Chassity CO 3 w/Dr. Rios

Date/Time/Location: Saturday, 23 July at 8:13pm AEST (Pre-recorded Zoom)

Teacher: Dr. Rios (Composition)

Firstly, Dr. Rios was playing one of my favorite pop songs by Rihanna (Rude Boy) and then, he pauses to take a call on his cell phone.  Super relatable and funny!  I laughed so hard at this! 😆🤣🤣

After the preliminary shenanigans, Dr. Rios delves into the lecture.  It appeared to be a continuation lesson where he challenged the students to explain the differences between wild and domesticated animals.  The two animals that he used for examples were wolves and dogs.  He asked the students: “Can a wild animal be domesticated?”  There were some very interesting responses!  Dr. Rios used this activity for schema building as the lecture was centered on an article about two wolves.  Not only did Dr. Rios interact with the students throughout the lesson, but he also interacted with Jackson, who was observing the class via Zoom.  I noticed how easy Dr. Rios made it for the students to comprehend the reading by highlighting specific main points throughout the article. 

Later, he informed the students of the expectation for the next segment by indicating they will work on a summary and encouraged them to take notes prior to reading the passage.  This passage appeared to be  an intensive reading activity for lower level students.  It was neat to see the wolves live via webcam!

As the students began working on their summary, Dr. Rios helped the students with the main topic by asking them to recall some of the main points that were previously highlighted in the passage.  He gave them time, during class, to begin writing the summary, but indicated that it would be due on the following day.


Great class! 

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