Additional Materials
University 109 - University Writing for International Students
The following links are additional materials I made for UNIV 109 during Fall 2014. For each material displayed, I have provided a short description of its purpose and how it was fit into the course.
Needs Assessment
I originally created a needs assessment for UNIV 109 during Spring 2014 in my graduate class MTSL 510 - Course Design, Evaluation, and Assessment. After I began assisting and teaching a few classes, I returned to the needs assessment and revised it into the document here. It was not used for this class, but I took my experiences with the students and lesson planning into consideration and made my revisions based on these.
Reflective Unit Analysis and Discussion
Throughout the semester, I kept a journal of all my experiences, discoveries, excitements, and struggles. After each class, I would jot down whatever happened in class and any provoking thoughts I may have. To view the daily journal entries, in addition to select reflections and analyses, click this link: Independent Study Reflections To view the general analysis, please select the link above. In this document, I reflect on the majority of my involvement in the course, lesson planning successes and struggles, comments and data from student evaluations, and concluding thoughts regarding my experience.
ENGL 81/82/83 - Advanced English Language
The following links are additional materials I made for ENGL 81/82/83 during my practicum. For each material displayed, I have provided a short description of its purpose and how it was fit into the course.
Sentence Collection Worksheet
At Spokane Falls Community College, the ESL program provides a grammar class separate from the integrated skills course. In order to assist my lead teacher and the students, I created a grammar worksheet for students containing their own errors for them to correct. During the week, the lead teacher and I would write down students' sentences that contained specific errors (ones they were already reviewing in their grammar class). I would then collect all of the sentences and format them into the present document. The goal of this task was to help students recognize errors and correct them.
Persuasive Presentation Instructions
Following the sociology unit, students began brainstorming ideas for their upcoming presentation. In the midst of brainstorming, the topic of college life and culture came up. In light of this, students chose the topic to surround this question: what should international students know? The goals of this presentation were to help students organize their thoughts, use various types of resources, and using academic language. This document was created to help students create an outline for their presentation once they had chosen their topic. In addition, the step-by-step process was also included to ensure students fully understood the requirements for the assignment.
Jeopardy Unit Review Unit
This PowerPoint was put together to help students study for the unit test. The lead teacher and I collaborated together to form the questions and answers. The Jeopardy style was chosen because it closely related a similar activity the teacher does with the students. In this activity, the teacher gives the students a heading, such as vocabulary, or reading, to represent each skill they had studied in the unit. The students then guess what questions will be asked on the test. With Jeopardy, students will still have to form questions and think about what they have learned during the unit. The extra incentive created by making it a "game" also makes it more enjoyable for the entire class.