Mondays Tutoring with ENG 099 students

   Mondays tutoring session with ENG 099 students was a great experience for me to go through. I had the chance to tutor two students, which was different compared to the last session of tutoring I did, being that I only worked with one student. At first I was a little nervous because I never worked with two students at the same time, but I just remembered all the positive things Professor Cooper told me and got to work! It is very important to stay calm and focus on the students you are working with and not lose focus.
   I introduced myself as they introduced themselves as well, and then I read their work both. As I skimmed through one of the students work, I asked the other student to read over their work for any minor errors they made. The young woman had almost finished her essay and all she needed was a conclusion to end her draft. As for the young man, he had one paragraph and wasn't even close to being finished. I gave a few ideas to the young woman as I began to work with the other student and help him develop his writing. As I was working with the young man, the other student kept asking me questions and asked for help. I told her nicely that I also needed to work with her classmate and asked her to get more into depth with her paper. When I finsihed working with the student I began looking over her paper again.
 In both papers I looked for a thesis, topic sentences, details and minor errors. Both students didn't have all of these but by the end of class, they did develop a great thesis, topic sentences and details to support both. I encouraged them to always restate their thesis in their conclusion and not have more then four-five sentences in their introduction. I reminded them that they would do great on their exam if they stayed focus and thought positive!
  I enjoyed tutoring both students and would love to have the chance to do it again! Yes working with two students is a little more difficult then working with one, but I was well prepared and used all the strategies that I learned in class. Strategies like, body language,  friendly introduction, spoke out loud, complimented and praised them and many other strategies.