Daniella CO #4

 Date/Time: 10/28 - 11:00am

Topic/Skill: Reading group 2

Dr. Kennel

Explaining fiction and non fiction. He begins the lesson by asking me that as an American what do I like to read as an American: fiction or non fiction. He goes around asking what kind of books do the students like reading. He emphasizes how students need to read children's books/age appropriate level books. That just because they can read an advanced book in their native language they cannot pick up the same book in english and understand it. Moreover they need to pick books that interest them. for example one of the students likes Christiano Ronaldo so he tells them to pick books that interest them. He then plays someone like you by Adele. He uses these lyrics to explain certain part of speech. Vocabulary: Stalker, settle down - apostraphe's you're =you are, ain't. He walks through the song lyrics with the students. He also picked the song by asking the students if they listen to music and who they listen to. He explains a lot of colloquial terms too right, like out of the blue. Moreover he focuses on vocabulary such as uninvited. This seems to be a great way to teach more colloquial/common spoken phrases. He explains each word individually and then asks if they understand the complete phrase. 

Activity/Homework: Go into the textbook on page 10 and read an article about gangs. He asks them what the title is. He reads the passage to them and then asks them while he is reading to underline the vocabulary. 

He encourages students to buy children's books as they will challenge them. 

I like how he tries to really connect with the students when teaching.