Lesson Title:
Date of Class: 4/4/18
Day of Class: Wed
Time of Class: 12:30 pm
MC:Brooke
DJ:
Assistants/Shadowers/Auditioner:
Module: Citizenship Test
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) =4
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) =5
Poise: Charlie Brown (1) vs. Prince (10) =5
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): Only the 1 learner came that is working towards her citizenship. She had written out questions that ask more about personal life vs. the civics one we had been practicing. Most of the class was spent reviewing those and I had a video ready to watch on youtube that had simulated interviews. We watched/discussed that for the last 15 minutes and it was perfect that all the questions in this interview were the personal type ones that we had just practiced! Good stuff :)

• This reply was modified 8 years, 4 months ago by Brooke Stady.

Date of Class: 4/25/18
Day of Class: Wed
Time of Class: 2:30 pm
MC:Brooke
DJ:
Assistants/Shadowers/Auditioner:
Module: Social Media
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) =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) =6
Poise: Charlie Brown (1) vs. Prince (10) =5
Reflection: “It was ok.” (1) vs. Life-changing Epiphany (10) =5

Total Score:35

What happened (as short or as long as you like, but be specific):
All 6 learners came again today and it was a super fun class! We were all happy to be back after a 2 week break. We started with a title to open up the new theme (can’t believe we hadn’t yet explored this topic until now!). I was so curious to find out how much they know about(and use) social media. When I said the term and asked if they heard it before, none of them did (or they just didn’t remember). I wanted to have them brainstorm about social media but since they didn’t know the term, I started with a listen/find with an icon document that has all the most common icons on it along with the names of each one (fb, insta, twitter, youtube, etc..). Of course this helped a lot and they were familiar with more of them than I think they expected! During this activity, we practiced talking about our phones and asked the questions ‘what kind of phone do you have? ‘which carrier do you use?’ and which apps do you use most? I figured this would help me truly understand their social media usage. We then did a listen activity with a recording and cloze activity to go along with it and learned some new vocab through this activity. Lastly we practiced more dialogue using the focus question “Are you on FB?” I found that almost all of them have fb but don’t really use it. We then worked with that and practiced some focused grammar ; does she use fb/is she on fb back and forth was awesome practice since they have a hard time with the verbs ‘Be’ and ‘Do’. Fun class and I think we’ll all enjoy the next few weeks exploring this theme!

Date of Class: 5/2/18
Day of Class: Wed
Time of Class: 2:30 pm
MC:Brooke
DJ:
Assistants/Shadowers/Auditioner:
Module: Social Media
How Many Learners: 5
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) =6
Connection: Open Hostility (1) vs. Kumbayah (10) =6
Poise: Charlie Brown (1) vs. Prince (10) =5
Reflection: “It was ok.” (1) vs. Life-changing Epiphany (10) =5

Total Score:35

What happened (as short or as long as you like, but be specific):
We had another fun class talking about social media/networking. We reviewed some things we learned last week and practiced talking about our facebook accounts. Learners explored some vocabulary via a word cloud. Most of the class focused on speaking/conversation and ended with some writing where we talked about smartphones being addictive. Almost all learners admitted that they have a slight addiction to their phones, as did I ;) We will delve deeper into this topic next week!

Date of Class: 5/9/18
Day of Class: Wed
Time of Class: 2:30 pm
MC:Brooke
DJ:
Assistants/Shadowers/Auditioner:
Module: Social Media
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) =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) =6
Poise: Charlie Brown (1) vs. Prince (10) =5
Reflection: “It was ok.” (1) vs. Life-changing Epiphany (10) =5

