Casey TS #16

For the second hour of our session on March 3rd, Indira worked on a short argumentative writing prompt that she chose "Should all school students be required to wear a uniform?". I timed this writing for 15 minutes. I gave Indira the instructions to make a quick outline of her thesis and argument points before writing so that she could work on planning her essay before writing it out. Indira wrote three small paragraphs about her topic and gave a few supporting details about each paragraph. I looked over her writing sample and corrected the major mistakes that I saw and then briefly discussed the other smaller details with her that could be improved. After corrections, I played the "devil's advocate" for the opposing side of her argument for a while so that she could come up with support for why my arguments were wrong. This debate ended in me describing how the main difference for an argumentative essay will be that she will be required to bring up and refute the opposing side in whatever topic she chooses for class assignments. I think Indira has made a  great start to her new session and she is very hardworking in her efforts to become fluent in English.