Sherwin Williams – Spring 2018

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  • #10217
    Brooke Stady
    Spectator

    Lesson Title:
    Date of Class: 6/6/18
    Day of Class: Wed
    Time of Class: 12:30 pm
    MC:Brooke
    DJ:
    Assistants/Shadowers/Auditioner:
    Module: Famous Landmarks
    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) =5
    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) =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): Finally someone came! P- who is the lowest level learner of this group- arrived at about 12:55 so although she was late, it was great to have someone here! She said she needs help with conversation so I scratched the plan I had and we just practiced ‘getting to know’ you type questions. I told her we would pretend we were just meeting for the first time and we started from there- ‘what’s your name, where are you from, how long have you been here, how many children, what do you do/where do you work, etc…’ We wrote most of the questions/answers down and each asked eachother the same question. This was really good and necessary practice for this learner. We ended with asking each other q’s about family and she learned the word sibling! We were going to draw family trees but didn’t have time so will plan to do this next week if she comes back :)

    #10218
    Brooke Stady
    Spectator

    Date of Class: 6/6/18
    Day of Class: Wed
    Time of Class: 2:30 pm
    MC:Brooke
    DJ:
    Assistants/Shadowers/Auditioner:
    Module: Famous landmarks
    How Many Learners: 7
    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 and the newest learner came back! We started with a quick review of the world map, and I tried to point out countries that we didn’t locate last week. Next we reviewed the names of the 7 landmarks/places via the images, and practiced more with the short dialogue which was a spin off of the ‘This is an apple’ activity. We were going to listen to a short podcast and follow along with a transcript about Ankor Wat but we were having connection issues- while I was trying to figure that out, the new learner, “M”, talked about how she’s sad for her country (Guatemala) because of the huge Volcano that erupted 2 days ago. She showed a video and the Laos speakers were talking amongst eachother- I assume one was translating for the others. It was so sad to see the images and we all agreed that its a very unfortunate natural disaster for anyone to have to experience.so instead, we all took turns reading from the transcript. Since I couldn’t connect to the internet, we instead just took turns reading from the transcript which ended up being good in the end as they all appreciate the opportunity to practice pronunciation.

    #10229
    Brooke Stady
    Spectator

    Lesson Title:
    Date of Class: 6/13/18
    Day of Class: Wed
    Time of Class: 12:30 pm
    MC:Brooke
    DJ:
    Assistants/Shadowers/Auditioner:
    Module: Famous Landmarks
    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) =5
    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) =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): Finally J came back after 5 months! She says she will be back every week since now school is out and she doesn’t need to take care of her grandson anymore. We caught up a bit and then P- who is the lowest level learner of this group- arrived shortly after. Since P wants/needs basic conversation practice, and J felt a little rusty, we just practiced ‘getting to know you’ type questions the whole class. We wrote most of the questions/answers down and practiced in a round robin style… I learned some very interesting things about J’s past related to her upbringing in Laos as a Hmong speaker and also about the marriage laws (or lack there-of) in her country. Very interesting! It was great to have them both there!

    #10230
    Brooke Stady
    Spectator

    Date of Class: 6/13/18
    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 started with a review of the names of the 7 landmarks/places via the images, and talked about which place we would like to go if we ever had the chance. We then matched the landmark to the country. Next, we did a short dictation about Ankor Wat and then listened to a podcast as we followed along with the transcript. Next was a little vocabulary activity related to the podcast. We had a little time left to talk about the Bermuda Triangle so we did a short listening/cloze activity about that. They seemed very interested to learn more about this mysterious phenomenon!

