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  • in reply to: Midland Library – Summer 2019 #11439
    Matthew Lents
    Spectator

    Site: Midland Library
    Lesson Title: Life is like a pint of berries
    Date of Class: Jul 11, 2019
    Time of Class: 6:00 PM
    MC: DanielGoofyProfessor
    DJ: MattFriendlyHouseHusband
    Assistants/Shadowers/Auditioner:
    Module: Berries and cherries
    How Many Learners: 5
    Materials Status (loyalty cards, alphabet sheets, etc): Seems fine

    Self Evaluation

    Preparation: Forgot to Show Up (1) vs. Every Hair In Place (10) = 8
    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) = 9
    Poise: Charlie Brown (1) vs. Prince (10) = 9
    Reflection: “It was ok.” (1) vs. Life-changing Epiphany (10) = 8

    What happened (as short or as long as you like, but be specific): We had two shadowers. Zarina and Aidan. I was DJ and Daniel was MC. Daniel brought berries to share with the class, so we spent some time doing activities with measurements and general info about fruit from the area. Then we got to eat the berries!

    in reply to: Rockwood Library – Spring 2019 #11268
    Matthew Lents
    Spectator

    Site: Rockwood Library
    Lesson Title: Are you my mother?
    Date of Class: May 07, 2019
    Time of Class: 6:00 PM
    MC: JanetLaUnica!
    DJ: Not Listed (Please See Notes)
    Assistants/Shadowers/Auditioner:
    Module: Motherhood
    How Many Learners: 8
    Materials Status (loyalty cards, alphabet sheets, etc): We could use some more attendance and evaluation sheets.

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

    What happened (as short or as long as you like, but be specific): Janet was MC for a lesson on theme motherhood. She used a children’s book called “are you my mother?” We watched the video as warmup, used some dialogue for dictations and round robins, and then made a mini book version of the book to take home!

    in reply to: Rockwood Library – Spring 2019 #11223
    Matthew Lents
    Spectator

    Site: Rockwood Library
    Lesson Title: We communicate all over the world using social media.
    Date of Class: Apr 23, 2019
    Time of Class: 6:00 PM
    MC: MaureenSeastarTeacher
    DJ: Not Listed (Please See Notes)
    Assistants/Shadowers/Auditioner:
    Module: Social Media
    How Many Learners: 7
    Materials Status (loyalty cards, alphabet sheets, etc): Looks excellent

    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

    What happened (as short or as long as you like, but be specific): Maureen was MC. She facilitated a class about social media. She did a yell and spell and round robin about how we connect with people via social media.

    in reply to: Midland Library – Winter 2018 #9746
    Matthew Lents
    Spectator

    Lesson Title: Green streets make for cleaner streams
    Date of Class: 2/14/18
    Day of Class: Wednesday
    Time of Class: 6pm
    MC: Alex
    DJ: Matthew
    Assistants/Shadowers/Auditioner: Minh & Ivy
    Module: Science, Nature and Technology
    How Many Learners: 14
    Materials Status (loyalty cards, alphabet sheets, etc): all good

    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) = 6
    Poise: Charlie Brown (1) vs. Prince (10) = 5
    Reflection: “It was ok.” (1) vs. Life-changing Epiphany (10) = 7

    Total Score: 33

    What happened (as short or as long as you like, but be specific): Alex did some activities around the green street flyer. The students seemed to really enjoy the document search. There was a word scramble and some dictations based on the vocabulary. Alex also had a round robin conversation with a picture of a green street.

    in reply to: Midland Library – Winter 2018 #9672
    Matthew Lents
    Spectator

    Lesson Title: When it rains it pours
    Date of Class: 1/31/18
    Day of Class: Wednesday
    Time of Class: 6pm
    MC: Alex
    DJ: Matthew
    Assistants/Shadowers/Auditioner:Ivy and Minh
    Module: Science Nature & Technology
    How Many Learners: 11
    Materials Status (loyalty cards, alphabet sheets, etc): seems good

    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) = 7
    Poise: Charlie Brown (1) vs. Prince (10) = 6
    Reflection: “It was ok.” (1) vs. Life-changing Epiphany (10) = 6

    Total Score: 38

    What happened (as short or as long as you like, but be specific): Alex was MC. He did a variety of activities around the stormwater management curriculum, including dictations, word searches, scrambles and conversations. Minh and Ivy were assisting and I think the class went very smoothly. Minh wasn’t interested in staying for the evaluation and wants a “low commitment” experience.

    in reply to: Midland Library – Winter 2018 #9643
    Matthew Lents
    Spectator

    Lesson Title: Leave it to Beavers
    Date of Class: 1/24
    Day of Class: Wednesday
    Time of Class: 6pm
    MC: Betty
    DJ: Matthew
    Assistants/Shadowers/Auditioner: Ivy
    Module: Nature, Science and Technology
    How Many Learners: 9
    Materials Status (loyalty cards, alphabet sheets, etc): all good

    Self Evaluation

    Preparation: Forgot to Show Up (1) vs. Every Hair In Place (10) = 5
    Technique: Completely Incompetent (1) vs. Flawless Delivery (10) = 3
    Engagement: Snoring Loudly (1) vs. Absolutely Riveted (10) = 4
    Connection: Open Hostility (1) vs. Kumbayah (10) = 3
    Poise: Charlie Brown (1) vs. Prince (10) = 3
    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): Betty did the usual warmup activities with easily confusable letters and yell and spell. Her lesson was the historical background of how Oregon Territory came to be. We did some sentence dictations based on a video describing the fur trade. We also did a conversation piece.

