ethnography Report

Journaling

• 9:00
• Eillen, David, Jacky, Jose, Nancy, and Norma are already here.
• Others fellows arrive later. 

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• Ravy walks in with a black crate.
• She whispers something to Nora and they both walk out.

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• Cynthia and Arminé walk in.
• Arminé immediately begins to make coffee, but struggles with it.
• The coffee hasn’t begun to brew and I already smell it.
• The smell nauseates me. I don’t like the smell of coffee.
• Shahé walks in and in a few seconds the coffee begins to brew.

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• Bob and Charlene walk in.
• Breakfast is ready.
• The fellows continue to journal. 

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• Michael and Belen are missing. 
• I wonder if they partied too much over the weekend. 
• ???

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• Three fellows share.
• “Doggy vertigo? That is so L.A.” -Bob

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• Bob informs us that Michael will be late due to car trouble.

Stylistic Imitation.

• Bob talks about Stylistic Imitation.
• Charlene reads the handout aloud
• “Sentences can be very very long if they are very very good.” –Bob

Writing Marathon

• We debrief on the Writing Marathon.
• Cynthia got sick during the marathon.
• Charlene’s enthusiastic attitude is contagious.
• She has lots of ideas and way to adopt strategy into the classroom.
• David shares his experiences in Mississippi and with Freedom Writers.

Arminé’s presentation: Socratic Seminars

• We take a 5-minute break before Arminé’s presentation.
• Jacky introduces Arminé.
• Arminé gives us background on the Socratic Seminar Method.
• She then hands out the article Why Chinese Mothers Are Superior

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• We break into 2 groups of 4 and 1 group of 5.
• Two groups take turns reading aloud and one group reads quietly.
• Without discussing the reading we return to our seats.
• We reflect on the reading using sentence frames to stimulate our thinking.

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• Arminé pairs us up.
• In pairs we decide who will be in the “fish bowl” and who will be the “shadow.”
• “Fish bowl” members have to participate in the discussion.
• “Shadows” evaluate their partners using an evaluation form.
• We discuss the article in a safe and civil manner.

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• “This Chinese mother creates someone who mimics a creator, rather than create.” –Shahé
• Members discuss ways to avoid this method from becoming a debate.
• Bob talks about salary points.
• He reminds us to be back by 1’o clock.
• It's 12:10. We are dismissed for lunch.

Ethnography report

• Lunch is over.
• Charlene makes last comments on Socratic Seminars and "hot box".
• Shahé gives his ethnography report.
• He asked, “What’s the purpose of a writing marathon?”
• 7 fellows share their thoughts.

We break into our writing groups.

• "We are one family, sister and brother... related by love." -Rovy
• "brokers do not see fortunes in my uterus." -Arminé
• "I could blame the teacher, but that is not the type of person I am." -Char
• "Like the beach and reef were part of the ocean, like the stars and the
• moon were part of the night sky, so they were part of her." -Nora

The End

• 3:00 as I walk out the classroom I observe that:
• Charlene and Arminé are gathering their belongings
• Rovy and Nora are putting the food away
• Belen, Cynthia, and Lily discuss job interviews