Date/Time: 1/25/2016, 3:30-4:30 PM
Location: Starbucks location on Tennessee Street
Topic/Skill: Practice writing three paragraph essays
Feedback provided to tutee: The tutee wanted to practice writing a three paragraph essay for class. I picked out a topic for him to write on and we worked through writing an outline together. I only helped when he was stuck on something, but he was able to write out reasons and supporting examples mostly on his own. If he started to stress out because he had writer's block, we would instead discuss the topic out loud until he was able to figure out what else to write.
Lesson(s) about tutoring and/or the tutee you learned: I learned if a tutee begins to feel stressed out from something it is better to back off and discuss the subject casually, versus pushing them to do something they are uncomfortable doing. Although he would eventually have to write this essay on his own in a certain amount of time, we were just practicing ideas and I felt it was better to make him feel comfortable to say his ideas out loud instead of forcing him to write them out quickly. He can work up to the timed writing.
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