For my fourth observation, I sat in on ESAL 0320 Intermediate Grammar. The class consisted of twenty-one students from various different cultural backgrounds. The classroom itself was, for the most part, set up typically with various groups of 4 or 6 desks however one thing of note was that this classroom contained a skylight. I felt that this made the environment more conducive to learning as it brought in much more natural light than many-windowed classrooms. The instructor began the class by reviewing homework and then informing the class of the day’s topic, which for this particular day, was the simple past tense. The class seemed to already be familiar with the topic as the teacher had the class immediately begin an activity on using the simple past with irregular verbs. The task that the teacher had the students work on was a worksheet with fill-in-the-blank questions in which students had to properly conjugate irregular verbs into the simple past tense. The teacher tested the student’s knowledge by asking each student to answer one of the questions aloud. The students were then given a list of questions to ask and answer with a partner. While the students were asking and answering the questions with their partners, the teacher walked around the room listening to the student’s answers. After the students had finished the task, the teacher had the students say their answers out loud. Following this activity, the students had a short break, during which I finished my observation. Overall throughout my hour of observing the class, the students seemed to be engaged and interested in what was being taught. There was very little usage of cell phones and minimal discussions while the teacher was talking. From this observation, I learned the importance of sometimes calling on students by name, as many of the students who were hesitant to offer answers on their own were able to provide the correct answer when specifically addressed and seemed to be happy with themselves for doing so.