Keira TS #12
Date/Time: July 1, 2017 - 3:00pm
Location: Starbucks
Topic/Skill: Review, Reporter Speech
Today, I met again with Casias. One of his questions was about how to properly use what he called "reporter speech," which involves conveying what someone else said in the past. In this kind of context, he was confused about how to change the tense, or if it was necessary to do so. I explained the difference between directly quoting someone and summarizing what he or she said (e.g. "Casias asked 'Do we have a test this week?' versus "Casias asked if his class had a test that week."). I also talked about the contexts in which these different ways of reporting what someone else has said are likely to appear. This led to a tangent on what is considered plagiarism in America, and the importance our culture places on crediting outside sources.
Feedback Provided to Tutee: The topic of reporter speech is an important one to go over, so I had Casias provide me with different examples from his classes. We talked about how the example sentences would change depending on if it used a direct quote or if it was paraphrasing, and we talked about how this affected the tense. I had him come up with several examples that required him to practice changing the tense of the words in order to be grammatically correct and convey the correct meaning.
Lesson(s) about Tutoring and/or the Tutee You Learned: Much of what I have learned in tutoring Casias is about the importance of practice. The things he has questions about are often problems with very simple solutions that mainly require memorization or continued practice. Therefore, in our sessions, I ensure that we use many examples, I look for new ways to explain things that may click with him more, and I frequently check to make sure my explanations and examples are making sense.
Location: Starbucks
Topic/Skill: Review, Reporter Speech
Feedback Provided to Tutee: The topic of reporter speech is an important one to go over, so I had Casias provide me with different examples from his classes. We talked about how the example sentences would change depending on if it used a direct quote or if it was paraphrasing, and we talked about how this affected the tense. I had him come up with several examples that required him to practice changing the tense of the words in order to be grammatically correct and convey the correct meaning.
Lesson(s) about Tutoring and/or the Tutee You Learned: Much of what I have learned in tutoring Casias is about the importance of practice. The things he has questions about are often problems with very simple solutions that mainly require memorization or continued practice. Therefore, in our sessions, I ensure that we use many examples, I look for new ways to explain things that may click with him more, and I frequently check to make sure my explanations and examples are making sense.
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