Isabel TS #6


Tutoring Session #6 - Brenda

Today I tutored Brenda for the second time. Brenda just spent two weeks in California, so she was behind in her CIES work and said she was having a hard time trying to learn what she missed. This session we focused on subject pronouns, object pronouns, possessive pronouns, and possessive adjectives. She was eager to learn this, that, these, those because this is something she struggles with yet needs for everyday communication. We played a little game to help her learn this, and she informed me it was a lot clearer after the session. I also wrote sentences for her and had her change the subjects and the objects to the correct pronouns. I could definitely see her improving throughout the session, so I think it was pretty successful.

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