Lesson Title: Too Many Cooks in the Kitchen
Date of Class: 7/15/15
Day of Class: Wednesday
Time of Class: 9-11:45
MC: ML Warhus
DJ: n/a
Assistants:
Module: In the Kitchen (+ some Nutrition)
How Many Learners: 6
Materials Status (loyalty cards, alphabet sheets, etc): ok

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

Total Score: 25

What happened (as short or as long as you like, but be specific): Class was good- a couple new learners- everyone very helpful and supportive with each other. There were several distractions- people leaving and arriving late and early, and 2-3 kids in the room, variously participating. Also, my delivery was not top form as I got out of order on my activities and it tripped me up, but we pushed through and I think everything was educational and interesting. We reviewed some prior vocab about recipes, ingredients, measuring- added some new vocab, including some foods and nutrition items- all with actual items. I tried to focus much more on dialogue and speaking practice, as that seemed to be lacking in the previous lesson. It went well. . .lots of round the room with “this is an X, a what”, adding “Is this healthy?” and food group practice. We spent a bit of time on This vs. These, as was needed. I intended to use recipes to determine ingredients and if healthy, but ran out of time and looked at some nutrition panels instead.

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Lesson Title: Oops, I forgot to create one!
Date of Class: 4/27/15
Day of Class: Monday
Time of Class: 6-7:30
MC: Mary Louise
DJ: Ramin
Assistants:
Module: Maps and Addresses
How Many Learners: 4
Materials Status (loyalty cards, alphabet sheets, etc): more eval sheets needed

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) = 5
Poise: Charlie Brown (1) vs. Prince (10) = 7
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): After the alphabet and names, the class took a distinct turn to focus on ordinals. We did some listen and point with ordinals and then full addresses, followed by some ordinal and directional (NSEW) dictation. We stayed on ordinals for awhile, repeating, choral response, round the room, and some putting-the-correct-suffix-on-the-number practice. Some NWES TPR (pointing, as well as using ourselves as a giant compass) was a good break, then we did some dialogue/address practice “What’s your address?” and students could pick various addresses from a pile. Regrettably, we ran out of time before we could lay our hands on an actual map. Next time. . .

Lesson Title: Kitchen Tools
Date of Class: 1/27/15
Day of Class: Tuesday
Time of Class: 6-7:30
MC: Mark
DJ: ML
Assistants: Glenm
Module: In the Kitchen
How Many Learners: 8
Materials Status (loyalty cards, alphabet sheets, etc): Need more blank loyalty cards… or maybe just more cut?

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) = 6
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): Class was very engaged today, which is especially great since half of the class were first-timers. There was lots of banter, questions, Ss helping each other, as well as (or because of?) a lot of speaking and pronunciation practice. Mark brought a handful of tools from the kitchen which were practiced in a dialogue (‘This is a ____’), dictation, and then using those tools to perfectly and easily transition into TPR of actions surrounding said tools. Class ended with a recipe document search. More than one student was surprised, if not seemingly disappointed, when the class ended- that’s gotta be a sign of an interesting class!

Date of Class: 7/29/14
Day of Class: Tuesday
Time of Class: 6-7:30
MC: Joshua
DJ: ML
Assistants: Mary, Bertha, Gretta, Oz, and Julie
Module: Maps and Addresses
How Many Learners: 7
Score: 34
What happened: Though students trickled in a little late, and the room was re-arranged a few times, the class ultimately was full of spirit, community and energy with not only assistants helping, but students helping each other as well. There was a great mix of vocab/dialogue practice and TPR/activities to keep the energy level high. There was a lot of practice with real-world, conversation-style direction giving. It brought up some good questions- like the difference between ‘go forward’ and ‘straight ahead’, which were all patiently and thoroughly explained by students, teachers, and assistants alike. As a final activity Joshua had the students create their own directions and then apply them to a large, hand-drawn map, in a game-like activity which the students seemed to really like. A lot of after-class followup and conversation amongst everyone put a nice bow on an already great class.

Date of Class: 5/27
Day of Class: Tuesday
Time of Class: 6pm
MC: Robert
DJ: ML
Assistants: Cassandra
Module: Mr. Fix It
How Many Learners: 2
Score: 40
What happened: It was an interesting class, what with only 2 higher level students. Robert did a good job of extending activities and creating things on the fly. The 2 students had a lot of questions about pronunciation, plurals, and phrasing which were able to be practiced and explained more in depth than would have otherwise. Vocab words, scramble and a dictation were then followed by exploring different words and tenses that can often be confusing.

Date of Class: 4/14/14
Day of Class: Monday
Time of Class: 6-7:30
MC: Benjamin
DJ: ML
Assistants:
Module: Nutrition
How Many Learners: 10
Score: 45
What happened: Ben’s first class as MC and he did great.!. .Good engagement of all students. We did “This is an X/A What?” with various vegetables, some new, some review. The real vegetables makes all the difference- students would pick them up and ask “What’s this?” Dictation of these veggies after the dialogue was great practice. Ended class with a round-robin “Do you like junk food/Yes I do/No I don’t”. We had some examples of this too, which was great. In the end, we didn’t have time to do the game that Ben had prepared. . .next time!

Date of Class: 03/1o/2014
Day of Class: Monday
MC: ML
DJ:
Assistants: Nancy and Matt
Module: Shopping
How Many Learners: 6
Score: 37
What happened: Only 6 learners today, but fairly engaged and all at a level where they could really help each other, to great benefit. After the alphabet, we did a prices listen and point as well, which proved challenging. Most of class focused on what different stores there are, and what you can buy at each one using vocab dictation, dialogue and a “matching game” with images. We ended a couple minutes early which is not ideal but it was a natural stopping point. Most impressive was the way the more intimate group of learners all helped each other continuously and easily.

Date of Class: 2/3/14
Day of Class: Monday
Time of Class: 6-7:30
MC: ML
DJ: None
Assistants: Alyson, Forrest
Module: Money
How Many Learners: 10
Score: 40
What happened: A great turn-out tonight with 10 people, three of which were new-comers. The alphabet listen and point was a bit scattered, while I tried to organize seating, get the observers engaged and deal with attendance cards, but we eventually got on a roll. With all the new Ss/observers, we spent awhile on names. The Money module seemed to engage the learners more quickly than most- we did some vocab, then spent a good amount of time dictating/writing a slew of different monetary quantities. After passing around some real money and reviewing coin/bill names, we did a coin grab around the room. Each Ss got to say “give me $x.xx” to their neighbor, who found the correct change from the pile. This activity brought really great energy and engagement to the class, which continued through the dictation which reviewed coin/bill values. Overall a great class that almost went over time because we were all so involved- always a good sign.