My first observation went very well on March 18,2015. Tutor welcome both the students well. She then asked one to look over his paper to see what does he thinks is wrong With his paper. While she helped other student on her paper. Her body language looked very good. She stood up every well and showed interest in the tutee work and questions. Tutor did focus on high order concerns such as what was their thesis and how the paragraphs should be in order. She also was asking more questions to the tutee to get out the information the tutee needed. Both students had problems defining what their thesis was. She explained to both students that in some articles you can defined the thesis of the paper in the tittle. The tutor was also patient with her tutee. They both kept repeating the same questions. She calmly try to explain an example so that they would understand. Also cheers them on when they figure out their thesis. I'm hoping that my next observation will be just as good as this one. It is expected.

1) Based the Writing Center videos, what makes a tutorial successful and what are we looking for as we begin our observations next week?
 
     what makes a tutorial successful is one who takes interest what the student has wrote. A tutor must understand the basic skills of being a tutor such as active listening, good tone and body language and giving out constructive criticism. He or she has to be very patient with the student as well because that can reflect how the student actions toward the tutor.


2) [time-permitting]: What are the common points between what makes for good 'teaching' and what makes for 'good writing.'

       Some of the common points between what makes for good "teaching" and what makes for "good writing" is one who  allow themselves  to be open to ideas of other. Someone who is about to make ideas and put then in order.

Blog Video Review: In-Class

Blog Video Review: In-Class

Name a couple useful - and not so useful - strategies for tutoring that appeared in the videos we watched this week.


          In the videos we watch in class today I seen useful and not so useful strategies. Tutor kept calm as the tutee was getting upset. She calmly told the tutee that she needed to site the sources. The  tutee then got upset and asked if she needed to change her paper and tutor told her no. Yes keeping calm and repeating what the problem was about the paper was good strategies. But telling the tutee she didn't need to change the paper was not so useful. The tutor should have told her that they can work on the paper and switch things around and cite the sources. Instead the tutee got up and walked away. As for the tutee she should have remain calm and not compare college to high school. Every system of the board of ed is very different. She have asked the tutor what as some of the things that can help her better her paper instead of walking away and giving up.