Jake Kile CO #2

Last Thursday I observed group 2B reading with Derrick Pollock. Before class, I met with the instructor and he told me that while the students had a reading quiz that day that I could observe the class. He began the class by talking to the students and before handing out the quiz lowered the students' affective filter by reassuring them that it was similar to their study materials. The quiz consisted of a reading passage about the deforestation of the Amazon rainforest and multiple choice and short answer questions. The students took about 20 minutes to complete the quiz and immediately after, the instructor reviewed the questions on the quiz and went through some of them with the class. It seemed like most students did well and after the review, the class read the final 2 chapters of White Fang - a level 2 Penguin Reader about a wolf. Throughout the class, the instructor surveyed the room and checked to make sure students didn't have any major problems. The class had fun reading the book at the end of class and although the instructor read aloud the students were still interested in participating.