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March 18, 2014 at 11:13 pm #1405S BonesSpectator
Date of Class: March 18, 2014
Day of Class: Tuesday
Time of Class: 6:00
MC: Lisa Cha
DJ: Sam Bones
Assistants: Jane
Module: emergency preparedness
How Many Learners: 6
Score:49
What happened (as short or as long as you like, but be specific):
We welcomed Jane, who is visually impaired, into our class and although it was a silent class, we found many different ways in which Jane was able to participate.
She had no problem in joining in all the grown men, tossing a large toilet paper roll from one to another, each one reciting a new word that they just learned such as flashlight, spoons, first aid kit, and other words related to emergency preparedness in a rousing game of “Hot Potato.” Much hilarity ensued! Lisa used last week’s silent class to better prepare for this one, and it went very smoothly!March 19, 2014 at 3:34 pm #1406Robert GrubaughSpectatorDate of Class: March 19, 2014
Day of Class: Wednesday
Time of Class: 12:00am-2:00pm
MC: David
DJ: Robert
Assistants:
Module: In the neighborhood
How Many Learners: 5
Score: 46
What happened (as short or as long as you like, but be specific):
The class was fun and smooth for the most part. There was one new student, Olga.March 24, 2014 at 7:53 pm #1609Jacob GerkeSpectatorDate of Class: 03/24/2014
Day of Class: Monday
Time of Class: 12pm-2pm
MC: Graham
DJ: Jacob
Assistants: N/A
Module: Mobile Phones
How Many Learners: 9
Score: 5+3+4+3+2+5 = 22
What happened (as short or as long as you like, but be specific):
Helped Graham out with his first class today! We had a lot of people, and a lot of new faces… actually I think there were more new people than returning! Two of the Ukranians who came at the very end of last Monday’s class were back today. There were also two Spanish speaking women who, I observed last Monday, hovered curiously outside the room for a bit without entering. They joined us today, but one left after about 15 minutes to be with her children; the other stayed. A young woman, who I think was her oldest daughter, stayed with us and helped out a little.Graham got right to work; he had brought his own printouts of the anatomy of a phone, with bigger font than is on the sheets that were already at the library. He had everyone doing listen and point exercises, then writing phrases down from the sheet, and lots of choral response mixed in.
He also had people talk a bit about their phones, pointing to different buttons on the phone and talking about what those buttons do. We had about 15 minutes left at the end, so Graham had everyone say their first and last name, emphasizing the gap between the two names, so that it sounds like two distinct names, and not one long name. He said this was an activity based on feedback from job recruiters in Erie; a very interesting exercise!
Finally, when 3 minutes were left, Graham asked me if this would be my last class. I said yes, and so he had everyone write down “Thank you for everything Jacob, we will miss you, and good luck on your trip!” Then everyone said that out loud. A little awkward, since only one person knew me from my teaching days last summer… but touching none the less.
March 24, 2014 at 8:27 pm #1610David RutiezerSpectatorDate of Class: March 24, 2014
Day of Class: Monday
Time of Class: 6-7:30pm
MC: Colin
DJ: David
Assistants:
Module:
How Many Learners:9
Score:42
What happened (as short or as long as you like, but be specific): Shopping module: Shopping bag exercise: This is an orange. A what?; creating aisles on the table and having each student choose what aisle an item belongs in and placing it there; role play using “Did you find what you needed today?”
One student I hadn’t seen in a while, Freweini, personally asked me to convey how helpful the classes have been for her! She told me in today’s class alone: she learned two new words: Ma’am and Aisle. She says she is now at Mt. Hood Community College!March 25, 2014 at 9:02 pm #1663S BonesSpectatorDate of Class: March 25, 2014
Day of Class: Tuesday
Time of Class: 6:00pm
MC: Lisa Cha
DJ: Sam Bones, Patrik
Assistants: Quinton, Kelan
Module: Emergency preparedness
How Many Learners: 7
Score: 44
What happened (as short or as long as you like, but be specific):
Today was Lisa’s final class. Patrik was there to participate and observe. Nothing too outstanding or crazy happened tonight. There was 1 new learner. Another rousing game of Hot Potato, which everyone loves! All in all, pretty smooth evening. NOTE: For those of you that teach at Rockwood, please note our new file. It’s not entirely put together yet, but please keep things neat and separated, such as blank attendance sheets from filled-out sheets, like information with like, etc.. ..Does anyone have a recipe box with letter dividers that they can part with? So that we can put the loyalty cards in alphabetical order for easier location? Please reply to this conversation if you do!!!March 26, 2014 at 2:50 pm #1709David RutiezerSpectatorDate of Class: March 26, 2014
Day of Class: Wednesday
Time of Class: 12-2pm
MC: Sam Bones
DJ: David
Module: In the Neighborhood
How Many Learners:4
Score:51What happened: Four learners. Two, Jose and Carmen, said it was a nice class and helpful.
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