Lesson Title:I have a dream
Date of Class:1/18/2018
Day of Class:Thursday
Time of Class:6pm
MC:Qrysi
DJ:Betty
Assistants/Shadowers/Auditioner:Ivy
Module:Words of MLK
How Many Learners:8
Materials Status (loyalty cards, alphabet sheets, etc): All in good standing

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) =6
Connection: Open Hostility (1) vs. Kumbayah (10) =8
Poise: Charlie Brown (1) vs. Prince (10) =4
Reflection: “It was ok.” (1) vs. Life-changing Epiphany (10) =5

Total Score:30

What happened (as short or as long as you like, but be specific):Learners were arriving a bit later today and as a result, the energy level didn’t reach its peak until about half way through the class. While there weren’t a whole of discussion among the learners, there were open chats during the dictation portion of the class which was the main highlight of the class.

Lesson Title: Free at Last
Date of Class: 01/25/2018
Day of Class: Thursday
Time of Class: 6pm
MC: Qrysi
DJ: N/A
Assistants/Shadowers/Auditioner: Ivy
Module: The Words of MLK
How Many Learners: 11
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) = 10
Connection: Open Hostility (1) vs. Kumbayah (10) = 10
Poise: Charlie Brown (1) vs. Prince (10) = 10
Reflection: “It was ok.” (1) vs. Life-changing Epiphany (10) = 6

Total Score: 51

What happened (as short or as long as you like, but be specific): Hands down, the best PPT class I’ve ever had. The learners were engaged and connected the entire time, MC and assistant were engaged and participated but the class wasn’t focused on them. There was A TON of laughing, and learners had the opportunity to ask questions and have side conversations (in English) without moving away from the lesson. The alphabet sheet flowed super well, we did names, and the title of today’s lesson afterwards. Then, we wrote down the names of some awesome civil rights movement heroes (Fannie Lou Hamer, Paul Robeson, Bob Marley, Malcolm X, Claudette Colvin, Muhammad Ali, Nina Simone). We pointed to words in a timeline of Martin Luther King Jr’s life. Before class ended we wrote down “The time is always right to do what is right”, practiced pronunciation word-by-word, as chunks, and then as a whole sentence. Afterwards, the MC said “Ready?”, the class responded with a strong ready, “Now, go home”, and the learners were surprised the class went by so quickly. A few learners stayed after and chatted about more language learning opportunities and one learner gave my MC an orange and another gave them a Starbucks gift card (for being so great lol).

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.

Lesson Title: Ask for Directions
Date of Class: 2/8/2018
Day of Class: Thursday
Time of Class: 6pm
MC: Qrysi
DJ: N/A
Assistants/Shadowers/Auditioner: Meslissa (Dress Rehearsal, Ivy, Rick
Module: Maps & Addresses
How Many Learners: 11
Materials Status (loyalty cards, alphabet sheets, etc): All is well at Midland

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) =7
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): We worked with the alphabet sheets, spelled our names, dictated the title of the lesson, wrote down and practiced a couple dialogs, and did a listen and point activity with a map. It was a dress rehearsal and the auditioner was calm and there was good connection between learners and facilitators. We moved a lot of learners around so they wren’t sitting in their usual spots and it worked really well having them work with people they hadn’t before. There were 2 new learners too who expressed interest in coming back. Towards the middle of the class there was a man standing outside of the class watching so I invited him in to assist. He was unsure how to be useful at first but he got more comfortable and started helping out.

Lesson Title: “Which way to the Willamette River?”
Date of Class: 2018-feb-15
Day of Class: Thur
Time of Class: 6-7:30
MC: Amy
DJ: Kaidi
Assistants/Shadowers/Auditioner: Ivy
Module: Maps & Addresses
How Many Learners: 13
Materials Status (loyalty cards, alphabet sheets, etc): Alphabet sheets, empty map of oregon counties.

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

Total Score: 40

What happened (as short or as long as you like, but be specific): After reviewing the alphabet and spelling names, learners wrote from recitation of county names and helped each other find their locations on an empty map of the state’s counties. Vocabulary: top, bottom, left, right, north, south, east, west. Also recitation of driving directions to a beach. Vocabulary: turn left on, merge onto, head to, continue on, etc.

Lesson Title: Have you ever grown your own food
Date of Class: 3/7/2018
Day of Class: Wednesday
Time of Class: 6:00
MC: Amy
DJ: Kalin
Assistants/Shadowers/Auditioner: Ivy
Module: Community agriculture
How Many Learners:17
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) = 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) = 6

Total Score: 35

What happened (as short or as long as you like, but be specific):
Alphabet listen and point, yell and spell, dictation progression, “draw this” class had to draw a square and then fill in directions inside the square. Worked on left and rights and top and bottoms. Then we filled in a chart that was our “garden” and grouped vegetables together that benefit one another. Then choral response after each dictation. Then we did a round robin about if we have grown our food. Class seemed to be engaged. Lastly we went over basic plant facts, this sparked lots of questions from group. Overall went well. Directions and plots worked well for the class, perhaps next time less writing on the whiteboard.

Lesson Title: Tree Planting Party!
Date of Class: 03/15/2018
Day of Class: Thursday
Time of Class: 6:00 pm
MC: Marc
DJ: Max
Assistants/Shadowers/Auditioner: Tiffany, Ivy
Module: Community Agriculture
How Many Learners: 14
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) = 8
Engagement: Snoring Loudly (1) vs. Absolutely Riveted (10) = 9
Connection: Open Hostility (1) vs. Kumbayah (10) = 9
Poise: Charlie Brown (1) vs. Prince (10) = 8
Reflection: “It was ok.” (1) vs. Life-changing Epiphany (10) = 7

Total Score: 49

What happened (as short or as long as you like, but be specific): Marc had learners do dictation about Friends of Trees and had Max say sentences about her job. Learners passed tools around during a Round Robin. They also did Round Robin to ask if they’ve ever planted a tree or volunteered before. Also to ask if they would attend the planting on Saturday. Some learners showed interest in the planting. They did a document search with the planting flyer and Google map with driving directions.