Sophie TS #6- Fahad

Between my second and third meetings with Fahad a lot of time passed as we both got busy with classes and travelling. Unfortunately he didn't get the chance to write the essay or introduction paragraph we had talked about last time, but because it was his idea in the first place and everything we worked on was optional, it wasn't that big of a deal. Plus, I didn't want to pressure him to add more work to everything he already had to do for his actual classes! However, I did have a few examples of essays that I had prepared beforehand, so we went over those.

http://www.englishadvantageblog.com/wp-content/uploads/Introductions.pdf

http://www.englishadvantageblog.com/wp-content/uploads/Good-intros-and-conclusions.pdf

I found these handouts online, one for lower levels and one for more advanced students, but I brought them both with me and used a combination of the examples on both.

I also brought with me a sample of an essay that did a good job with the introduction and with transitioning smoothly throughout the essay: http://www.learnalberta.ca/content/eslapb/writingsamples/grade11_level5.html

Fahad seemed to understand the things I pointed out in each example, and understand how they worked to create a fluid, engaging essay, but had some trouble recreating similar sentences and paragraphs himself. However I think because he can identify and explain things, he'll get better at recreating them himself as he becomes more familiar with English and simply with practice writing essays.