Catherine TS#6

On Wednesday, May 20, I had my first group tutoring session with Osama and Saeed. We all met at Starbucks. They were both worried about passing their midterms, and preferred that I helped them study. With Saeed, he had to study for his Listening class. For Saeed, I had him listen to Drake's "Now & Forever" and complete a worksheet with questions pertaining to the song. Meanwhile, with Osama, we worked on conjugating "-to be" plus "-ing" verbs. I gave him a worksheet. I monitored as he conjugated verbs into the "-to be"+"-ing" format, and then wrote sentences for each word. Once Saeed finished with his listening activity, I helped him prepare for a verbal presentation. He was to give a speech about a topic pertaining to his culture. He chose to talk about greetings in Saudi Arabia, and how they differ between genders and within families. I simply had Saeed practice by explaining the customs to me, and I would intervene when he would make mistakes with his grammar.