Lesson Title: Citizenship Questions and…Part 2: How are you+?
Date of Class: 4-4-2018
Day of Class: Wednesday
Time of Class: 11am
MC: Abdi
DJ: Clarice
Assistants/Shadowers/Auditioner:
Module: Governship… and General
How Many Learners: 6
Materials Status (loyalty cards, alphabet sheets, etc):

Self Evaluation

Preparation: Forgot to Show Up (1) vs. Every Hair In Place (10) = 6
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) = 7
Poise: Charlie Brown (1) vs. Prince (10) = 6
Reflection: “It was ok.” (1) vs. Life-changing Epiphany (10) = 6

Total Score: 41

What happened (as short or as long as you like, but be specific): We had an engaging class discussing citizenship questions and answers. We also enjoyed talking about various ways to ask “How are you?” and the many ways to answer.

Lesson Title: You are what you eat.
Date of Class: 18 April 2018
Day of Class: Wednesday
Time of Class: 11am
MC: Abdi
DJ: Clarice
Assistants/Shadowers/Auditioner:
Module: Health
How Many Learners: 10
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) =6
Connection: Open Hostility (1) vs. Kumbayah (10) =7
Poise: Charlie Brown (1) vs. Prince (10) =5
Reflection: “It was ok.” (1) vs. Life-changing Epiphany (10) =7

Total Score: 39

What happened (as short or as long as you like, but be specific):
The class talked about healthy vs. unhealthy foods. We also discussed how some foods are fine to eat in moderation (i.e. cheese) but too much is unhealthy. It was a very interesting class.

Lesson Title: Seasons and activities
Date of Class: 12 April 2018
Day of Class: Thursday
Time of Class: 11 am
MC: Abdi
DJ: Santi
Assistants/Shadowers/Auditioner:
Module: Calendar
How Many Learners: 10
Materials Status (loyalty cards, alphabet sheets, etc): This site does not use loyalty cards. Yikes !

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) = 8
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) = 1

Total Score: 33

Abdi was still printing and photocopying when I arrived, so I started with the alphabet sheet right at 11 am. I gave my impression of an anglo pronouncing the letters p and b, complete with devoicing the vowel in the name of the letter p to emphasize the voiceless nature of the name of p in contrast to the name of b. The learners found this hilarious. I think they learned a lot a about what differentiates the /p/ phoneme from the /b/ phoneme in English. Then we did yell and spell names, and I modeled “What’s her name?”/”What’s his name?”, which they have now been using at this site. I used gestures to illustrate the you spell, I ask dynamic of that activity, which the learners again found hilarious.

By this time, Abdi was ready with the printouts and making copies of an activity sheet. We wrote down the calling of the lesson. Then we did a round robin (maybe I am naming this wrong) with “What season is it right now?” and “Spring”. Then Abdi handed out the activity sheets, and learners wrote what they like to do in Spring, Summer, Winter, and Fall. Then we passed a mini dialogue around the table of learners, asking “What do you like to do in the Spring?” and generating spontaneous responses.

We ended with me doing a document search with the activity sheet that Abdi had made and handed out, I intended to only have the higher-English learners pick things, but it ended-up that the learners decided to pass it around the whole table. Everyone got to pick something on the document and we all pointed to it.

There was tons of laughter throughout the class. Abdi was excited that a learner, who is low-verbal in her native language said some words and letters in English. This learner was practicing writing Latin letters in a notebook throughout the class, and had great audio exposure to a bunch of spoken English. I tried to include them as much as possible in the activities, but they declined very often. Abdi was very happy that they did not decline every time this day. I really enjoyed meeting these learners and visiting this site for the first time.

I don’t remember why Abdi gave us a 1 for the reflection, but that is what he said, and I have not downgraded it for my lateness in posting.

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Lesson Title: Pronouns
Date of Class: May 9, 2018
Day of Class: Wednesday
Time of Class: 11-12:30 am
MC: Clarice
DJ: Abdi
Assistants/Shadowers/Auditioner:
Module:
How Many Learners: 9
Materials Status (loyalty cards, alphabet sheets, etc):

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) = 6
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

Total Score: 42

What happened (as short or as long as you like, but be specific): The class discussed singular and plural pronouns for people, places and things.