Michelle TS #5 Mohammad

On our second meeting, Mohammad requested we work together on a homework assignment. This short writing assignment was for his composition class. Students were given class time to complete a short story about modes of transportation and the benefits/negatives of each. He was instructed to follow the typical five paragraph essay structure. Students were given the chance to take their essay home and continue working on it after class. After discussing the prompt with Mohammad, it seemed he understood the topic and could talk with me about it, but it was more difficult for him to get words on paper. I asked him about his usual process for essay writing and he noted that he does not use outlines unless instructed to by a professor. I have always used outlines for my essays in school and I find them extremely helpful. We did not have time to do a full run through on outlines unfortunately.

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