Sophie TS #8- Elia

My next tutoring session with Elia was a little bit disorganized and unproductive compared to all the others. First of all, I almost didn't make it because my car wouldn't start, and I spent the whole session worrying about that. So noted for the future- double check that your ride will turn on or up, and have a back up plan just in case... 

But it was also a weird session because I tried switching out the spelling for something a little more fun, however it didn't quite go as planned. I brought a miniature version of the game Apples to Apples, and came up with my own modified rules. Per these rules, Elia got 7 red cards (usually nouns), and for every green card (usually adjectives) I asked him to pick one of his 7 cards that was best described by the adjective. What I didn't realize when I came up with this plan was that the Apples to Apples set was the "trendy" version, meaning it had a lot of pop culture references from 2010 to whenever I bought the game. So mostly people, tv shows, and slang that Elia had never heard of.. That, on top of the fact that the adjectives were probably too difficult for him made it a not very productive session.

After a point I finally realized how much it wasn't working and switched to something a little simpler. I gave Elia the stack of red cards and had him sort them into piles based on whether they were people, places, things, or ideas. It was still difficult because of the topics, but I think ultimately he got more out of this than what we first did.