Journal #5 Going into week 6, I’m grateful that I have the practicum to attend in tandem with my recent integration into Dr. Anderson’s class. Without the advice given in The Longman Guide to Tutoring I think these beginning stages of being a writing fellow would feel like I was walking, blindfolded, into the ocean. Now, … [Read more…]
Journal #4 In reflecting on the mock-tutoring session that occurred during the last practicum, I find myself wishing I had done things a little bit differently. As the mock-fellow, I wish I had gained a little bit more report with the student. I think this might have helped (had it not been David’s job to … [Read more…]
Journal #3 In this weeks reading of, The Longman Guide to Tutoring, several of the points Gillespie and Lerner made resonated with me. The more explicit of them being: take notes, and listen. (73,87) Specifically, I found myself pondering the “…power of silence.”. (P. 87) As someone who finds themselves experiencing a rather substantial amount of … [Read more…]
Journal #2 Admittedly, I had a hard time with this assignment. The writer of American Ethics made some poignant, and potentially beautiful, remarks. This was unfortunately juxtaposed by the overall inconsistent tone of the essay- which lacked personality. I found myself reading this essay and asking myself, ‘Why do I care?’. As a reader, finding the … [Read more…]
Journal #1 Paul Gillespie and Neil Lerner’s The Longman Guide to Tutoring includes an extremely well-articulated list of writing techniques and processes. To say that the procedures they detail, juxtapose my personal writing style, would be an (almost offensive) understatement. To me, the images their list evokes are ones of clearly written outlines; beautifully annotated … [Read more…]
