Chan- TP#9

     This week I met with Jarreh.  He told me that he needed help with understanding adverbs and gerunds.  I was surprised by how diverse adverbs can be, as my grammar lessons in grade school only covered adverbs as “a word that modifies a verb.”  In actuality, an adverb is much more than that.  To begin, I found a helpful worksheet online that gave students practice at pinpointing the adverb as well as giving the reason why the student chose that word.  For example, an adverb tells the reader how, where, or when something occurred.  Jarreh caught on quickly, yet our lesson was consistently “interrupted” by unfamiliar vocabulary.  I took the opportunity to have Jarreh write any words he found useful on a yellow “sticky-note” and place them around his apartment walls.  He found this a good idea!

            Next, we moved on to gerunds: working together on worksheets that allow the student to pinpoint the gerund and give the reason why they chose that particular word.  I found a worksheet that also gave examples with NO gerunds in them in order to more effectively test Jarreh’s comprehension.  He is a quick learner and is well on his way to his desired IELTS score... if he takes the time to increase his vocabulary