Sheridan T.S #4

January 22, 2020

Tutoring # 4

Mohammed Shaek
Catalina Cafe
'Speaking'

  On Wednesday at approximately 4:00 PM, I met with Mohammed at the CIES center after I was finished with my conversation partner.  He and I walked to Catalina Cafe, which is located next to Greenwise on Gaines Street.  We talked about our days and how our classes were going and what we were doing for the rest of the day.  Once we got to Catalina, we ordered food and sat down to eat.  I told him what I expected of him today and what I was going to help him with for the next 3 hours.
  The final topic we covered was speaking.  Going back to the previous topic that we covered before beginning this one, reading and writing, I had Mohammed read the article that he read to himself, aloud to me.  Again, the article was about determining the meaning of our dreams.  A psychological article that he found rather interesting.  As he was reading, I read along with him and corrected any pronunciation errors and helped define words that he did not know or understand.  He did fairly well reading this article, with minimal errors.  We read another article after this one that he also excelled on!

  We discussed meeting again next week at the same time and knocking out 3 sessions in one sitting because we are both very busy individuals.  As far as what I will be tutoring him on, one of the topics I am going to give him spelling worksheets and a few reading passages that are followed by open ended and multiple choice discussion questions based on the reading passages.  I think that these will really help him with understanding spelling and reading comprehension.