Annabella TS #10

 Date: 07/26/21

Time: 10-11 AM 

Location: Zoom 

Topic/Skill: Groundhog Day/Listening

Feedback provided: I had a feeling that last week Dave had already heard about Thanksgiving and knew what it was, so this time around, I wanted to center the lesson on an American tradition that was weird and eccentric that he probably had never heard of. First I asked him what he thought groundhog day was and evidently, he did not even know what a groundhog was. I played a video from the 2019 celebration in Pennsylvania and still Dave was confused. So finally, I played a video on YouTube explaining the origin and reason why Groundhog Day is celebrated by those in Pennsylvania. While he listening to the video, I had him fill out a dictation exercise with the transcript of the video. Unlike the other dictations we've done in the past, this one was extra challenging because of the speed at which the narrator was speaking. Still, Dave caught on well and got almost all the blank spaces. Finally, I read him a story based on Groundhog Day in which he listened to and took notes on. With his notes, I had him answer some comprehension questions and write a summary based on what he heard.