Lesson Title:N/A
Date of Class: 6/24/15
Day of Class:Wednesday
Time of Class: 9-11:45 (with 10 min break)
MC:Brooke
DJ:
Assistants:
Module: In the kitchen, with a twist of nutrition
How Many Learners:4
Materials Status (loyalty cards, alphabet sheets, etc): there are plenty of alphabet sheets and attendance. We aren’t using loyalty cards

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) =8
Poise: Charlie Brown (1) vs. Prince (10) =7
Reflection: “It was ok.” (1) vs. Life-changing Epiphany (10) =7

Total Score:45

What happened (as short or as long as you like, but be specific): Things actually went really well given that it was only the 2nd day at a new site. Only 4 learners came, but the ones who were there were great. It was a nicely multi-leveled class, 2 learners were pretty advanced in writing skills, though their speaking and comprehension were closer to intermediate. 2 learners were at the lower level on all skill levels. They were great about working together, and very eager to learn. It was a little hard to get the energy up but during certain activities, I was able to get it up there, and especially during the ‘this is a what’ activity, there was much laughter. I think we picked the right module, they loved learning the vocab words for kitchen items, and the kitchen verbs (cut, slice, peel, etc..) We explored nutrition labels briefly and one learner requested we do more of that next week, at least so they can better understand the labels. They had a lot of nutrition knowledge, I was pleasantly surprised. We did a good amount of writing throughout, which they all appreciated (tho 2 struggled with). my timing was a bit off and although I wanted to end with a song, we didn’t have time so I just started a new activity involving the kitchen items i brought it. We didn’t finish it but I got creative with ending class in a way that wasn’t so abrupt. I really do think they will all come back, I would be surprised if they didn’t.

Lesson Title: Repetition is the Mother of Learning
Date of Class: 6-29-2015
Day of Class: Monday
Time of Class: 9:00-12:00
MC: Joshua
DJ:
Assistants:
Module: Homework Helper
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) = 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

Total Score: 42

What happened (as short or as long as you like, but be specific): We started class with the usual warm ups of listen & point, Yell & Spell. The class setting was intimate given that there were only two learners -both somewhat intermediate-level fluency. This allowed for more expansive exploration of language and conversation in some areas that would’ve been more difficult for early beginners. We worked on a few dialogues about school -their children and grade levels. We worked on a document looking at school supplies and becoming familiar with the vocab surrounding school and homework. We then contextualized the vocabulary by speaking about the supplies in usage. For example, “I keep my *textbook* in my *backpack* ” We took turns using the vocabulary and pictures in sentences. Then we played a jeopardy-like guessing game with the same images of school related materials. For example, “This item helps keep my papers together in one spot!” Answer: “Paper clip” or “Briefcase/Portfolio” They really liked this game. Next we did a song, “School Days” which turned out to be a pretty good song for them to learn. We listened to it, wrote the whole song out, sung it a couple times, and then took a break.
After the break, we did a document search with the introduction from a 3rd grade workbook. Next we returned to the school supply document and did a couple round-robin stories with the vocabulary images. They liked this. We made stories about their children by name using the vocabulary images. We returned to the song again, sang it a couple times more, and then did a TPR before closing class.

Lesson Title: If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again.
Date of Class: 07/06/2015
Day of Class: Monday
Time of Class: 9:00-12:00
MC: Joshua
DJ:
Assistants:
Module: Homework Helper
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) = 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) =8
Poise: Charlie Brown (1) vs. Prince (10) =6
Reflection: “It was ok.” (1) vs. Life-changing Epiphany (10) =6

Total Score:40

What happened (as short or as long as you like, but be specific): Today there was only one learner in the class. It made revising some of the activities a little challenging, but it also gave a lot of intimate opportunity to chat with one another in a way that larger classes don’t permit. We began with the usual warm-ups and moved on to converse about her kids and school. She doesn’t have much opportunity to speak English because most of her colleagues and coworkers speak Spanish as their first language. She talked about her educational background, her kids, and employment. We then moved on to a document search using an article from WIllamette Week on problems with a standardized test that was being administered. This article proved to be a really great gateway to opening up some of her opinions about the matter. She already had experience with this particular test and some of the content of the article. She started expressing frustration with the school situation, language barriers, the superintendent, and on and on. We talked a lot about what is fair in school for parents, teachers, and students. It was really great because she was using her English to communicate big ideas and things that were important to her even though it was a big struggle. We worked to build confidence in speaking a lot -especially with pronunciation. We also did an activity where we practiced the names of school supply objects (that I both brought and gathered from the faculty room) and practiced writing and discussing their various uses through question and answer. All in all this class was a great experience for building connection and courage to communicate.

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) =3

Total 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: 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.