Rosalyn TS #5
Jan 24
4-5:30PM
I met with Nadine in the CIES coffee lounge, and we talked for a bit to wind down and relax. Afterwards, we turned to the TOEFL book again, this time to focus on writing. I think it was very apt, since I had just finished learning how to construct a writing lesson, and she has been doing some compositions too. We read the prompt together, which was, "Younger people enjoy life better than older people. Do you agree with this statement, why or why not? Include clear support and explanations." We didn't time this session according to the rules. Instead, we spent the time coming up with key phrases for our two body paragraphs (since 4 paragraph essays are allowed).
We wrote down any words we could think of, such as children, bills, school, free time, medicine, health, etc. We then categorized them into two groups: younger (which had the associated words free time, worries, don't have to work), and older (which had the words children, bills, medicine, health). Then, without my help, she wrote the first paragraph, which said younger people don't have to worry about adult problems, don't have to spend their own money, and have a lot of free time to do activities. I then looked it over for a clear topic sentence, which she did. We tweaked minor errors, and she had a pattern of switching "have" for "are", but I assume it has something to do with French grammar, since she speaks French. Her second paragraph was about how older people had worse health, so they need to take medicine all the time, had to take care of children, and had to pay bills. This time, there were fewer mistakes, because she was more confident.
She wrote the thesis statement afterwards, which was pretty solid. I was very pleasantly surprised and impressed at her work, especially by the second paragraph, which only had 2 small grammar errors. She was concise and clear in her writing! I look forward to seeing her again on Friday.
4-5:30PM
I met with Nadine in the CIES coffee lounge, and we talked for a bit to wind down and relax. Afterwards, we turned to the TOEFL book again, this time to focus on writing. I think it was very apt, since I had just finished learning how to construct a writing lesson, and she has been doing some compositions too. We read the prompt together, which was, "Younger people enjoy life better than older people. Do you agree with this statement, why or why not? Include clear support and explanations." We didn't time this session according to the rules. Instead, we spent the time coming up with key phrases for our two body paragraphs (since 4 paragraph essays are allowed).
We wrote down any words we could think of, such as children, bills, school, free time, medicine, health, etc. We then categorized them into two groups: younger (which had the associated words free time, worries, don't have to work), and older (which had the words children, bills, medicine, health). Then, without my help, she wrote the first paragraph, which said younger people don't have to worry about adult problems, don't have to spend their own money, and have a lot of free time to do activities. I then looked it over for a clear topic sentence, which she did. We tweaked minor errors, and she had a pattern of switching "have" for "are", but I assume it has something to do with French grammar, since she speaks French. Her second paragraph was about how older people had worse health, so they need to take medicine all the time, had to take care of children, and had to pay bills. This time, there were fewer mistakes, because she was more confident.
She wrote the thesis statement afterwards, which was pretty solid. I was very pleasantly surprised and impressed at her work, especially by the second paragraph, which only had 2 small grammar errors. She was concise and clear in her writing! I look forward to seeing her again on Friday.
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