Pak TP#4

In this meeting, my tutee and I discussed how to effectively write body paragraphs in an essay and we also held a mock TEFL speaking session as well.

That day wet met at his apartment and we used a study room that was there.  I utilized the white board that was in the room to better illustrate and explain the components of the body paragraphs.  He was very familiar with the proccess of writing, but he asked me to review and help him better understand it.

To have him understand the stucture of the body paragraphs, I told him that it was like a miniature essay in itself.  The first line starts with the main idea, then a couple of supporting sentences, then finish with a closing sentence that will smoothly transition into the next paragraph.  For this, I drew the the Greek Pillars model and then erased the top and the base part so that the pillars were the only things left.

Underneath each of the pillars I drew two lines that stemmed out and below, these would serve as places to write down the supporting statements.  Since the topic that we were working on was in a persuasive nature, I had him think of three reasons.  As mentioned in one our previous meetings, the reasons why someone should visit Kuwait would be because of the nice weather, the modern architecture and attraactions, and because he lives there.

For weather, he stated that the nights were really cool and you could see the stars, and that there were not a lot of hurricanes and the like.
For the architecture and attractions, he talked about the gigantic malls and the Kuwait Towers.
Lastly, for his support in living there, he stated that if anyone wanted to go to Kuwait, he could take them sightseeing and that the visitors could stay at his home.

Along with the transition words that I gave him, he beautifully constructed the paragraphs.

This past weekend he went to Tampa to take the IELS and once he comes back, we will schedule another meeting.