For my last observation at the writing center, the tutor introduced me to the student she was going to be tutoring. The tutor began the session by asking, "So, what are we working on today"? The student told the tutor he wanted a revision to his essay, since he received a C as a grade and wanted to improve it. The tutor began by reading the students essay. Then she asked him more questions like:
* What are you trying to prove?
* How can you articulate you idea for the thesis?
Then the tutor told the student to try to answer the questions you are asked in the assignment in order to come up with the thesis. As the tutor kept reading through the essay, she let the writer know that he needed a new focus for each body paragraph. In addition, she noticed a quote in his essay that was very long and to make it short (1-2 lines). The tutor also noticed that he ended his paragraph with the quote. Since the writer seemed confused after so many errors, the tutor said that she was going to be back in a second to bring him an outline structure handout so it can help him improve his structuring and ideas for his essay. So she had the student working on the handout so it can help him put his ideas into order.
Another student came in late and she gladly started to help him. The second student was only in the session for about 20 minutes but she gave him good feedback. Even though they didn't finish the session, she encouraged him to come back for more help.
The first student was really pleased with the session that he was actually able to fill out the handout and found the structuring to be really helpful. I believe this was another great tutoring session that I experienced here at the writing center.
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