Sandy Velasco
English 220
3-16-2015




Based the Writing Center videos, I believe what makes a tutorial successful is to make the enviornment comfortable for both the tutor and the writer. The tutor should be careful with their tone and body language. The writer shouldnt feel like the tutor is bored. Tutor's are available in the writing centers to help tutee's in their writing so they can improve their academic performance. The tutor should ask questions to the tutee in order to have his/her ideas to flow.

What are we looking for as we begin our observations next week is for the diffrent types of tones, body languages and dialouge that the tutor uses during the session. For observations, we should also listen to the diffrent kinds of problems that the writer's have and how the tutors help. We are also looking to observe if the tutors prioritize the lower-order concerns (grammar) more that the higher-order concerns (thesis, paragraphs and evidence).

With the little bit of knowledge we have so far from Tutoring Writing, we know that the tutor is not there to take ownership of the writers paper. According to the book Tutoring Writing, "tutors who pounce on first draft writing and make corrections, take the writing away from the writer".