I met with Matthew on the 28th of September. He is currently
transitioning schools since the family has moved to a different neighborhood.
As such he did not have any homework to do. Since we meet in the public library
and his mother wants him to work on reading I decided to let him choose a book
that I would approve and to read the first chapter. I decided to make this an
intensive reading activity. After two or three pages I asked him to summarize
what he had just read. During his initial summaries he missed many important
details so I asked pointed questions. Often he had difficulty answering these
which indicated that he may have been reading without paying attention. To
remedy this I indicated a paragraph or a page where the answer could be found
and asked him to read it again to find the correct answer.
He did not seem to
enjoy this activity at all and was very reluctant to keep working. I had to
struggle to keep him on track or to explain vocabulary to him. He does not
enjoy reading very much and I think that my intensive approach made it even
less desirable to him.
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