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.