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Site: Spencer House
Lesson Title: On Medication
Date of Class: Sep 11, 2019
Time of Class: 6:00 PM
MC: BettyFunTeacher
DJ: BettyFunTeacher
Assistants/Shadowers/Auditioner:
Module: Pharmacy
How Many Learners: 2
Materials Status (loyalty cards, alphabet sheets, etc): GoodSelf 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) = 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) = 5What happened (as short or as long as you like, but be specific): Learners arrived a bit late so alphabet sheet finished a bit later, but otherwise, just did dialogue conversation on picking up prescriptions.
Site: Spencer House
Lesson Title: humps of fat
Date of Class: Aug 28, 2019
Time of Class: 6:00 PM
MC: BettyFunTeacher
DJ: BettyFunTeacher
Assistants/Shadowers/Auditioner:
Module: adaptation
How Many Learners: 1
Materials Status (loyalty cards, alphabet sheets, etc): goodSelf 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) = 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) = 5What happened (as short or as long as you like, but be specific): Only one learner, so slowed down more whenever needed.
Site: Spencer House
Lesson Title: master of disguise
Date of Class: Aug 14, 2019
Time of Class: 6:00 PM
MC: BettyFunTeacher
DJ: BettyFunTeacher
Assistants/Shadowers/Auditioner:
Module: Adaptation
How Many Learners: 3
Materials Status (loyalty cards, alphabet sheets, etc): all goodSelf 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) = 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) = 5What happened (as short or as long as you like, but be specific): There were few vocabularies from dictation that wasn’t understood by learners so they looked up the translations at various times. Even then, some understanding was still not fully comprehended on more abstract vocabularies like ‘camouflage’.
Site: Spencer House
Lesson Title: Run! Bees!
Date of Class: Jul 31, 2019
Time of Class: 6:00 PM
MC: BettyFunTeacher
DJ: BettyFunTeacher
Assistants/Shadowers/Auditioner:
Module: Bees
How Many Learners: 2
Materials Status (loyalty cards, alphabet sheets, etc): okSelf 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) = 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) = 5What happened (as short or as long as you like, but be specific): One learner felt behind when the other one was able to write the dictation sentences faster, but overall there’s good connection between the learners.
Site: Spencer House
Lesson Title: Poor Bees
Date of Class: Jul 17, 2019
Time of Class: 6:00 PM
MC: BettyFunTeacher
DJ: BettyFunTeacher
Assistants/Shadowers/Auditioner:
Module: Busy Bees
How Many Learners: 4
Materials Status (loyalty cards, alphabet sheets, etc): could use more alphabet sheetSelf 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) = 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) = 5What happened (as short or as long as you like, but be specific): Two relatively new learners who are both beginner level, so toned down the dictation sentences. Also noticed not as much connection quite yet between new learners and existing learners.
Site: MLK Worker Center
Lesson Title: Stick Vac
Date of Class: Jun 08, 2019
Time of Class: 11:30 AM
MC: BettyFunTeacher
DJ: BettyFunTeacher
Assistants/Shadowers/Auditioner:
Module: Instruction
How Many Learners: 1
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) = 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) = 5What happened (as short or as long as you like, but be specific): Only one learner showed up on time but then left thinking the class was cancelled, only to return 15 minutes later. There was a bit of unfamiliarity between the learner and the MC since it’s MC’s first time at this location, but overall, it went well and the session ended with more open-ended discussions in general.
Lesson Title: An apple a day keeps the doctor away
Date of Class: Apr 24, 2019
Time of Class: 6:00 PM
MC: ZadokTóngzhì
DJ: BettyFunTeacher
Assistants/Shadowers/Auditioner:
Module: Vaccination
How Many Learners: 4
Materials Status (loyalty cards, alphabet sheets, etc): A bit short on the loyalty cards and alphabet sheetSelf 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) = 4
Poise: Charlie Brown (1) vs. Prince (10) = 7
Reflection: “It was ok.” (1) vs. Life-changing Epiphany (10) = 5Total: 31
What happened (as short or as long as you like, but be specific): Learners were working in groups of two most of the time which works out just fine because in both groups, there’s one higher-level learner helping a lower-level learner. MC was very high-spirited and engaged in periodic chit chat to keep the class in similar high spirit.
Site: Spencer House
Lesson Title: Have you heard of herd immunity
Date of Class: Mar 13, 2019
Time of Class: 6:00 PM
MC: KelinCatloverTeacher
DJ: BettyFunTeacher
Assistants/Shadowers/Auditioner:
Module: Prevention & Wellness
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) = 6
Engagement: Snoring Loudly (1) vs. Absolutely Riveted (10) = 5
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) = 5Score: 33
What happened (as short or as long as you like, but be specific): Two learners arrived late but still within the first 15 minutes before alphabet sheet was completed. The dictation material and word/phrase search was a bit advanced due to medical terms. As a result, it’s not as straight-forward to comprehend, but overall learners were engaged.
