Lesson Title: Beauty is in the eye of the beholder
Date of Class: 10/17/18
Day of Class: Wednesday
Time of Class: 2:30 pm
MC:Brooke
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Module: Emergency Prep
How Many Learners: 5
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What happened:
We have a returning learner! She came a long time ago and has decided to join us again.. I hope she sticks around!
After the title of one of my favorite expressions in English, we focused on the topic of describing people. We started with looking at images of people that I took from the Humans of New York book- it’s the perfect book for this topic! Such good images and so many different walks of life. We described the people in the pictures and ourselves and they learned how to talk about age (She’s in her late 30), we kept it pretty simple with describing our physical appearances and we will delve into describing personality next week.

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Date of Class: 10/24/18
Day of Class: Wednesday
Time of Class: 2:30 pm
MC:Brooke
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Module: Emergency Prep/describing people
How Many Learners: 5
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What happened:
The new(returning) learner came back which is nice since she’s a bit more advanced than the group and we ‘lost’ 2 of the most advanced to retirement. So it’s a nice balance and seems like she’ll be here to stay :)
We reviewed a bit from last week on the topic of describing people by looking at images of people from the Humans of New York book. We described the people in the pictures- a bit more in depth this week- and then the group described eachothers physical appearances’. We discussed the topic of voting briefly- I was trying to figure out if they all plan to vote, but without asking if they can legally do so. It was tricky but ultimately it seems like most of them can vote but they usually don’t because they d0n’t really understand how to. Therefore we are definitely going to work with this topic next week, and they all agreed it would be helpful to better understand the measures and why this election is so important. I’m definitely looking forward to this and hope they will all walk away with confidence to get out there and vote!

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Date of Class: 10/31/18
Day of Class: Wednesday
Time of Class: 2:30 pm
MC:Brooke
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Module: Voting
How Many Learners: 5
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What happened: Similar to group 1, the focus today was on voting. However, as one of the staff members came in and gave us all candy, I couldn’t resist spending at least a few minutes on Halloween. So we did that and then explored vocabulary related to voting with a quick ‘This is an apple’ style activity. We then talked a bit about the measures on the ballot and the importance of this election. We talked about the the difference between refugee/immigrant/asylum seeker and, also about the migrant children crisis currently happening. This group is generally more advanced than group 1, and it seemed as though they took great interest in learning more about the measures on the ballot. I hope that those who can were inspired and confident enough to cast their votes!

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Date of Class: 11/7/18
Day of Class: Wednesday
Time of Class: 2:30 pm
MC:Brooke
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Module: Historic Events
How Many Learners: 4
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What happened:
We have another new learner, so if she keeps coming, we are back to 6! We started off with the survey- but I first started with some short dialogue practice to prep them. Questions like ‘How did you get to work today’ and ‘Have you ever taken a Lyft?’ We then completed the survey as a group. With about 20 minutes left, we talked a bit about the first in the Historic Event series, the Titanic.

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Date of Class: 11/14/18
Day of Class: Wednesday
Time of Class: 2:30 pm
MC:Brooke
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Module: Holidays (Thanksgiving)
How Many Learners: 3
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What happened:
Smaller class today, but a good one! Similar to group 1, we talked about our plans for Thanksgiving, what we’re making, etc.. we used the images with common Turkey Day dishes in a couple different ways, and one learner said she really wants to try many of the dishes as she’s only had Turkey but not stuffing, green bean casserole, etc.. We worked with the recipe of my mom’s famous ham/cheese sandwiches, and ended with a thanksgiving themed word search.

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Date of Class: 11/28/18
Day of Class: Wed
Time of Class: 2:30
MC:Brooke
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Module:Happy Holidays
How Many Learners:2
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What happened (as short or as long as you like, but be specific):
Only 2 learners today! We’re really down to a core group of 4 now that the two retired. One of the 4 is on vacation, and I learned that the other doesn’t like to drive in the dark. I’m not sure if that means we won’t see her until spring, but I hope not! Either way, we also completed the complex survey, via pdf format. With the time remaining, similar to group 1, we worked with a wordcloud related to the holidays, wrote down some sentences about the different celebrations happening this month and then practiced the grammar point lend versus borrow using images of winter clothing. Energy was a little low in the beginning of class but the last activity was a good one to end with :)

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Date of Class: 12/5/18
Day of Class: Wed
Time of Class: 2:30
MC:Brooke
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Module:Historic Events
How Many Learners:3
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What happened (as short or as long as you like, but be specific):
I noticed last week that the 2 ladies could use some focused pronunciation practice so we started today with an activity focusing on the ch/sh sounds. It proved to be quite useful and fun for them. We then learned about the Thai Cave Rescue and also talked a bit about caves. All learners knew about the story, and one knew a lot about the cave mentioned in the story as she is from Thailand. We ended with the card game and everyone got lots of good conversation practice in! Fun class :)
J