Sam - Classroom Observation #2

On November 4th, I sat in on Dr. Kennell's reading class, level LA-AD. He started by talking about the expressions Hump Day and TGIF. He told a funny story about killing a chicken. He got the students laughing and interjecting. They all seemed to really, really like him.

Then, he got down to business. He'd given the class homework, and he followed up with it. They had read an article about a Southern scientist in the magazine "Research In Review." He asked questions about the reading and went over a lot of the idiomatic phrasing in the article and references to Southern history and culture, such as the word "Dixie." Dr. Kennell was very considerate of me, including me in some of the discussions, and giving me rationale for his lessons. I think he did a good job of working on reading comprehension while still getting the students talking about what they read.