Patrick TS #12

Patrick TS#12

Date/Time: September 21, 2018, 12:30 p.m-1:30 p.m.

Location: CIES Conference Room

Topic Discussed:  Verbs and Articles (a, an, the)

In the previous session my Tutee requested that we work on verbs. I prepared several activities for her to engage in today. I was pleased to observe that she quickly applied various verb forms for the infinitive “to be”. The worksheets we used had an appropriate amount of scaffolding so she could focus on using the verbs in the correct form, including singular and plural forms and first, second, and third person.

My Tutee noted early in the session that she wanted to work on how to use the articles “a”, “an”, and “the”. I explained simply a few things about these important parts of speech. Next, I wrote out simple sentences and asked her to choose “a” or “an” as the answer. After a few examples she became more confident and answered confidently each subsequent example. I periodically asked her questions about her choices to determine whether she fully understood why the answer was

“a” vs. “an”. She gave the correct reason each time. We also examined the parallel pattern for “the” (e.g., pronunciation: "the" vs. "thee").

At the end of the session, I indicated I would email some additional practice materials for her to use. I encouraged her to speak English as often as possible. She seemed to be pleased with her progress and expressed interest in meeting again next week.