Julia CO #1

Yesterday, I observed Ryan Flemming’s classroom (a group 3 grammar class). The class, actually, had a quiz, their last quiz (not a final exam, though), however, it was very interesting for me.  I liked how Ryan was “fishing for questions”, last questions before he handed out the quiz, and reminding the students of a couple of things, that had been covered in class and the chart he would use to grade them, so that they know what to expect. They had 25 minutes for the written part (which included a “beautiful mistakes” section, re-writing sentences and an essay question). 

Besides the writing part, there was an oral test, too. Ryan had put a variety of questions on the board, or rather on the screen (and given a couple of instructions), which the students would have to answer in class in recording them on their smart phones. No writing was allowed, and everyone had to send the recording to his email address immediately. They all seemed well prepared, and as if they knew what to expect for their “last quiz”. I was surprised that all, except one, had a smart phone which they could use to do the recordings. Ryan lent his own phone to the one that did not have one of his own.