The tutoring session went okay with my tutee who, being a pragamatic learner, wanted to know the point of all this. We began by reading an article from Sports Illustrated since he is huge basketball fan.
As he read the article, I could see that he is a very good reader. His Schonell score was 10.5, which is pretty good for a kid entering ninth grade in the fall. Based on Burke, he does not enjoy reading. He also does not enjoy writing; so our tutoring sessions will focus on these challenges. I will make sure to have reading material that appeal to his interest in basketball and equip with tools to help him become a better writer.
I will be looking forward to the lesson plan first for approval and after lesson plan two, the summary assessment sheet.
ReplyDeleteYou have already told me that this good reader is now choosing to be an aliterate reader--only reading when he has to. You have also told me that he is a passive reader and not active in the reading PROCESS. He views reading as a race and not an adventure. He reads through many of his text and at the end does not remember what he has read. That is why we have strategies for each part of the reading process.
You know his interests and there are multiple stories in this field that you can use to teach the before/during/and after aspects of a good literacy lesson.