Dennis TS#7

For my 3^rd session with Matthew, I wanted to challenge him to write more. I knew he was smart and didn’t have any major issues for a kid his age, but I hadn’t really found anything that was really pushing him forward. I figured he was ready to learn how to write a five paragraph essay, so that’s what I spent the tutoring session teaching him. We started off with the same prompt I gave Julio: tell me about an inventor, his invention, and how it changed the world. He wrote a short, humorous passage about fireproof and waterproof hover boards. Next I showed him a web diagram, and how it was used to help generate ideas stemming from a central main idea. We used it to generate a model of how it could be used for the inventor prompt. I also had a 5 paragraph essay outline to model the structure, including introductory paragraph, body, and concluding paragraph. Then I encouraged him to use it for the next prompt, which would have a timed portion for planning, and a timed portion for writing the actual essay. After I read him the prompt (tell me about your dream vacation) he went to work and did an awesome job. I was impressed with how little I had to correct, but I definitely taught him something that would help him in his academic future.