Anthony CO #4

Last week, I observed a grammar class instructed by Professor McHarek. The class activity was centered around building complex sentences using adjective and noun clauses. Class began with examples out of the textbook, and students worked in pairs to complete sentences with an adjective clause. After the students worked, the professor asked for example sentences and provided feedback on their grammatical structure. Following this, the students were handed out a worksheet that, for each problem, included two sentences. Students were instructed to combine them into one using adjective clauses and to identify them as defining or non-defining. The professor then asked for example sentences once the students were finished, and she naturally provided feedback to each.

Following the adjective clause activity, students were given time to brainstorm a topic they discussed the prior day: the place where I grow up. They were expected to create a short speeches that used a variety of sentences and parts of speech. After preparation, Professor McHarek only asked for three students to share their childhood experiences. During the speeches, the professor took notes on students' beautiful mistakes, and she later wrote them on the board for discussion. Students learned a lot from this discussion, because they were able to see their own mistakes in reading and writing and receive good feedback on why they made those mistakes.