Ryan Milejczak TS #4

Date: Oct. 9th
Location: Sabal Palm Elementary
Topic/Skill:
Student: Darwin Roblero

My second student on the 9th was Darwin Roblero. However, there was a bit of a mix-up as to what class he was in, and although I did manage to locate him, my time with him was a bit reduced as a result, and there appeared to be a lack of preparation or organization somewhere along the line that lead to his teachers not being prepared for me. As such, I began simply by engaging him in conversation to get a diagnostic on his English skills. Unsurprisingly, he was a bit shy, but I was able to get him talking and determine his English is at a pretty good point, although he does struggle at times (for example, this exchange: "Where are you from?" "Mexico." "What city in Mexico?" "My house."). He also, strangely, used "been" to express things he's already done, eg., "I been done that," which I think may be him picking up on the African-American Vernacular English spoken by his peers. After speaking with him for a minute, the class moved to their computer lab and I came along with Darwin. Darwin lit up when the computer lab was mentioned, and this appears to be his favorite educational tool. Sat down with him at his computer and helped him with some language activities. First, he did an alphabet exercise, practicing how to properly write and read different letters. He didn't need much help with this, but I coaxed him along and cheered him on when he succeeded. After this, he did an exercise on what makes a complete sentence and how to construct one, which gave him a little more trouble but not much. After this, class finished up and I left, and his teacher promised to have some "meatier" work for us to do next week.

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