TP #9
Time: 4-5pm
Date: 9/29/14
Location: Tallahassee public library
Today I meet with my child tutee Matthew. Out of all our tutoring sessions today went the smoothest, in large part his brother David was not there to distract him. We started a new book Star Wars. He was definitely eager to read this book. He had no problem understanding and comprehending the plot of the story. Yet, I do not think this reflects his true comprehension skills because he has seen all the movies. There was a point when he tutored me on how to correctly pronounce the word "tatoonie" (he thoroughly enjoyed this part). Towards the end of our session he began to go on a tangent by asking me various questions. At first I would not give into his question but then, I used his questions and turned them into a vocabulary lesson. For example he was asking me about the gators and seminoles then I would use the words he did not know the meaning to to describe them, such as "rivals". This method was very effective in increasing his vocabulary, because he didn't realize he was learning new words through our conversation. Once we finished reading a few chapters I had him summarize everything we read. As he wrote his summaries I went ahead in the book and selected 5 difficult words for him to define as homework. All in all this tutoring session went very well.
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