Before starting tutoring I wasn’t nervous, I was just ready to do it but when I started the process I got very nervous. The first thing I did was introduced myself to the student and then I asked him, what kind of help he need? He needed help with his paper, he had already a part of the essay written but he needed more help with his paragraph development in the way of using examples, details, and saying more information. And also he needed help with transitional words because he does not use them at all. He understood the article and already had an idea of what information he wanted to use but his problem was that his paper was a little all over the place. I had problem understanding his writing; it was very confusing. I found very different that he started the essay with his personal experience because it makes the essay interesting. In my opinion, I think it is better to start the essay by doing the summary of the article and then the important ideas, explain the ideas, your personal experience, and final the conclusion. I liked the fact that I got into the topic that I felt like writing the paper for him but I know that can’t happen. My tutee and I had a good communication, when he got stuck in some parts I jumped in and helped giving him examples that were very useful for the paper. I also asked him questions to get answers from him so he can be able to use his own answers and put them into ideas for the paper. To me the time went by so fast, I think it was a lot of good information to talk about. I did not have time for everything but I gave him my email address so I can help him over the weekend. So far I like my tutoring because I can see how much I am able to help other people with their writing assignment.
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