To Do for a Teacher's Day Off

          I just finished reading all the anonymous evaluations my ESL 142 classes (2 sections) did, and I'll report on their comments--not all of which were self-cancelling--later.  Several comment that there is a good atomosphere in class and that I am a nice teacher.  Nice, we know, is a word used as a substitute for mediocre, but there were other more specific commments:  "I like Tina's teaching style that cause us pay more attention on it.  High involved."  Another:  "Tina is very nice and friendly.  She always can lead the class very well."  "Class is so good, teacher use a good method to teach student."  (Oh, only one remains!)

           One students said that the class is not "loose" and teacher is very kind.   Another:   "Just keep the way you are, keep doing what you are doing.  Don't change anything.  I like the way you are."  Isn't there a song like that?  Wouldn't it be cute if the students memorized it for use on evaluations?

          "She is really great teacher, so keep it great." 

A couple of people described me as "very helpful," which is better than nice.

One student says what s/he likes most is "the way that the teacher teaches us because she is really nice and it seems that she enjoys that she is doing."  (That's very good English.) 

Lots (Most?) of them said they would recommend this class to friends "because I like how the teacher teaches her class, and I think the things you learn in this is something you can use outside." 

One students says,  "My professor speak very lounder and clearly."

It was good to hear of our class that "it's relex.  the atmosphere is not intense as some of my another friends having."

 One person mentioned liking "roll play."   

But some would like to do "partner discussion less insteading of group discussion." 

Among the criticisms is "Sometimes I feel that you speak very fast." 

Oh, but I was coming here to list my To-Do's for the three-day weekend:

Finish entering all Grade Pro scores to get midterm grades.
Transfer notes on phone messages to the form and give scores.
Record scores.
Number pages in new notebook.
Send a letter to all students to give them the links for our class and direction for answering questions.
Create those questions!
Create new groups and partners.
Type up comments on Karine's make-up essay.
Take Jim's Chapter 4 test.
Create a group sheet for the vocabulary exercise in Unit 4 of NorthStar.
Correct the students' exercise filling in the blank for "What Is Intelligence?"
Correct students' sentence completions on "Extreme Perception."
Read ESL newsletter and contact Sally Winn.
Create an exercise like speed dating.  Students move down one after three minutes.
Try Patricia Arack again on the subject of the signage for Pacifica.
Create a document on No Late Seating.
Problem solving:  Students coming in late, leaving to to to the BR, staring into space.
Blog:  Karine's cursing and hanging up. 
Create lessons plans and include reports on bookstore & on Teach-In for ss.
Contact Hilda about being interviewed/speaking to our class.
Read the reports on interviews/forbidden foods.