First Day of My ENG 099 Tutoring Experience

First Day of My ENG 099 Tutoring Experience

          It was amazing to work with an ENG 099 student for the first time in my tutoring session because these types of essay are totally different from the other essays I had in the past. However, I knew it’s not going to be that difficult for me, since I heard I have to work with them; for helping them prepare for the CATW Exam. I already knew what to expect from them because I was well trained in Dr. Cooper class for handle situation like this. Additional, I knew the basic concept because I took ENG 099 in the pass.  

First, when I got in the C-building in room 717 Dr. Cooper places me with my writer. I started to introduce myself, etc… and ready to get straight to business because I already know we have a limited time. Soon as I took his essay and saw “Please Revise” I already knew that my write did a bad job on his paper because he doesn’t have a letter grade. I stated by reading his professor comments firstly, so that I will have a basic idea about the paper and what to look out for. Addition, the comments states that; (1) he doesn’t have a well-developed thesis (2) need proper citation (MLA) (3) have run-on and it need more evidence. 

Secondly, we both took around 5-8 minutes to read the entire essay and while reading, I am making check marks, so I can indicate where I have to work on / make correction.  Soon ask I finished reading his paper I told him that, I will help you to make a stronger thesis to support your paper. So I ask him give me one main point/idea about each body paragraphs he wrote. I made him took all 3 strong ideas/points and make a strong thesis and now it able to support his entire essay. 

Finally, something that grabs my attention about this student is that all of his paragraphs already have a good topic sentences that’s reflect to the thesis we had made but he was lack of organization / flow throughout it. I helped him to structure his paragraphs by analyzing it in a proper organization. For example, I told him after the topic sentence, say something more, then say something about the author that connected to the topic sentences, then analyze what the author is trying to say in 2-3 sentences, then give personal examples, personal experience, back ground knowledge, anything from pass newspaper, books, news, TV and etc...; to argues your idea. Then close off the final sentences and refer it to your topic sentence or thesis in different words. 

However, we got through over 90% of the paper and he seems very happy and I told him if he has further questions please visit the writing center for helped.