Total Score:35

What happened (as short or as long as you like, but be specific):
Although I wasn’t feeling super confident about todays class, it ended up being pretty awesome! I was hoping they would be excited about downloading the language learning app, Duolingo since it is now available in Laos, but, either they weren’t that into it, or they were confused. I did find out that their children (who are my age) are the ones who help them with their phones, and one learner commented that they won’t remember their passwords. In short, I just don’t think they are as smartphone saavy as I thought. I told them they should write it down and ask their kids to look into it as I think it could be fun for them to try out. We’ll see!
I transitioned into the controversial topic of ‘ young children and their overuse of smartphones’ which turned out to be very interesting and relevant to them. As we went along with a listening/fill in the blank activity, we stopped a lot to talk about certain vocabulary, or one would make a personal comment regarding their grandchildren. The term i-generation came up and that led to a mini lesson about the names of the different generations (baby boomers, x, y/milennials, etc) They didn’t realize that they were all (mostly) baby boomers! Since they were so interested to learn more, I told them I would prepare a lesson on this topic for next class, or at least a part of it. They are so into it! So much that one learner who is going to be on vacation the next 2 weeks said (twice) that she really didn’t want to miss any classes. She said she’d almost rather skip her trip to California! I was so honored and these are the kind of classes that continue to remind me how awesome this work is! I feel lucky to be a part of their world; I learn just as much from them as they do from me, if not more ;)

• This reply was modified 8 years, 3 months ago by Brooke Stady.

Lesson Title:
Date of Class: 5/16/18
Day of Class: Wed
Time of Class: 12:30 pm
MC:Brooke
DJ:
Assistants/Shadowers/Auditioner:
Module: Social Media
How Many Learners: 0
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) =
Engagement: Snoring Loudly (1) vs. Absolutely Riveted (10) =
Connection: Open Hostility (1) vs. Kumbayah (10) =
Poise: Charlie Brown (1) vs. Prince (10) =
Reflection: “It was ok.” (1) vs. Life-changing Epiphany (10) =

Total Score: 7

What happened (as short or as long as you like, but be specific): I am bummed to report that no learners came to the class today again. I talked to Heather she said she forgot to check in with them to see what’s going on but says she will this week..

Date of Class: 5/23/18
Day of Class: Wed
Time of Class: 2:30 pm
MC:Brooke
DJ:
Assistants/Shadowers/Auditioner:
Module: Social Media
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) =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) =6
Poise: Charlie Brown (1) vs. Prince (10) =5
Reflection: “It was ok.” (1) vs. Life-changing Epiphany (10) =5

Total Score:35

What happened (as short or as long as you like, but be specific):
We had a new learner join today! She just started working at Purdy a few weeks ago and seems very motivated and excited to be there. I think she really enjoyed the class today and all learners were very welcoming and supportive. I would be surprised if she didn’t come back! We started with review of last week by working a bit wit the images that represent each generation. We then practiced a few short dialogues about the year we were born, the generation of our children, etc.. We did a listen/find and practiced pronunciation with an article which helped to characterize each generation. I then created an activity that allowed them all the chance to speak for a few minutes by presenting a character from the deck of professions. They each got a card with some basic info about the person and the others had to guess which generation they belonged to. Although it was a bit rushed at the end due to time, It was pretty successful and fun!

Date of Class: 5/30/18
Day of Class: Wed
Time of Class: 2:30 pm
MC:Brooke
DJ:
Assistants/Shadowers/Auditioner:
Module: Famous landmarks
How Many Learners: 5
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) =6
Connection: Open Hostility (1) vs. Kumbayah (10) =6
Poise: Charlie Brown (1) vs. Prince (10) =5
Reflection: “It was ok.” (1) vs. Life-changing Epiphany (10) =5

Total Score:35

What happened (as short or as long as you like, but be specific):
We had a super fun class with a ton of laughter. This topic is fun and interesting and the images I printed out to use the next few weeks are so lovely. We will focus on famous places/landmarks/wonders of the world such as; Ankor Wat, leaning tower, Niagara Falls, Bermuda Triangle, to name a few. Today was the introduction to that so we started by first looking at a map of the world and finding various countries. We practiced a lot with using the qualifier ‘The’ when talking about ‘the ocean’. Next we learned the names of the 7 landmarks/places via the images, wrote them down along with their locations. We ended with a short dialogue which was a spin off of the ‘This is an apple’ activity. EX) This is Angkor wat. Where is that? It’s in Cambodia, ohhh, it’s in Cambodia! It was so fun (and funny) for them and we got tons of pronunciation practice in during this activity. The newer learner popped in briefly at the start of class to say that she couldn’t come today but will be back next week.

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