Alexandria TS #6

Last Friday, May 22, I tutored Abeer. It was my first time tutoring her so we had a quick conversation about her culture, and what she needed help with. She said she needed help with reading and listening. I had prepared things to read, and decided that "No Tattoos for Apple Watch" would be a good article to start off with. I had her read the first paragraph, and she was very confused at to what was happening. I realized that it was difficult for her to read, and that I should choose an easier article next time. We went over a lot of vocabulary after she finished reading it, and defined each word together. I realized that she would sometimes underline the same word twice, and had her define the word for me to see if she understood what we went over. She seemed to understand the majority of the words we went over, and I thought it was great that she was able to grasp the meaning so quickly. After we read the article we went over questions about the article as to what she thought the main idea was, and if it was bias or objective. Abeer got the idea after going through each paragraph, and summarizing it together. Our next class will involve a shorter article with easier words, and I will have us watch a short clip to practice her listening as well.