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Lesson Title: is a visa a green card?
Date of Class: 8/7/15
Day of Class: Friday
Time of Class: 1:30-3
MC: Liam
DJ: Ramin
Assistants: none
Module: Civic English
How Many Learners: 7
Materials Status (loyalty cards, alphabet sheets, etc): okSelf 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) = 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) = 5Total Score: 38
What happened (as short or as long as you like, but be specific): good class, we had a new student and lots of smiles while doing document search activity.
Lesson Title: “off the map”
Date of Class: 7/17/15
Day of Class: Friday
Time of Class: 9- noon
MC: Ramin
DJ:
Assistants:
Module: Maps and addresses
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) = 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) = 4Total Score: 39
What happened (as short or as long as you like, but be specific: the class was awesome! great connection among students, laughing, we had fun with ordinal numbers, they’re really hard to pronounce so students struggled a little but it brought fun and energy into class. We ended at 11 am this time because it was the last day of the school program and also parents were called to a meeting and they had to go so I finished like I always do with ready 3 times and the class is over. It was the last day of this program in this term, hopefully we’re gonna get a chance to teach there again.
Lesson Title: map something out
Date of Class:7/10/15
Day of Class: Friday
Time of Class: 9-11:45
MC: Ramin
DJ:
Assistants:
Module:
How Many Learners: 4
Materials Status (loyalty cards, alphabet sheets, etc): ok!Self Evaluation
Preparation: Forgot to Show Up (1) vs. Every Hair In Place (10) = 5
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) =4
Reflection: “It was ok.” (1) vs. Life-changing Epiphany (10) =3Total Score: 31
What happened (as short or as long as you like, but be specific): the class started as usual with the alphabet sheet, then yell n spell, today’s lesson is. Then we worked on a map with listen and point activity, then we played a game like activity where students had to match names of streets, students were very competitive with that game, students were mixing the cards with the names of streets so that the other student won’t find it. We had fun with that activity. Although the classe’s level of energy wasn’t up to my standard, so a little bit lack of energy. Also one of the students left the class 30 minutes before we finished because of her kid. At the end I talked to students, if they would like to continue these classes, and they said yes and they like the morning schedule but maybe less hours they suggested.
Lesson Title: ” Put something on the map”
Date of Class: 6/26/15
Day of Class: Friday
Time of Class: 9 am – 11:45 am (with 10 min break)
MC: Ramin
DJ:
Assistants:
Module: Maps and addresses
How Many Learners: 5
Materials Status (loyalty cards, alphabet sheets, etc): we need more pencils!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) = 8
Connection: Open Hostility (1) vs. Kumbayah (10) = 8
Poise: Charlie Brown (1) vs. Prince (10) = 7
Reflection: “It was ok.” (1) vs. Life-changing Epiphany (10) = 4Total Score: 42
What happened (as short or as long as you like, but be specific): it was a great family-like, warm class.I went over many activities though I had to extend some of them because the class is 3 hours. Students found very useful to learn how to find streets on the map, in addition it was fun. Also students found very useful to learn ordinal numbers. I could see and feel that they’ve learned something that day, at the end they showed much enthusiasm and they were very thankful which I think is a good indicator that they’re gonna come back to the next class.
Lesson Title: “Cool as a Cucumber”
Date of Class: 6/25/15
Day of Class: Thursday
Time of Class: 6-7:30
MC: Liam
DJ: Ramin
Assistants: Matt, Ivy.
Module: Nutrition
How Many Learners: 9
Materials Status (loyalty cards, alphabet sheets, etc): ok!Self 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) = 7
Reflection: “It was ok.” (1) vs. Life-changing Epiphany (10) = 5Total Score:39
What happened (as short or as long as you like, but specific) it was a good class, a little bit low on energy but still fun.
Lesson Title: “to shop around”
Date of Class: 5/20/15
Day of Class: Wednesday
Time of Class: 6-7:30
MC: Ramin
DJ: none
Assistants: Janet
Module: Shopping
How Many Learners: 8
Materials Status (loyalty cards, alphabet sheets, etc): OK!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) = 1Total Score: 36
What happened (as short or as long as you like, but be specific): It was a great class. I did alphabet, names, listen and point with Walgreen adds, we compared prices, I used my cellphone and Janet’s bottle of water to module prices. nobody told me that I’m gonna have a wonderful assistant by the name of Janet. She was very helpful and eager to learn the techniques of teaching. We had a lot of fun with the Walgreen’s add. Sorry for the late update of the website!
Lesson Title: red as a cherry
Date of Class: 3/11/15
Day of Class: Wednesday
Time of Class: 6-7:30
MC: Ramin
DJ:
Assistants:
Module: invasive plants in the neighborhood
How Many Learners: 5
Materials Status (loyalty cards, alphabet sheets, etc): okSelf 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) = 6
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) = 3Total Score: 35
What happened (as short or as long as you like, but be specific): great and fun class. We learned the names of the most famous flowers, lots of laughter, new student showed up again.
Lesson Title: “It’s a bit warm today, huh?”
