TESOL Observation Field Notes

Class Observation #__ENG 107 __

Teacher

__Sarah_Hynes___________

Class

____ENG107_______________

Date/Time_2.22.2016 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?)
Sarah is out of town so I am going to teaching the class today, here is the information she wants me mentioened:
Here's what you can do on Monday:
At the beginning of class, take attendance. If anyone is absent or late, please note it so that I can add it to my attendance
records.
Spend five minutes or so reviewing the requirements of the introduction paragraph. Here are the instructions (from the
assignment sheet):

In your introduction, you need to introduce the current social attitude toward your chosen issue and then draw a compelling
contrast between the current and past attitudes. You will provide an overview of different influences in this attitude-shift and
then direct your readers' attention to one very compelling influence that you will focus on. In your thesis statement, you will
make an argument about the exact way and the extent to which your chosen influence affected society's overall attitude and
brought us from then to now.
Instruct the students to create a new Google document and then share it with you and me (shynes@asu.edu).
While they are writing, you can observe their progress in Google Drive. If someone appears to be stuck or in need of help,
then you could go talk to him or her and provide individual help.

I made an PPT for the lesson

Description/Observation of the class

what is happening?)

(i.e.,

Reflection
on/Interpr
etation of
the class
(i.e., what
does it
mean?)

Here is my PPT( the table is not include it but I put the PPT in weebly)
Womens rights
Share with:
shynes@asu.edu
zcheng17@asu.edu

Womens rights:
Normally "women's rights" refers to whether women have equality with the rights of men where
women and men's capacities are the same.
Sometimes, "women's rights" includes protection of women where women are subject to special
circumstances (such as maternity leave for child-bearing) or more susceptible to mistreatment
(traffic in women, rape).

Womens
Rights

Past

Work in
public

Only few places( factories, stores, and

lower payment places) accept women.

Holiday for
women

No holiday for women

Education

Lower education, no education, home

education( for rich family),womens

I briefly
talked 8
minutes and
let the
students
start to write
it down their
introduction
paragraph. I
put all the
information
on the PPT.
Let the
students
follow the
direction
and start to
write.

Most of
them can
follow the
direction
and start
Women can work in everywhere.(government,
office,
their
factory, school, hospital, scientist,
astronaut etc.)
paragraph.
Few
students
dont know
how to start,
Mothers day, March 8 International
womens day, etc.
like use
what kind of
words to
start their
Women can go to public school get(elementaryintroduction
university)
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Now(from 18 century)

Post-Class Notes (e.g., are there follow-up questions for the teacher? does anything need to be clarified?)
Womens rights
Share with:
shynes@asu.edu
zcheng17@asu.edu

Womens rights:
Normally "women's rights" refers to whether women have equality with the rights of men where women and men's
capacities are the same.
Sometimes, "women's rights" includes protection of women where women are subject to special circumstances
(such as maternity leave for child-bearing) or more susceptible to mistreatment (traffic in women, rape).

Learning Objectives

In this project, you will learn to

brainstorm a topic that fits the criteria of the assignment, is appropriately focused, intellectually challenging and
interesting to a wide audience
create and conduct an interview as a source of knowledge
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 conduct primary research into "source material" as a source of knowledge

conduct secondary research as a source of knowledge
critically evaluate material you find on the internet
synthesize and analyze multiple points of view
develop new ideas to contribute to an ongoing conversation
identify and rectify errors or weaknesses in logic
adjust your writing to appeal to an audience that will include people who do not agree with you
consider and control the tone of your writing
write an annotated bibliography
use MLA style

In your introduction, you need to introduce the current social attitude toward your chosen issue and then draw a
compelling contrast between the current and past attitudes. You will provide an overview of different influences in
this attitude-shift and then direct your readers' attention to one very compelling influence that you will focus on. In
your thesis statement, you will make an argument about the exact way and the extent to which your chosen
influence affected society's overall attitude and brought us from then to now.

What you need to do in your introduction paragraph (300 minimum)

Choose an Issue(Society attitude towards that issue in the past and Now)
Write down past situation
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What it is in the present

List reasons for the shift in the attitude
Choose 1 those reasons for the change and make your thesis ( say why that reason has the in influence on the
society attitude change).

--------From todays class students I found out students need to understand the direction, we need to use the simple
and easy words to describe and post on the PPT instead of gave the long and complicated it examples assignment
sheet.