Vie Miller TS#6

After my second lesson with Song, I decided that it was important for me to see her write and review her writing; by doing so, I hoped to get a better understanding of her grammar knowledge than I could get from listening to her speak. Since this my tutee Kubra was having a similar issue, I decided to use the same movie scripting activity which I did with Kubra earlier in the week. I am happy to say that Song very much enjoyed the activity. She essentially rewrote “The Old Man and the Sea,” but instead of taking place off the coast of Cuba, it was set in St. George Island--a popular local beach which Song had visited for the first time the other week! Song spend about five minutes writing her story, and when she was done, I asked her to read it out loud while I followed along. Song was mostly consistent in the tense of her verbs, but she struggled to place articles in front of the appropriate word as well as use commas in her paragraph. I explained the use of articles and commas but promised her that out next lesson would include specific practice on both.