Selene CO-2

My second class observation was of Rebecca Turk's grammar class (3B). The class consisted of a very fast-paced review of verb tenses. The lesson was much more jam-packed than my first CO (Reading 2A) and Rebecca covered an entire chapter's worth of material within 50 minutes. Her teaching style is very energetic and she focuses on high speaking volume and enunciation, pausing frequently to engage students and introduce any low-frequency words that may be unfamiliar. This was the last class period before the students had to take an in-class quiz on the material so she explained the format of the test in detail. She was very explicit in which components would be present and encouraged students to take a picture of the verb tense formulas she wrote on the board in order to do well on the quiz. Throughout class, Rebecca had students formulate sentences in small groups to practice verb tenses. She then wrote the sentences on the board and the class discussed what the errors were. The students' grammar and spelling proficiency was inconsistent and my impression was that her quiz must be very forgiving. Otherwise, it seemed like the class's average might be very low.