Patrick TS #6

Patrick TS #6

Date/Time: September 14, 2018, 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

Location: CIES Conference

Topic Discussed: Continuation of Revisions on Narrative

Before this session, I prepared a page for today’s activity. Specifically, I typed the paragraph my Tutee hand wrote previously to foster further thinking and refinement of her writing skills. This typed form provided a fresh copy to begin again the revision activities for the narrative. We had written all over the handwritten page, so the fresh copy was helpful. Essentially, the lesson was intended to focus on how to list things in a paragraph.

The prepared page provided a framework for engaging my Tutee in how to identify the key points, and subsequently include them in a narrative passage. I think the framework worked and provided sufficient scaffolding to facilitate learning. Too much scaffolding would inhibit the thinking processes of this good student.

The meeting provided many opportunities to apply things we learned in class. For example, the recent “guardian consonant” idea worked well in guiding pronunciation for some spoken words I heard.

For the next meeting, I will bring a typed page of my Tutee’s narrative as it exists currently. I will ask her to make any final revisions she thinks are necessary. Then, we can review the narrative and discuss any remaining “beautiful mistakes.”