Alyssa B - TS #9 - Dasom

Tutoring Session 09

Date: July 21, 2017
Time: 6:00pm – 8:30pm
Area: Moe’s, Starbucks
Tutee: Dasom
Level: 3B

Man, we spent a long time working today, but I feel like we didn’t get much done. For a while, I had her practice speaking over dinner, more like a conversation partner. After that, we worked on an article to practice skimming, scanning, and context clues.

              I feel like this article was fitting for her level, as it didn’t seem as difficult as the ones she’s been working with in class—not nearly as much so. I gave her (over) ten minutes to scan/skim and answer ten questions. However, she only answered about half of them, and didn’t get halfway through the article. I told her a few tips on scanning and skimming, and explained the difference and how to apply them to the questions. Hopefully they helped, but I guess only time will tell.

              She seemed to have a problem with using context clues to figure out the meaning of words. That’s something we will probably have to work on. She also wasn’t good at pointing out the narrator’s point of view, or answering “According to paragraph *number*, *blank* is an example of *something*.” She didn’t seem to know how to trace back to find out what a particular thing was connected to.

              I’m finding it a bit difficult to progress with her, so I think I’m going to start giving her homework so she can work on it on her own when I’m done with tutoring her.

              I’ll also start incorporating the past vocab lists I’ve given her into some exercises.