Paige TS #11

Tutee: PJ
Subject: Reading

On Wednesday, Pj and I read another passage. This time I intentionally chose 1 long story instead of our usual 2 short stories. This was done to improve his comprehension for a longer passage. The story we read was "The Intruder". Per usual, we read a few paragraphs and then I would ask him to summarize what happened. Compared to our shorter reads, I did have to employ a few more guiding questions before he could summarize what was read. Then, at the end, I had him answer a few comprehension questions at the end of the story. Overall, he did very well on it. I started with 2 easier qiuestions to get him going and then transitioned him more into some of the more detailed and critical thinking questions. On the detailed questions, he has improved, by not needing to look back to the story as much. In reference to the critical thinking ones however, there was still a disconnect. So, for our final meeting, I will have him do shorter passages, but the questions will be all detailed and critical thinking based.

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