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Transformation

Don’t- Loc correction

Katt- How you can I help you today

Devon- My teacher handed back my assignment with all this red ink and I was wondering if you could help me.

Katt-Let me look over your paper and ill get back to you.

Devon- Well can I go out for a smoke?

Katt- Sure smoke one for me as well.

Devon- (Returns 20 minutes later) How’s the paper coming along?

Katt- Well take a look

Devon- *Speechless as he sees all the red ink*

Katt- Cat got your tongue? You really need to focus on your spelling and grammar.

Devon- I came from a school system where no child left behind was practiced and teachers never helped correct my spelling.

Katt- Well this is LaGuardia, this school is full of diverse students with different backgrounds you’re no exception.

Devon- I’m not sure if that’s motivation or you’re putting me down!

Katt- Well it’s a little bit of both haha (Laughs manically)

Devon- Well can you just get to the point on how I can correct my grammar? I have to go to work in the next 30 minutes.

Katt- Well cancel your plans you will need more time with that.

Do’s- Hoc correction

Katt- How you can I help you today

Devon- My teacher handed back my assignment with all this red ink and I was wondering if you could help me.

Katt-Let me look over your paper and I’ll get back to you.

Devon- (Waits patiently)

Katt- Well I see that you have a very good paper here, but maybe you should you reread your paper before handing it in. You have some minor grammar issues, but we should focus on the structure of your paper.

Devon- How can I correct my grammar issues?

Katt- You should try to integrate online internet programs like spelling tutorials; this would help you with your spelling. Have you ever heard of James Moffet?

Devon- No, but I’ve heard about LeBron James?

Katt- Oh is he an English professor?

Devon-(Looked at her like she’s a nutjob)

Katt- I was just joking to loosen you up, you look too worried.

Katt- With the structure of your paper you should use transition words to make your words flow smoother.

Devon- Shakes hand and thanks tutor.

Live Tutoring #3

Today's live tutoring I was not as nervous as the first two times. my tutee was excited to show me his work that he had done on his practice CATW exam that focused on healthy eating amongst children. I was introduced to a new tutee today and he was full of questions which made me nervous and I was surprise that I knew all of his answers and was able to help him. With my new tutee he had writers block and did not really know what to write about but really wanted my assistance.  I did his practice CATW but was still lost, I tried a new strategy which I was afraid to use, I used the 20 questions as we both explored his assignment. This helped him generate ideas and make personal connections to his work. He asked if he can keep the questions so he can practice at home in the future with his next assignments. With him i learned to be patient and hear his concerns. With my previous tutee he had a lot of ideas and was prepared to work like the new tutee. I read my previous tutee work and was pleased with what I read because he used the strategies I had presented to him before. He wanted to add more to his paper so I used a new strategy with him which was mapping. He presented me with his topic and he worked the new additional information into his already structured paper. He had some Lower Order Concerns, like spelling; I told him to keep a personalized log of his most common misspelled words to refer to. We even looked at simplified rules like diphthongs like ie-ei. Towards the end the tutees had to look at some tutorial lessons to help them with their CATW. My previous tutee was able to pick his tutorial lessons with my help but asked if he was correct. The new tutee asked me if I can help him pick his tutorial, I informed him that he needed to focus on writers block, generating ideas and free-writing.  Before leaving I told the new tutee that if he had free time he should try to do some free-writing to help him overcome his writers block.

Live Tutoring Session #2

Today I had my second live tutoring session; still I was a little nervous, yet I was anxious to see what the tutees had done since the last time I saw them. To my surprise my tutees did not come to class so I introduced myself to two  new tutees. They both were working on the same assignment 'The Dangers of Reality TV", which I was very familiar with. The 1st tutee was shy, he had explained to me that he had a hard time with the paper because he does not watch TV at all, in addition to that he had little knowledge of what reality TV was. Being that we were in a computer lab I had him re-read the assignment and then Google what reality tv was. I wanted to integrate using a computer in our tutoring session since we had the computer in front of us and it was a great tool to use so he can know what the article he read was about. The second tutee was struggling with finding his claims for his paper and adding examples to show he knew what the article was about. I had him read the article and underline the important things in each paragraph and focus on forming bullet points to support his claims. When I returned to the 1st tutee he was aware of what reality was and ready to work on adding to his paper. He had strong claims but he thought his examples was not strong to support his claims. He was shy and did not want to talk and he kept on saying he did not watch tv because it was boring. I tried to get him to open up so I formed a relationship with him by having small talk with him. I asked him what shows did he watch when he did watch tv, he responded he only watched the Discovery channel. I added on to that by asking him if he reads the newspaper or use the computer. He said yeah I continued with discussing reality tv shows I knew that have been in the newspaper and he opened up and became talkative. He