Date/Time: April 6, 2018
2:00 P.M.- 3:00 P.M.
Location: CIES
Topic/Skill: IELTS writing
practice
Feedback provided to
tutee: Mao Mao has a strong aversion to pre-writing planning. I spent the
tutoring session trying to show him the importance of planning. I presented him
with a practice IELTS test writing prompt. First, I had him write a shortened
version of his essay without planning, giving him ten minutes to complete it. We
then made a plan for the essay, and he used that to write a second version. We compared
both of his essays, allowing Mao Mao to see the difference that planning can
make, particularly when writing an essay under a time constraint.
Lesson(s) about tutoring
and/or the tutee you learned: Discussing planning with Mao Mao gave me insight
into why he doesn’t like to plan before he begins writing. He feels that it
takes too much time away from his essay writing time. This discussion allowed
me to tailor my lesson to his needs and show him ways to plan that are not time
intensive while being effective.
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