Hannah CO #1

Today I had the chance to observe Felicia Ciapetta's Grammar class. Despite it being very early (9 am) Ms. Ciapetta was very enthusiastic! This helped brighten the classroom's atmosphere. After she chatted with the students for a bit, she wrote the class's agenda on the board where all of the students could see. In order to get the class started, she prepared a bell ringer exercise. The question was something along the lines of non traditional gender roles and the effects it would have on family. The students broke into pairs and discussed the prompt with each other. By doing this, students can work on their grammar and speaking skills. Once the time was up, Ms. Ciapetta made sure to call on every student and gather their opinions. As they talked, she wrote down any beautiful mistakes they may have made. I found that these students were able to express themselves very well! After the bell ringer, students were then asked to pair up and do exercises found in the book. They covered past perfect, past perfect continuous, and phrasal verbs. Seeing as we just covered the verb tenses in class, it was a good review. Ms. Ciapetta was very patient and was able to capture the students attention. She helped make the lessons more personal by asking the students for sample sentences and then using them as examples for the class. Overall, the whole experience was a lot of fun! It was neat to see how lessons will play out in a classroom setting!