Lesson Title: Do you wanna build a snowman
Date of Class: Feb 13, 2017
Time of Class: 6:00 PM
MC: KelinCatloverTeacher
DJ: BettyFunTeacher
Assistants/Shadowers/Auditioner:
Module: Emergency Preparation
How Many Learners: 2
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) = 6
Connection: Open Hostility (1) vs. Kumbayah (10) = 5
Poise: Charlie Brown (1) vs. Prince (10) = 6
Reflection: “It was ok.” (1) vs. Life-changing Epiphany (10) = 6
Total score: 36
What happened (as short or as long as you like, but be specific): Two learners arrived a bit late but within the first 15 minutes. There was a good connection as usual between two regular learners as we went through dictation sentences and ordering of a song lyrics from Frozen. Learners were fully engaged and showed enjoyment throughout the whole session.
Lesson Title: It’s cold outside
Date of Class: Feb 06, 2019
Time of Class: 6:00 PM
MC: KelinCatloverTeacher
DJ: BettyFunTeacher
Assistants/Shadowers/Auditioner:
Module: Winter Weather
How Many Learners: 2
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) = 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) = 5
Total Score: 31
What happened (as short or as long as you like, but be specific): Learners showed up a few minutes late. We did more vocabulary of various clothing and dictation sentences were also centered around these clothing. Both learners speak Spanish so they occasionally converse in their native language. We ended the class doing coloring where learners had a chance to do more verbal practice of clothing and different type of colors.
Lesson Title: Let’s Get Cooking
Date of Class: Jan 23, 2019
Time of Class: 6:00 PM
MC: KelinCatloverTeacher
DJ: BettyFunTeacher
Assistants/Shadowers/Auditioner:
Module: In the Kitchen
How Many Learners: 6
Materials Status (loyalty cards, alphabet sheets, etc): Need more alphabet sheets
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) = 5
Connection: Open Hostility (1) vs. Kumbayah (10) = 5
Poise: Charlie Brown (1) vs. Prince (10) = 6
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): All learners were new and from the local community. One of the learners left (and never returned) by the time alphabet sheet was finished due to the child he brought along needed additional attention and was distracting other learners. More than half of the learners had difficulty writing words, let alone sentences, and this difficulty stems not from their lack of confidence, but rather their lower level literacy skills.
Although the dictation was toned down by a lot, it was still evident in the disparity of the levels and how it’s affecting the learning dynamics of the whole group.Lesson Title:PSU Trimet Survey
Date of Class:11/7/2018
Day of Class:Wednesday
Time of Class:6pm
MC:Laurel
DJ:Betty
Assistants/Shadowers/Auditioner:none
Module:PSU Trimet Survey
How Many Learners:3
Materials Status (loyalty cards, alphabet sheets, etc): couldn’t check the materials status since we were at the librarySelf 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) =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) =5Total Score:31
What happened (as short or as long as you like, but be specific): We started about 10 minutes late due to logistics change in the last minute. As a result, alphabet sheet was skipped, and in preparation for doing the Trimet survey online, we started by doing dictation questions on modes of transportation for each learner. One of the learners arrived late but in time for the survey. Since all the learners speak Spanish, at times, they explained to each other in Spanish about the survey. As the class wasn’t a formal one, there was a bit more side chatter unrelated to the survey, but most of the interactions were still in English.
Lesson Title:November 6th
Date of Class:10/3/2018
Day of Class:Wed
Time of Class:6pm
MC:Conall
DJ:Betty
Assistants/Shadowers/Auditioner:Catrina, Kenneth, Caitlin
Module:Public Safety (voting)
How Many Learners:2
Materials Status (loyalty cards, alphabet sheets, etc):In good standingSelf 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) =6
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) =8Total Score:33
What happened (as short or as long as you like, but be specific): There were more coordinators than learners and shadowers took turn in helping each learner closely to get the experience. The class was dominated by dictation on the latest voting measures which was a bit abstract, but otherwise, learners were engaged.
Lesson Title: Ring Ring goes the bell
Date of Class:9/19/2018
Day of Class:Wednesday
Time of Class:6pm
MC:Conall
DJ:Betty
Assistants/Shadowers/Auditioner:none
Module:Back to School
How Many Learners:2
Materials Status (loyalty cards, alphabet sheets, etc):in good standingSelf Evaluation
Preparation: Forgot to Show Up (1) vs. Every Hair In Place (10) =7
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) =6
Poise: Charlie Brown (1) vs. Prince (10) =6
Reflection: “It was ok.” (1) vs. Life-changing Epiphany (10) =7Total Score:37
What happened (as short or as long as you like, but be specific): There were a wide variety of activities to engagement both learners who helped each other with the song dictation. Learners were enjoying the song and learning new words and were happy their English are improving. Overall lots of energy in the class.
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Lesson Title:Social Media Explained
Date of Class:4/12/2018
Day of Class: Thursday
Time of Class:6pm
MC:Kalin
DJ:Betty
Assistants/Shadowers/Auditioner:n/a
Module:Society and Culture
How Many Learners:14
Materials Status (loyalty cards, alphabet sheets, etc): May need a few more copies of the alphabet sheet.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) =6
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) =6Total Score:34
What happened (as short or as long as you like, but be specific):The classroom didn’t get filled up until 15 after 6, near the end of the alphabet sheet. There was a brand new learner who had a personal friend there to assist throughout the whole class. The whole class was fully engaged with the word search and learning different type of Social Media. Not all learners know what social media is but learners help each other as usual so it worked out well. As most of the learners know each other, a lot of sharing and connection happened throughout the entire session.