Kim Clauson_ TP 9

                Edgar and I decided that on Veteran’s Day, Monday, November 19, 2012, we should get up once again since we were about to be unavailable over the upcoming Thanksgiving holiday.  On this day, I continued to work with the article to help with reading comprehension, but we also switched gears so that we could focus on writing as well.  Edgar sent me one of his writing samples to review and offer suggestions and critiques.  I was impressed, overall, with the composition, though he mentioned that he had previously edited the paper with a different teacher.  I suggested that he practice a timed writing to add additional pressure to the process.  I also assured him that mistakes were a beautiful opportunity for me to discover future needs in regards to lesson planning.  Edgar actually had time to complete two medium-length compositions.  I was hesitant to assign two writing assignments back-to-back, but we had extra time and Edgar was eager to offer me writing samples.  The writing topics included agreeing or disagreeing about being present in life, and explaining why people attend college.  I am very eager to read his essays and offer him helpful grammatical corrections.  I am very reliant on the grammar corrections key at the moment as I have a lot of editing to do!  Since we would be unable to meet during Thanksgiving, I assigned Edgar a writing assignment about his Thanksgiving break.  I also asked him to define the vocabulary words from his article and create another web outline about a Ted presentation of his choice.  I know Edgar is very eager to progress, but I hope that he isn’t overwhelmed with the amount of work that I assigned!