    #10261
    Brooke Stady
    Spectator

    Lesson Title:
    Date of Class: 6/20/18
    Day of Class: Wed
    Time of Class: 12:30 pm
    MC:Brooke
    DJ:
    Assistants/Shadowers/Auditioner:
    Module: Famous Landmarks
    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) =5
    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) =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): I just realized I forgot to update from last weeks class so this is just a brief post about that. Two learners came, though one was quite late. We first worked with the world map, pointing out countries that would be discussed when talking about famous places/landmarks. We then just looked at the images and wrote down the name of each landmark. We did a round robin asking the question “where is __________?” It’s in _________. We didn’t get through all images using this question but they at least got to learn the names of them before moving onto the next topic :)

    #10262
    Brooke Stady
    Spectator

    Lesson Title:
    Date of Class: 6/27/18
    Day of Class: Wed
    Time of Class: 12:30 pm
    MC:Brooke
    DJ:
    Assistants/Shadowers/Auditioner:
    Module: Vacation and Travel
    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) =5
    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) =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): Two learners came today, both almost on time! We started with writing, asking/answering some questions about the most recent trip we took. Questions asked were ‘What was the last trip you took?’ How did you get there, and How long did it take to drive/fly? This took a good 20 minutes as we stopped in between to have some side conversation. Also out of this, learner were introduced to words specifically related to traveling by plane like flight and layover. They both practiced this new vocabulary in sentences. Next we filled out a chart with more info about our recent trips but since we only had 10 minutes left, and I wanted to show them all the items I brought in, we spent the last bit of time looking at things you might bring on a trip. There is a whole activity to this that we will work on next time. The items they got to learn the names of (or review) are as follows: sleeping bag, binoculars, snorkels, goggles, camera, guide book, backpack, fanny pack, shades, sun hat, etc… Next week we will categorize them according to the type of vacation (camping, sightseeing, beach. :)

    #10263
    Brooke Stady
    Spectator

    Date of Class: 6/20/18
    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):
    Again, as I forgot to update last week, this is a brief summary of the details of the class. It was the last day for this topic and since we didn’t learn much about half of the landmarks, I wanted to give them at least brief descriptions about each famous place. First we reviewed each image and it’s corresponding location and we did sort of a memory type game with this. Then, instead of dictating these descriptions to them, I wrote them on note cards and had them work in pairs to dictate to each other (somewhat of an information gap type activity). They all seemed to enjoy having the opportunity to read their descriptions aloud :)

    #10266
    Brooke Stady
    Spectator

    Lesson Title:
    Date of Class: 6/28/18
    Day of Class: Wed
    Time of Class: 2:30 pm
    MC:Brooke
    DJ:
    Assistants/Shadowers/Auditioner:
    Module: Vacation and Travel
    How Many Learners: 4
    Materials Status (loyalty cards, alphabet sheets, etc):

    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) =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): A similar class to the previous one, with some modifications. We started with writing, asking/answering some questions about the most recent trip we took. Questions asked were ‘What was the last trip you took?’ How did you get there, and How long did it take to drive/fly? Next we filled out the chart with more info about our recent trips and shared with the group. We spent the last 15 minutes of the class learning the vocab of the items I brought in and then we categorized them according to the type of vacation (camping, sightseeing, beach. :)

    #10313
    Brooke Stady
    Spectator

    Lesson Title:
    Date of Class: 7/11/18
    Day of Class: Wed
    Time of Class: 12:30 pm
    MC:Brooke
    DJ:
    Assistants/Shadowers/Auditioner:
    Module: Vacation and Travel
    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) =5
    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) =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): We began with review of the questions from last week about the most recent trip we took and then asked a few new questions related to the topic. It was discovered that one of the learners has never been camping. We spent the last part of the class reviewing the vocab we learned last week, writing them down, and then testing our memory with a listen/find activity.

    #10314
    Brooke Stady
    Spectator

    Lesson Title:
    Date of Class: 7/11/18
    Day of Class: Wed
    Time of Class: 2:30 pm
    MC:Brooke
    DJ:
    Assistants/Shadowers/Auditioner:
    Module: Vacation and Travel
    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) =5
    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) =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): For this class we also began with review of the questions from last week about the most recent trip we took and then asked a few new questions related to the topic. Most learners in this group have been camping at least once. We reviewed the vocab from last week, and then played a version of the game “I’m going on a camping trip and I’ll need to bring my…” We had a lot of items to go through but everyone did great and a lot of laughter was shared :)

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