Site: Sherwin Williams
Lesson Title: The Center for disease control (CDC) says there are currently 465 cases of measles in 19 different states. This is the highest number of cases since 2014 when there were 667.
Date of Class: Apr 10, 2019
Time of Class: 2:30 PM
MC: BrookeCompassionateEducator
DJ: MC Entered attendance, no DJ
Assistants/Shadowers/Auditioner:
Module: Vaccines
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) = 5
Engagement: Snoring Loudly (1) vs. Absolutely Riveted (10) = 5
Connection: Open Hostility (1) vs. Kumbayah (10) = 4
Poise: Charlie Brown (1) vs. Prince (10) = 5
Reflection: “It was ok.” (1) vs. Life-changing Epiphany (10) = 4

What happened (as short or as long as you like, but be specific): Nice class back after a 3 week break- there were 5 learners! Pretty rad. I am excited to explore the topic of vaccinations over the next few weeks. We first did the title of the lesson and I tried to gather how much they knew/know about the current measles outbreak- interestingly, none of them knew about it. But, also none of them have small children so that is certainly a factor. We looked at a graph and a fact sheet, dictated some facts as well as some mini dialogues. We learned the word ‘contagious’ and practiced a funny round robin dialogue with that. Look forward to digging in deeper next week :)

Site: Sherwin Williams
Lesson Title: N/a
Date of Class: Apr 17, 2019
Time of Class: 2:30 PM
MC: BrookeCompassionateEducator
DJ: MC Entered attendance, no DJ
Assistants/Shadowers/Auditioner:
Module: Vaccinations
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) = 5
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) = 4
Poise: Charlie Brown (1) vs. Prince (10) = 4
Reflection: “It was ok.” (1) vs. Life-changing Epiphany (10) = 4

What happened (as short or as long as you like, but be specific): We practiced English around the topic of vaccinations, mostly regarding the debate or ‘Vaccine War’. We did a sort of cloze/find the right article activity on the board, explored a word cloud with lots of good related vocab and then a listen/find, dictation, reading activity with an article about more specifics surrounding the debate. We ended with a short dialogue about the state of emergency declared last week in NYC. Great class :)

Site: Sherwin Williams
Lesson Title: N/A
Date of Class: Apr 24, 2019
Time of Class: 2:30 PM
MC: BrookeCompassionateEducator
DJ: MC Entered attendance, no DJ
Assistants/Shadowers/Auditioner:
Module: Vaccinations
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) = 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) = 4

What happened (as short or as long as you like, but be specific): We started with finishing the dialogue we started from last week- two learners weren’t there last week so I had the other 2 help them with the part of the dialogue that we had already written down. It was pretty cool to watch them be the ‘teachers’ and I could feel the sense empowerment happening, particularly in one of them :) The dialogue was long and a bit complex so took a little longer than I hoped but it was good. At the end of it, they got to sort of choose their reply, like a ‘what would you do’ if you were given the option to either vaccinate your child or pay $1,000 for not doing it (like the Mayor of NYC is proposing). It was interesting to see what each one chose!
Next we learned the names and symptoms of some of the most common diseases that Americans get vaccinated for and worked with the images in a variety of ways to wrap up the class. Good class!

Site: Sherwin Williams
Lesson Title: For millions of years, humans have been inventing tools to help us survive and thrive in this world.
Date of Class: May 01, 2019
Time of Class: 2:30 PM
MC: BrookeCompassionateEducator
DJ: MC Entered attendance, no DJ
Assistants/Shadowers/Auditioner:
Module: Inventions
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) = 5
Technique: Completely Incompetent (1) vs. Flawless Delivery (10) = 4
Engagement: Snoring Loudly (1) vs. Absolutely Riveted (10) = 4
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