Date of Class: 3/9/15
Day of Class: Monday
Time of Class: 6-7:30
MC: Ramin
DJ: None
Assistants: None
Module: Small Talk
How Many Learners: 4
Materials Status (loyalty cards, alphabet sheets, etc): good so far!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) = 6
Poise: Charlie Brown (1) vs. Prince (10) = 6
Reflection: “It was ok.” (1) vs. Life-changing Epiphany (10) = 3Total Score: 35
What happened (as short or as long as you like, but be specific): This time it was a very small group only 4 people showed up. According to one of the students, a students who has been coming regularly got hit her head and she couldn’t come today. Another student is still sick, also was informed about that. Lots of questions from students about meaning of “What do you do” and what’s the difference between what are you doing? and what do you do? one of the questions was what’s new? a student said “nothing” students all wrote the word nothing down, for some reason students struggled writing “nothing” so the word stick to their mind, and we were talking about “nothing” for a few minutes and then at the end of the class a student asked another student in Spanish, so what did you learn? and the student said “nothing” we were cracking up about “nothing”
Lesson Title: Invasive Plants
Date of Class: 3/4/15
Day of Class: Wednesday
Time of Class: 6-7:30
MC: Ramin
DJ:
Assistants: Gail
Module: Invasive plants in the neighborhood
How Many Learners: 7
Materials Status (loyalty cards, alphabet sheets, etc): We need to cut out more loyalty cards.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) = 7
Poise: Charlie Brown (1) vs. Prince (10) = 7
Reflection: “It was ok.” (1) vs. Life-changing Epiphany (10) = 4Total Score: 40
What happened (as short or as long as you like, but be specific): it was a great class. One new student. Students seemed to enjoy learning names of plants and being able to see all of the invasive plants pictures was a great opportunity to recognize some of them. A student recognized some of the plants like “morning glory” she said that the morning glory grows in Mexico too. lots of laughter. Unfortunately Gail won’t be able to come to our classes anymore, she got very busy. But she said that she enjoyed being in my classes and that she has learned many techniques and many useful information. Thank you Gail!
Lesson Title: Baby you can drive my car
Date of Class: 3/3/15
Day of Class: Tuesday
Time of Class: 6-7:30
MC: Mark
DJ: Ramin
Assistants: Laurie
Module: drivers license
How Many Learners: 5
Materials Status (loyalty cards, alphabet sheets, etc): we’re good so far!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) = 6
Reflection: “It was ok.” (1) vs. Life-changing Epiphany (10) = 7Total Score: 38
What happened (as short or as long as you like, but be specific): we started 15 minutes late because we had only one student. Mark was chatting with the student then a librarian came and asked us if we could move to the small room because they needed the big room. According to Mark it was a difficult class to teach because we had a small number of students, in addition we had a student who was struggling with writing but I think Mark did a good job handling that situation. Mark basically filled the awkward time of silence with asking other students to repeat what they have written to each other. Great class!
Lesson Title: “What’s up”
Date of Class: 3/2/15
Day of Class: Monday
Time of Class: 6-7:30
MC: Ramin
DJ: None
Assistants: Gail
Module: Small Talk
How Many Learners: 7
Materials Status (loyalty cards, alphabet sheets, etc): good so far!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) = 3Total Score: 38
What happened (as short or as long as you like, but be specific): It was a great class. Students had many question in regards to colloquial language, so I had to explain what “what’s up” means and what people usually respond to “what’s up” . Ms. Gail’s help is very useful.
Lesson Title: “Mappable”
Date of Class: 2/25/15
Day of Class: Wednesday
Time of Class: 6-7:30
MC: Ramin
DJ: None
Assistants: None
Module: Maps and addresses
How Many Learners: 5
Materials Status (loyalty cards, alphabet sheets, etc): We need to cut out more loyalty cards and make more copies of Attendance record!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) = 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) = 4Total Score: 36
What happened (as short or as long as you like, but be specific): A small group showed up this time. We did alphabet, yell n spell, dictation with round robin, listen and point and then we played a game that all seemed to enjoy a lot.
Lesson Title: Who’s on the phone
Date of Class: 2/23/15
Day of Class: Monday
Time of Class: 6-7:30
MC: Ramin
DJ: None
Assistants: None
Module: Mobile phone
How Many Learners: 10
Materials Status (loyalty cards, alphabet sheets, etc): We need to cut out more loyalty cards.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) = 5Total Score: 39
What happened (as short or as long as you like, but be specific): It was a great class. one of the learners came back, she said she was sick that’s why she couldn’t come but she was happy to join us back. I had pretty big group this time. lots of laughter, had moments when students were cracking up, incredibly connected class and engaged.
Lesson Title: off the map
Date of Class: 2/18/15
Day of Class: Wednesday
Time of Class: 6-730
MC: Ramin
DJ: None
Assistants: Gail
Module: Maps and addresses
How Many Learners: 6
Materials Status (loyalty cards, alphabet sheets, etc): good so far!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) = 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) = 5
Total Score: 39
What happened (as short or as long as you like, but be specific): It was a great class! it is so nice to have Ms. Gail assisting, next time I will make sure to involve her into activities more and give her more responsibilities. The class was very connected and engaged.Lesson Title: Where are you?
Date of Class: 2/11/15
Day of Class: Wednesday
Time of Class: 6-7:30
MC: Ramin
DJ: None
Assistants: Gail
Module: Maps and addresses
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) = 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) = 3Total Score: 38
What happened (as short or as long as you like, but be specific): it was a great class. I went over the Alphabet sheet, yell n spell, today’s lesson, dictation, listen and point, game like activity, round robin. Students were connected. It is so nice to see students helping each other with spelling, great moments!