Cameron TS#8

On February 22nd, I met with Hassad again.  This time, he wasn't too interested in doing IELTS studying. Instead, he wanted to work on issues he has with English, so I created an activity that resembled spelling exercises for ESL students. I collected mistakes he made during his writing tutoring session such as: prefer, their, there, and they’re and asked him to try to create a poem using some of these words. I knew this was going to be difficult for him so I modeled some ways he could go about this. For example, I highlighted the word secretary to use as my first line. I said, “the secretary cannot keep their secret.” I showed him that the word “secret” is in “secretary” and asked who did the secret belong to. This allowed him to see that I was using multiple words in a phrase to get across the meaning of all of them in context. I told him this is an excellent way to remember concepts or words because they can become so silly you can never forget them. Simply, create a phrase that allows you to understand the meaning of the word or words. He seemed to be involved in the lesson, and I hope he uses this method in the future, because this is how I study.