What happened (as short or as long as you like, but be specific): We stated a new theme- Inventions! I think it’s super fascinating and I think they do too. We started with a title to introduce the topic then asked eachother ‘what’s one thing you can’t live without’? This was a little more complicated than I thought but I gave some examples and then they caught on. The goal was to help them realize how important certain things are to our life that we may take for granted or just not even think about much (lightbulb, refrigerator, wheel, etc…) We then looked at a bunch of images of the most ‘famous’ inventions of all time and I had them try to put them in chronological order. They did pretty good and even learned some new words! Next we used a worksheet I found online that used the passive tense to talk about inventions- pretty useful and relevant :) With just a few minutes left I had them practice this tense with the images on the table i.e., “Which was invented first; the wheel or the airplane? It was quite a good class, I must say :)

Site: Sherwin Williams
Lesson Title: n/a
Date of Class: May 08, 2019
Time of Class: 2:30 PM
MC: BrookeCompassionateEducator
DJ: MC Entered attendance, no DJ
Assistants/Shadowers/Auditioner:
Module: Inventions
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) = 5
Engagement: Snoring Loudly (1) vs. Absolutely Riveted (10) = 4
Connection: Open Hostility (1) vs. Kumbayah (10) = 5
Poise: Charlie Brown (1) vs. Prince (10) = 4
Reflection: “It was ok.” (1) vs. Life-changing Epiphany (10) = 4

What happened (as short or as long as you like, but be specific): All 5 learners came today- they were all a bit tired as they have all been working overtime so it was a little challenging to get the energy up but I did my best! We reviewed a bit from last week, practiced some past, and passive tense in relation to the topic. We did a fun variation of ‘This is an apple’ where we learned dates of some of the most important inventions of time. Then we did a listening activity around the main uses of these inventions. Though the energy was low, it turned out to be a pretty good class :)

Site: Sherwin Williams
Lesson Title: I’m feeling a little under the weather today
Date of Class: May 15, 2019
Time of Class: 2:30 PM
MC: BrookeCompassionateEducator
DJ: MC Entered attendance, no DJ
Assistants/Shadowers/Auditioner:
Module: Inventions
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) = 5
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) = 4
Poise: Charlie Brown (1) vs. Prince (10) = 4
Reflection: “It was ok.” (1) vs. Life-changing Epiphany (10) = 4

What happened (as short or as long as you like, but be specific): The title isn’t related to the theme but since I wasn’t feeling very great yesterday I decided to let them know that by making it the title of the lesson (and it’s a useful expression :) We also learned a few other expressions about feelings like ‘happy as a clam’, ‘down in the dumps’. We then moved into the topic of ‘Futuristic Inventions’ where we learned about things like; google glass, jetpacks, 3D printers, multicopters and self-driving cars. Super fun! We didn’t get very far as the main activity involved learners getting a card with a description of an item and they had to read it to the group who were instructed to write it down. It took quite some time to just get through 2 of them and I felt a little frustration coming from the lower level learners so I transitioned into a game of Bingo for the last bit of class. I think that was a great plan :)

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Site: Sherwin Williams
Lesson Title: n/a
Date of Class: May 22, 2019
Time of Class: 2:30 PM
MC: BrookeCompassionateEducator
DJ: MC Entered attendance, no DJ
Assistants/Shadowers/Auditioner:
Module: Local Flora
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) = 5
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) = 4
Poise: Charlie Brown (1) vs. Prince (10) = 4
Reflection: “It was ok.” (1) vs. Life-changing Epiphany (10) = 4

What happened (as short or as long as you like, but be specific): We wrapped up the last topic of inventions by playing the bingo game from last week that we didn’t get to finish. We then practiced a little dialogue about which futuristic invention we would buy if we could (money not a factor). We then transitioned into the next topic, Local Flora starting with a word cloud where we learned several new vocab words. They really love the word clouds :) We focused on mushrooms that are native to Oregon and learned the names of about 5-6 of them and talked a little bit about which ones we’ve tried and our favorites of those. Will pick up where we left off next week..