Saturday, December 22, 2012

Preston TP 3


TP 3
It was my 3rd tutoring session Li Su. I had noticed that interest was lagging in the last lesson so I decided to use something for the lesson that would be a bit more compelling. Instead of a dry listening, reading, or grammar exercise. I used the story Rappacini’s Daughter by Nathaniel Hawthorne. I went over most of the unfamiliar or unusual vocabulary before we started reading, but I left a few out so we could practice guessing the meaning of words via context later. I split the story into two parts and saved the resolution for the next session. I had her read 3 times, the first was for meaning, and the next two reading were looking for specific information. I prepared 10 comprehension questions to go along with the reading. After the third read she got 8 of the 10 questions correct. We went back over the sections of the text were she missed questions together and I showed her how to find the answers to the questions. I have to say the lesson went well, it was interesting and not too difficult but not easy either. I’m still working on gauging difficulty. 

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