First In-class tutoring session thoughts

In my first session, the first thing I will do is be alert and friendly, introduce myself, and ask the name of the tutee. I will then have an informal introduction, and explain what I will be doing with the student. I will say that I am going to help you with your paper, by reading it over, and giving them some tips on how to improve. The strategies I will use are asking the writer what the central issue is of their piece, and to summarize their paper in one or two sentences. Then I will do some outlining, where they can tell me how each body paragraph relates to their thesis if they have one. If the writer is having issues expressing their thesis, I will them have them do a writing exercise where they will write down everything that comes to mind about the topic they are writing about.   I imagine that due to the fact that most of these students will have read the book and discussed in class what their paper is about that they will more or less be familiar about the topic and should not have much problems in figuring out what they want to write about, as Food, Inc. is a touchy subject that everyone can relate to. Problems that might arise in their paper might be structure, organization and clear representation of their thesis, along with maybe some grammatical issues. The writer may be aware of the topic at hand but might not be able to have a definitive argument of the subject. The session will end on a positive note, where I will do a recap on what I think the writer needs to focus and work on, and wish them luck on their paper.