For this tutor session I went with Jennifer and observed her
and Pam tutor Rina and Zoe. It was quite a different experience from what I was
used to, as I had only tutored adults so far. I found that tutoring children
requires a totally different approach from tutoring adults. While we were
waiting for Pam to arrive, we started off with a story. Each of us would write
a sentence building up as crazy story as we went along. I remember that
Jennifer was turned into a turtle and eaten by a monster but knew taekwondo
and so she was able to fight her way out. We also sang some short songs from a
book that Pam had brought. After that, we played a state game and then the kids
had to fill out a crossword type puzzle with the states based on the nickname
for the state. The kids then talked about some of the places that they had gone
to on a trip that they had taken around America. Their English was surprisingly
good. I found the experience to be quite enjoyable and I learned a lot from
it.
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