    in reply to: Midland Library – Fall 2017 #9525
    Matthew Lents
    Spectator

    Lesson Title: Hack your Life
    Date of Class: 12/13/17
    Day of Class: Wednesday
    Time of Class: 6pm
    MC: Alex
    DJ: Matthew
    Assistants: Ivy & Melissa
    Module: Life Hacks
    How Many Learners: 15
    Materials Status (loyalty cards, alphabet sheets, etc): We 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) = 5
    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) = 7

    Total Score: 32

    What happened (as short or as long as you like, but be specific): Alex MC’d a class of 15. The lesson was about life hacks. We did some sentence dictation and a round robin on a life hack to waterproof your shoes with candle wax. The library staff was super helpful getting us some additional chairs, but they did let us know that we cannot go over 20 total people in the room. That includes the MC and any assistants. Neither of us had gotten an email about Mellissa shadowing, but she jumped right in and worked with learners. I couldn’t tell how familiar she is with how the PPT method works, but she seemed excited about the Lents green ring English class thing happening out there. Alex wrapped up class by doing a point and find activity. We are short on the loyalty cards.

    in reply to: Midland Library – Fall 2017 #9425
    Matthew Lents
    Spectator

    Lesson Title:
    Date of Class: 11/9/17
    Day of Class: Thursday
    Time of Class: 6pm
    MC: Marc
    DJ: Matthew
    Assistants: Amy, Patrik, May
    Module: Education/Government
    How Many Learners: 20
    Materials Status (loyalty cards, alphabet sheets, etc): Good

    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) = 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) =6

    Total Score: 37

    What happened (as short or as long as you like, but be specific): It was Marc’s final exam: he reviewed the information from the previous week about the PCC bond. Did some dictation and listen and point with voting information. Pivoted to a free event in SE where they are giving away trees for free!

    in reply to: Midland Library – Fall 2017 #9398
    Matthew Lents
    Spectator

    Lesson Title: Off year election
    Date of Class: 11/2/2017
    Day of Class: Thursday
    Time of Class: 6pm
    MC: Patrik
    DJ: Matthew
    Assistants: None
    Module: Education & Government
    How Many Learners: 21
    Materials Status (loyalty cards, alphabet sheets, etc): Good

    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) = 5
    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) = 6

    Total Score: 32

    What happened (as short or as long as you like, but be specific): Patrik MC’d and made sure we didn’t go too far over capacity in the classroom. He also mixed up the learners so they weren’t sitting in the same places as always. We took some time to make sure all the new learners had the hang of the activities. For the main classroom activity, we went over the voting information for the PCC bond.

    in reply to: Midland Library – Fall 2017 #9377
    Matthew Lents
    Spectator

    Lesson Title: Health Insurance
    Date of Class: 10/26/17
    Day of Class: Thursday
    Time of Class: 6pm
    MC: Marc
    DJ: Matthew
    Assistants: Amy & Colin
    Module: Not sure. Cascade AIDS project
    How Many Learners: 25
    Materials Status (loyalty cards, alphabet sheets, etc): Fine

    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) = 8
    Poise: Charlie Brown (1) vs. Prince (10) = 8
    Reflection: “It was ok.” (1) vs. Life-changing Epiphany (10) = 6

    Total Score: 45

    What happened (as short or as long as you like, but be specific): Colin visited to talk about health insurance and getting covered. Amy shadowed for the second time I think. Marc MC’d and Matthew was DJ. Lots of new faces. The room was packed.

    in reply to: Midland Library – Fall 2017 #9354
    Matthew Lents
    Spectator

    Lesson Title: SOS
    Date of Class: 10/19/2017
    Day of Class: Thursday
    Time of Class: 6pm
    MC: Marc
    DJ: Matthew
    Assistants:
    Module: Emergency preparedness
    How Many Learners: 14
    Materials Status (loyalty cards, alphabet sheets, etc): all good

    Self Evaluation

    Preparation: Forgot to Show Up (1) vs. Every Hair In Place (10) = 8
    Technique: Completely Incompetent (1) vs. Flawless Delivery (10) = 8
    Engagement: Snoring Loudly (1) vs. Absolutely Riveted (10) = 8
    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) = 8

    Total Score: 48

    What happened (as short or as long as you like, but be specific): Marc did his second silent lesson. He directed the class with sign language and some charades which worked really well for the silent method. For dictations or clarification, I jumped in. The learners seemed to enjoy it.

    in reply to: Midland Library – Fall 2017 #9280
    Matthew Lents
    Spectator

    Lesson Title: First Aid Kit
    Date of Class: 10/5/2017
    Day of Class: Thursday
    Time of Class: 6 – 7:30pm
    MC: Patrik
    DJ: Matthew
    Assistants: Colin
    Module: Emergency Preparedness
    How Many Learners: 22
    Materials Status (loyalty cards, alphabet sheets, etc): we could use some extra loyalty cards to have on hand, and some organization in the bucket department.

    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) = 4
    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: 28

    What happened (as short or as long as you like, but be specific): I got the class started with the confusable letters since we had some last minute changes in the MC department. Patrik took over when he arrived with dictations and round robins surrounding first aid kit objects.

    in reply to: Midland Library – Summer 2017 #9152
    Matthew Lents
    Spectator

    Lesson Title: Back to School Schedule
    Date of Class: 9/14/2017
    Day of Class: Thursday
    Time of Class: 6pm
    MC: Rebecca
    DJ: Matthew
    Assistants: Ivy
    Module: Back to School
    How Many Learners: 16
    Materials Status (loyalty cards, alphabet sheets, etc): Need extra loyalty cards

    Self Evaluation

    Preparation: 7
    Technique: 5
    Engagement: 7
    Connection: 7
    Poise: 5
    Reflection: 5

    Total Score: 36

    What happened: Started on time with the regular warmup activities. Did sentence dictation about school subjects. Did some point and shout with a word map. Modeled some conversation and practiced pronunciation.

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