Saturday, April 23, 2016

Isik TS # 4 with Michaella Malone

Tutoring Section 4 with Michaella

Date/Time: March 31, 2016/ 9:30 a.m.-10:30a.m.

Location: CIES

Topic/Skill: Grammar and Factual Based Expository Writing/Expository Writing Practice

Feedback provided to tutee: Michaella gave me the format of expository writing. The format is:
Definition: process of explaining a subject/topic
Goal: to share information with the reader
Important tips:
1. Must be fact-based and not opinion based
2. Must use third person perspective. Ex: He, she, it, him, her, its
3. Examples of types of expository essays
-compare/contrast
-explain a step-by-step process
-identify a cause/effect relationship

Lesson(s) about tutoring and/or the tutee you learned: I wrote an essay to identify a cause/effect relationship:
The title of essay is Explaining Sociology.
Attention grabber sentence is: “Under the general education requirement, sociology is one of the core social science courses in higher education. “…
The topic sentence for first paragraph: “The reason of this requirement comes from a contemporary sociologist, Wright Mills. He explains the connection between social facts in society and personal issues in individuals lives.” ….

The topic sentence for second paragraph: “The purpose of sociology courses is students would able to make this connection to their lives and to raise their awareness about their own social environment.”…

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