Date/Time: September 24, 2016/2:30 pm - 3:30 pm
Location: Tutee's Home
Topic/Skill: Writing an Explanatory Essay/Planning
Feedback provided to tutee:
I told PJ that he did a great job today! It started out great and it ended great. He was very focused and engaged.
Lesson(s) about tutoring and/or the tutee you learned:
This session was pretty chill. I had just came from the FAMU Viticulture Center, so I had some fresh grapes and offered some to PJ and his dad. PJ and I ate them throughout the session; who doesn't love fresh food? Anyways, we decided to move on from his Traveling Opinion Essay and start a new essay: explanatory/informative. I started by explaining to him what informative/explanatory essays are and why they are used. I then had him read an "How To" essay on how to run a babysitting business. This writing sample was okay as it has many paragraphs with only three or four sentences, but the flow was good. We pointed out the introduction and its main parts, the body paragraphs and its main points, and the conclusion. He needed a little help, but that was okay. We then started to brainstorm and outline for his essay topic, fire, on his small whiteboard. I feel like writing things on a whiteboard helps bring clearer thinking. We only got to body paragraph two as far as planning, so we will continue to plan next session. PJ was very enthusiastic and engaged throughout the session. He liked the fact that we were taking more time to plan, because he feels that he won't get too confused. I agree that this is a better way for him. To take the planning more slowly. He also showed me what he learned in Boy Scouts earlier that day which probably inspired him to write about fire. I feel progress coming on. :)
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