I just came back from my last official TP session with Woo-Joo. I was happy to see that he had completed his essay. However he did not seem to have put too much effort into it. We spent the first part of our session discussing what he had done this week in school. he told me that his final exams went very well and that he had received straight A's. so I understood why completing the essay wasn't his focus. I went ahead and graded that same essay in front of him while he played some grammar game on my tablet. on his essay I could see that he had problems concerning prepositions word choice and general fluidity. at this point I was upset at myself that I haven't really practiced that much grammar with him in the past. Our lessons had mostly consisted of listening exercises, reading exercises and general writing as a concept. I graded his paper by circleling problems and not necessarily correcting them. after I have done that I asked them for every part that needs correction what he thinks the correct answer is. through this method he was able to spend more time working on his mistakes and ultimately correct the answers himself. we then watched a TED talk video and nearly discussed it and I conducted a comprehension check on him. I think for next week it would be beneficial that we work more on grammar and less on reading writing and speaking. I will try to find some worksheets that help with the problems listed above and now I realize that our first meeting should have consisted of him writing an essay and me identifying find his problems.
Please excuse the lame grammar this was written on a phone.
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