Jake Kile CO #1

Today I observed Angel's 3A Grammar class where the class reviewed adjective clauses. When the class first started Angel lowered all of the students' affective filters by telling a funny story of his busy day and how he accidentally left one of his kids at home and had to go back and get them earlier. After telling the funny story he started his grammar lesson by refreshing students' memory of adjective clauses which they had learned in classes before, and he asked students if they remembered what they are and when they are used. Angel began his lesson using example sentences and drills from a grammar textbook on the board and all students worked along out loud and writing on their handouts of the textbook examples. Beyond just being correct Angel stressed understanding and asking "why" and most students were eager to participate and learn, seeming unafraid to make mistakes. During a time where students worked on sentences for 10 minutes with each other, I asked Angel about teaching and his experiences as well as sharing my own experiences. Overall the class had an upbeat attitude and the students were having fun while focusing on learning, and I will try to replicate that teaching atmosphere in my own classroom.