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Lesson Title: Birds of a feather flock together
Date of Class: March 2, 2017
Day of Class: Thursday
Time of Class: 2:00 to 3:30
MC: Colleen
DJ: Patricia
Assistants: Julia
Module: Bird on a Wire
How Many Learners: 7
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) = 7
Poise: Charlie Brown (1) vs. Prince (10) = 6
Reflection: “It was ok.” (1) vs. Life-changing Epiphany (10) = 6Total Score: 39
What happened (as short or as long as you like, but be specific): There was good preparation with many different projects used. It kept the learners engaged and focused. We learned to place Julia between higher learners, where she would be more help. The bird curriculum offers fun activities.
Lesson Title: Renter’s Rights
Date of Class: 3/1/17
Day of Class: Wednesday
Time of Class: 6:00 pm
MC: Luke
DJ: Colleen
Assistants: Ivy
Module: Renter’s Rights
How Many Learners: 6
Materials Status (loyalty cards, alphabet sheets, etc): plenty of everythingSelf 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) = 5
Poise: Charlie Brown (1) vs. Prince (10) = 5
Reflection: “It was ok.” (1) vs. Life-changing Epiphany (10) = 7Total Score: 36
What happened (as short or as long as you like, but be specific): Class started a bit late in order to introduce and hear from a community member, who was invited to talk about two events coming up: the dance party at East Portland Community Center on March 17 and a community gardening opportunity at Vestal School on March 18. After the regular parts of the lesson, Luke did a dictation with important words regarding renter’s rights. This group had a range of learning levels, including one learner who is at the very beginning of writing and one who is near fluent – this made the pace a bit challenging. Also due to the timing being off, Luke didn’t get to do the two most dynamic parts of the lesson – a conversation dictation and a video clip from the musical, RENT. Even so, learners seemed glad to have attended class!
Lesson Title: Tree Planting 101
Date of Class: 2/23/17
Day of Class: Thursday
Time of Class: 2-3:30 pm
MC: Ashlyn
DJ: Colleen
Assistants: Marc, Patricia, Julia, Cecilia
Module: Tree Hugger
How Many Learners: 9
Materials Status (loyalty cards, alphabet sheets, etc): plenty of everythingSelf Evaluation
Preparation: Forgot to Show Up (1) vs. Every Hair In Place (10) = 8
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) = 6
Total Score: 39What happened (as short or as long as you like, but be specific):
This was a group of 9 who are getting comfortable with each other, and developing a good group dynamic. They helped each other without direction and were engaged in every activity! Ashlyn had great props for this lesson – live potted trees! The tree hugger word cloud activity got them familiar with the tree names before the round-robin, when the potted trees got passed around. She also brought in tree-planting gear (rain boots, rain pants, tree guidebook, and a shovel.) It was an especially great lesson to introduce the Saturday (2/25) tree planting opportunity with Ashlyn and Marc and Friends of Trees!
Also today, Julia presented her phone English opportunity to the group and took the names and phone numbers of those interested – all 9 learners replied yes!