Isabel TS #8


Tutoring Session #8 - Brenda

Yesterday Brenda and I went to Tropical Smoothie Cafe for our third session together. Brenda wanted to go over pronouns again because she is having a hard time understanding this topic. She has a hard time distinguishing between subject pronouns, object pronouns, possessive pronouns, and possessive adjectives. Throughout the session I told her to first figure out what part of the sentence you are being asked to write, and then figure out the correct word. She definitely started to catch on as I guided her through each question on her worksheet, but she still needs to continue memorizing the correct pronouns for each form. Brenda was very frustrated with her mistakes, but I encouraged her throughout the session, and I know she will continue to progress.

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