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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