maps.

    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) = 8

    Total Score: 40

    What happened (as short or as long as you like, but be specific): Class had to start about five minutes late because there were no students at the beginning. We had a new student who had attended a year ago and had no loyalty card. We did Alphabet Listen & Point, Role Play Listen & Do, Dictation and then sang ‘Oregon, My Oregon’ which was a little too hard for most of us to sing but Julie was patient and somehow helped us sound better.

    #5332
    Qrysi
    Spectator

    Lesson Title: the hardest thing to do is income taxes
    Date of Class: April 7th
    Day of Class: Tuesday
    Time of Class: 6-7:30pm
    MC: Arien
    DJ: Krysie
    Assistants:
    Module: Taxes
    How Many Learners: 11
    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) = 8
    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) = 8

    Total Score: 40

    What happened (as short or as long as you like, but be specific): Class started a few minutes late ended on time. We did the alphabet sheet and names as usual. Then, a listen and point with a tax form, dialogue, a listen and do, and writing down a few quotes on taxes. With the dialogue, the learners wrote it down, repeated it with choral response, and practiced saying it passing the conversation around the table.

    #5335
    WebMaestrex
    Keymaster

    Lesson Title: Leader of the Pack
    Date of Class: 4/8/15
    Day of Class: Wednesday
    Time of Class: 12-2
    MC: Patrik
    DJ:
    Assistants: Jacob, Yani, Barbara
    Module: In The Neighborhood
    How Many Learners: 10
    Materials Status (loyalty cards, alphabet sheets, etc): loyalty cards needing a little organizing, and the green box needing a lot of organizing..

    Self Evaluation

    Preparation: Forgot to Show Up (1) vs. Every Hair In Place (10) = 5
    Technique: Completely Incompetent (1) vs. Flawless Delivery (10) = 4
    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: 31

    What happened (as short or as long as you like, but be specific): it was really nice having jacob there, and Yani and Barbara. I was struggling to find a way to show everyone pictures, we had jacob carry a book around with some of the animals.. we did practice language like – a beaver is a rodent, so we’re working on the classification, and we did a lot of pulling the words out in everyone else’s language. Didn’t quite get to the listen and do, technique not super inspired. Also had two folks come in quite late, causing us to redo names a couple of times.

    #5353
    KasPermissionary
    Spectator

    Lesson Title: Why Americans Pay Taxes
    Date of Class: 4/10/15
    Day of Class: Friday
    Time of Class: 12-2
    MC: Jane
    DJ: Joshua
    Assistants:
    Module: Taxes
    How Many Learners: 5
    Materials Status (loyalty cards, alphabet sheets, etc): that green box is terribly packed.

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

    Total Score: 43

    What happened (as short or as long as you like, but be specific):
    This class went exceptionally well in my opinion. I was especially impressed with the multi level engagement. Sometimes I feel like the more advanced learners can get bored or not necessarily getting advanced usage or accent coaching and in this particular class I feel like we were able to get some questions answered for our advanced learners in a way that kept things interesting for them. Jane’s sentence scramble activity continues to be a great multi level activity. It’s something that everyone can participate in and get the right answers. It’s game-like, encourages all levels, and everyone gets a turn.

    #5453
    Mark Griffin
    Spectator

    Lesson Title: There’s No Place Like Home
    Date of Class: 4/13/15
    Day of Class: Monday
    Time of Class: Noon-2
    MC: Sam D
    DJ: Mark G
    Assistants: Celina
    Module: Mr. Fix It/Landlord
    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) = 8
    Engagement: Snoring Loudly (1) vs. Absolutely Riveted (10) = 7
    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) = 8

    Total Score: 43

    What happened (as short or as long as you like, but be specific): Good mix of students. Sam used props (tools: hammer, measuring tape, screwdrivers, etc) and visual aids (cut outs of verbs and objects that were put together as sentences by students) very effectively. This (Mr. Fix It) is a good module. Celina was shadowing.

    #5455
    Arien Lorenzo
    Spectator

    Lesson Title: N/A
    Date of Class: 04/13/15
    Day of Class: Monday
    Time of Class: 6-7:30
    MC: Patrik
    DJ: Arien
    Assistants: Glemn
    Module: Oregon Geography
    How Many Learners: 7
    Materials Status (loyalty cards, alphabet sheets, etc): Cloth maps

    Self Evaluation

    Preparation: Forgot to Show Up (1) vs. Every Hair In Place (10) = 5
    Technique: Completely Incompetent (1) vs. Flawless Delivery (10) = 4
    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) = 7

    Total Score: 34

    What happened (as short or as long as you like, but be specific) Class was good. Students were encouraged all the time and seemed to enjoy. They were especially interested in doing repetitions during the listen and point using the map of Oregon. Overall a very enjoyable class.

    #5466
    Arien Lorenzo
    Spectator

    Lesson Title: Taxes are paid in the sweat of every person who works
    Date of Class: 04/14/15
    Day of Class: Tuesday
    Time of Class: 6-7:30pm
    MC: Mark
    DJ: Arien
    Assistants: Kelsie, Yanira
    Module: Taxes
    How Many Learners: 8
    Materials Status (loyalty cards, alphabet sheets, etc): 1040 forms, tax tables

    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): We had an interesting class in spite of having a difficult module. Learners enjoyed and were engaged. Assistants did a great job reinforcing positively. Mark brought kisses chocolates.

    #5489
    Brooke Stady
    Spectator

    Date and Location of Class: April 17, 2015, Rockwood Library
    Day of Class: Friday
    Time of Class: Noon-2 p.m.
    MC: Jane McIver
    DJ: Benjamin Citalan
    Assistants: Monica
    Module: Civic English—Taxes
    How Many Learners: 4

    Score: 39 (Preparation: 7; Technique: 6; Engagement: 7; Connection: 7; Poise: 6; Reflection: 6).

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

    This class began around 12:10, due to waiting for learners to arrive. Ben led Alphabet Listen & Point until Jane took charge with triplets, quads and confusable rhythms. After Yell & Spell dictation followed. We then searched a W-4 tax form and the learners located words and phrases on the document. Next came a tax word scramble, with all words relating to taxes. The learners laughed, helped and encouraged each other, and camaraderie was definitely established. After a numbers dictation and short physical exercise, class was dismissed on time.

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