TESOL Observation Field Notes

Class Observation #__ENG 107__

Teacher __Sarah_Hynes___________

Class

____ENG107_______________

Date/Time____3:00-4:00_________ Location______Coor L1-34____________

Effective Principles of Observation:

Wipe away preconceived notions before starting your observations.

Collect observations under different circumstances and from varied perspectives.

Take thorough notes, including quotes and details about the setting and atmosphere, and collect
important class documents.

Engage in active listening using a detached observer approach.

Keep systematic track of observations that surprise you or contradict your prior beliefs.

Pre-Class Notes (e.g., what are the teachers goals for the lesson? what are the demographics [e.g., student population,
class size, proficiency level] of the class?)

Weekend Homework
Posted on: Friday, March 18, 2016 9:09:45 AM MST

1. WP2 Reflection (due before class on Monday, 3/21).

2. Make changes to your essay based on the feedback you got.

They are use an 10 minutes for a quiz 3

Description/Observation of the class

(i.e., what is happening?)

Reflection on/Interpretation of the

class
(i.e., what does it mean?)

Quiz 3

1. what does MLA stand for

2. What websites can you use to find the
rules/explanations/examples of MLA style?
3. There are different for citing different kinds of materials. You do
not need to memorize all the rules, but you do need to have some
skills in order to correctly use MLA style. What skills do you
need?
4. Extra credit:
Work cited sample to explain.

Find out the biggest problem in sample paragraph, write the

comments in the digication and trying to find a solution for the
paragraph.

Teacher is walking around help each group

student to find out what wrong in the
paragraph, what kind problem them have
in the paragraph. What they need to figure
out wrote the comments in the paragraph.

She chose this paragraph because most of

students during their homework time they
were not quite sure and understand
correctly about the paragraph. So she
chose this paragraph to be an example
help students let them practice during the
class time.
Later she talked in the whole class and
what the biggest problem for their essay:
Miss match the biggest idea and the
evidence. She helps students how to solve
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Sample paragraph:

the problem.

When popular tv shows like Seinfeld discussed LGBT issues, they sent
the message to the general public that it was okay to discuss these
issues. I interviewed Dan Smith, who was born in 1986 and is thus
part of the Millenial generation, the first in American society to
largely embrace the idea of LGBT rights. He was only three years old
when the first season of Seinfeld aired, but he said that his parents
watched the show and he watched reruns of it when he was older.
According to Smith, Honestly, when I was younger, I didn't even
realize Seinfeld had so many references to gay issues, but now I can
see that it does. Other Millenials might also have watched Seinfeld
and similar shows when they were younger and focused more on the
comedy or the main characters without noticing the show's sporadic
and brief references to LGBT issues. By discussing these issues on
network tv, shows like Seinfeld gave the public the idea that these
were common and acceptable issues to discuss in public.

Your task:

Make a comment that identifies the biggest problem with this

paragraph. Your comment should include a suggestion for how to fix
this problem.
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I talk to most of students they can figure out this paragraph there is
no main focus and main idea on this paragraph. But some of students
they have no idea about what wrong this paragraph. I need to ask
wh question to help them get the answer.
Biggest problem :Miss match the big idea and the evidence.
What they can do: doing another interview, getting the better
answers.

Go through the homework.

Post-Class Notes (e.g., are there follow-up questions for the teacher? does anything need to be clarified?)
WP2 Reflection Assignment
10% of your WP2 Grade
Due before class on Monday, 3/21
Submit to Digication
Please remember: No late homework will be accepted in this class

2. (10 points) In this project, you were required to do primary research for the first time. In your own words,
explain how primary research is different from secondary research.
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3. (30 points) In this project, you were required to identify and analyze primary source material. Write a short
reflection (200-400 words) on your process of doing this kind of research. You can choose any of these
questions to answer as well as writing any reflection that will help you learn from your successes and
mistakes.

What kind of planning did you do before you started your research for primary source material?
Were you immediately successful at finding primary source material? If so, what did you try that made
it easy to find what you were looking for?
Did you have to try several times to find primary source material? If so, what did you try that failed?
What did you do when you failed?
At what point in your process did you feel like you had a clear understanding of primary source
material? What explanation/lesson/experience/etc. gave you this clear understanding?
How much time did you spend searching for primary source material? Once you found it, how much
time did you spend reading/watching/etc. and analyzing it? Do you think you spent an appropriate
amount of time on this research? What would you do differently in the future to make the best possible
use of your time?
Doing research into primary source material is often more challenging than doing secondary research.
Why? What is the benefit of doing this kind of research?

4. (30 points) In this project, you were required to create and conduct an interview. Write a short reflection
(200-400 words) on your interview process. You can choose any of these questions to answer as well as
writing any reflection that will help you learn from your successes and mistakes.

What planning did you do before you conducted your interview? If you had a chance to do the interview
again, what would you do differently during the planning stage?
Which questions did you ask to get the most useful answers?
What was special about the way you wrote those questions?
Which questions gave you the most boring, general, or confusing answers?
What was wrong with the way you wrote those questions?
If you could do the interview again, how could you rewrite those questions to make them stronger?
Did you experience any challenges during your interview? How did you deal with them? What would you
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do differently the next time to possibly prevent those challenges from arising in the first place?
Did you experience any surprises, good or bad, during your interview? What did you do to take advantage
of them or to minimize their disadvantages? If something good happened, what could you do in the future
to make it happen in another interview?

5. (30 points) Oftentimes, a college-level researcher will have to choose what research method she wants to use
to find the answers to her questions. In this project you had three options (secondary research, primary
research, and interview research), but in other situations, you might have even more options. In such a
situation, you need to be able to make a smart choice and choose the best method to get the answers you
want.
4A. What makes interview answers special? Give an example of a situation where you might want to use an
interview in the future.
4B. What makes primary source research special? Give an example of a situation where you might want to
do primary source research.
4C. What makes secondary research special? Give an example of a situation where you might want to do
secondary research.

Quiz 3

1. what does MLA stand for

2. What websites can you use to find the rules/explanations/examples of MLA style?
3. There are different for citing different kinds of materials. You do not need to memorize all the rules, but you do need to
have some skills in order to correctly use MLA style. What skills do you need?
4. Extra credit:
Work cited sample to explain.
Sample paragraph:
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When popular tv shows like Seinfeld discussed LGBT issues, they sent the message to the general public that it was
okay to discuss these issues. I interviewed Dan Smith, who was born in 1986 and is thus part of the Millenial
generation, the first in American society to largely embrace the idea of LGBT rights. He was only three years old
when the first season of Seinfeld aired, but he said that his parents watched the show and he watched reruns of it
when he was older. According to Smith, Honestly, when I was younger, I didn't even realize Seinfeld had so many
references to gay issues, but now I can see that it does. Other Millenials might also have watched Seinfeld and
similar shows when they were younger and focused more on the comedy or the main characters without noticing
the show's sporadic and brief references to LGBT issues. By discussing these issues on network tv, shows like
Seinfeld gave the public the idea that these were common and acceptable issues to discuss in public.

Your task:

Make a comment that identifies the biggest problem with this paragraph. Your comment should include a
suggestion for how to fix this problem.