Gale_TP#10

Gale Workman

TP#10

Sept. 17, 2014, 3 p.m.

Hecht House

I team-tutored Sephora (Brazil) and Coo (Korea) with Harrison. Coo told us about a build-a-bike program they heard about in CIES class. Each student wanted to learn more about how she could get a bicycle.

We all worked together on our laptops to find the BikeHouse.org website http://bicyclehouse.org/bicycle_house/Build_a_Bike.html, where there were loads of details and an application to complete and submit. We found the page about Build-A-Bike, and each student alternated reading aloud the instructions. After each short paragraph, we did a comprehension check: Sephora or Coo explained what she had read.

I worked one-on-one with Coo during the remainder of the session. First, we completed the online application. One of the questions was "tell us a little about yourself," so I chatted with Coo to help her to create three short sentences, including stating how she would rather build than buy a bike to ride in Tallahassee.

When Coo answered the question about the kind of riding she did … with a little help ... Coo typed the word commuter. Impressive!

Coo and Seporah discussed how to answer the question about when they are available to build their bikes, as they have busy schedules and hope to go together to the BicycleHouse. It’s on Jackson Bluff Road, one block south of the stadium.

Coo was concerned about the money involved, which is a “donation.” She wanted to ensure the appropriate amount of donation. We dug deeper into the website and found a fee schedule for private customers who have repairs done at the BicycleHouse. Then we discussed how to use the fee schedule to determine an appropriate donation.

After the forms were submitted, we talked about bicycles, styles of bicycles and riding gear -- including helmets and padded spandex shorts. We went online to look at pictures to learn vocabulary words, which Coo asked me to spell so she could type them into her phone.

The students had heard that "biking" meant motorcycling. We discussed the nuances of bicycling, biking, cycling and motorcycling. We all laughed about how confusing it is!