William Gragg, T.S. #9

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July 9th, Tuesday

Session #1 with Daniela at Kameleon Tea 

Topic/Skill: Writing a formal review of an academic article.

Feedback provided to the tutee: I helped Daniela with her grammar in her review article. More specifically, I helped Daniela with subject-verb agreement, using commas to indicate unessential information, and making a strong conclusion. Daniela would often misuse "are" when the verb was singular, so I explained why she must use a different from of "to be" through inquisitive comments that helped her learn the difference. Next, for the use of commas when providing unessential information, I explained a method known as "the hamburger method" which in short is when the buns represent the information before and after the unessential information, and the meat represents the unessential information. Yes, you may eat the buns by themselves, but the sandwich is better with the meat. Lastly, I guided Daniela in her efforts to make her conclusion stronger and more concise.


Lessons: The main lessons we covered in Daniela's first session were subject-verb agreement, using commas to indicate unessential information, and making a strong conclusion. Daniela is an advanced student, so I these lessons were supplements to her well-established writing.

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