Alexander Miguel, CO #2

 This morning I sat in on Dr. McHarek's grammar course. She reviewed the simple past, with just one student, so the class conducted itself as more of an individual tutoring session than a true class. The class began with a review of a previous classroom assignment. She then proceeded to a brief overview of the simple past, including the phonemic pronunciation of the "-ed" forms of verbs as well as a chart containing the most common irregular simple past forms. The student already knew and could accurately pronounce many of them. She then played a simple board game with dice with the student. When he landed on a tile, it contained a question which he had to answer. The student had difficulty understanding the questions and expressing himself. Dr. McHarek asked the student a few questions about his recent trip to Wakulla Springs, to which he was able to express himself a little better. The last activity of the class was a writing activity. This included two scenarios which the student had to provide the conclusion for using the simple past. The conclusions communicated his ideas and he correctly used the simple past in his sentences.