Casey TS #12

To continue on our second hour of tutoring, Indira and I had a timed 5 minute discussion on "Favorite vacation location" in which Indira was able to very easily give me information about her favorite location and why with so much detail compared to her writing sample, even though she wrote and spoke for the same amount of time. I explained to Indira that her writing should be just as fluent and just as complex as if she were speaking it to me. I listed off some of the great points she made such as visiting the local arenas of Spain and seeing her great grandparents old home that she wasn't able to include in her writing. We went over some tips I found on esl writing fluency and I had her write one more sample using these tips on the topic "Favorite outdoor activity".