On Monday, October 25 I observed a beginning writing class with Marilyn Sohan. I wanted to observe a beginning class to help me with my CP/TP Latifah who has difficulty speaking. Watching the way in which the teacher conducted the class was very helpful and gave me a lot of ideas for how to proceed. The way that she spoke to that class was helpful. She rephrased the question a few times and gave them time to answer. They took a quiz that day and I realized that the older the student, the more likely they were to cheat. A few of the older gentlemen really liked using their cell phone dictionary capabilities. I think that it is a good idea to have that available, I don't think it should be used during a test. Marilyn caught him and told him that she was not going to give him points for the ones he cheated on. I also liked that she did not respond to him in an angry tone but more of a disapproving one. Also after students finished their quiz, she collected the quiz and handed out books to keep them busy and quiet while the rest of them finished.
After the quiz they started going over chapter 1 in their textbooks and reviewed SQ3R. I had never heard of this before but I liked the idea of it. I have seen similar ideas. Marilyn wrote questions on the board like what is SQ3R? and the first letter SQRRR so that they had to fill in the rest. She then asked different people around the class to answer the questions. After the words that are associated with SQ3R were filled in she had students explain the meaning and purpose of each of the steps.
Next time I want to observe a more advanced class so that I can see a broad range of classes.
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