Visit the pub, one of the student cafeterias, or the library, by yourself. Make sure there are people. Sit for about an hour, pretend you are doing the same things that others in the locale are doing. Make yourself comfortable. Do not attract attention. Write your observations about what you see and not what you hear. The idea of the assignment is to be able to use your "eyes," or the sense of sight to the maximum extent possible.
Post a description of what you saw to your blog before you come to class on Monday (which means of course that you have to do the observation before class too). Make a note of the time and date, the actual location where you made your observations. Personal notes should contain your personal feelings/impressions. Write in as much detail as possible. Even if things do not seem to have any special significance, write about them. Don't make any prejudjment as to what is important and what is not. Describe the people in as much detail as possible, what they were doing, how did they present themselves, were they happy, sad or just plain bored etc., Write about ordinary things, the routine matters that you notice. Were there any rituals that you noticed. What special things did you notice that are worth reporting?
in class we'll discuss the results and the idea of observation