My last observation! :(

The tutor is assigned to two tutees. The first tutee brings in a first draft of his paper where he have to compare and contrast two poems. The second tutee does not a draft on hand she tells the tutor she has come to the writing center to receive some insight on her research paper. The tutor tells the tutee that since she does not have a draft on hand she will be working with the first tutee. She starts the session by reading the tutee draft out load and tells him that his introduction sounds repetitive and needs to be rewritten. She tells him to rewrite an introduction in his book while she talks to the second tutee. The second tutee tells her that she needs to write a research paper on a topic of her choice and do not know where to start. They begin by making an outline on the topic she picked. She finds the argument of her research paper and tells the tutor she is ready to look up for some research. The tutor ends the session by giving her tips on finding research and how to cite correctly. The tutor goes on to help the first tutee who was working on his introduction. She tells him that this introduction is much better then the one he previously had. She goes on to help him with the LOCs until the rest of the session.

Third Time's the Charm!

Going to the Writing Center for the third time I expected the usual and a similar  experience had with my first two observations. I got the total opposite then what I expected...

This tutor was assigned to two tutees, this was the first time I've observed a tutor with two tutees. The sessions starts off with the Tutor introducing himself to the students then introduces me and informs them my role as an observer for the session. He asks both of the Tutees "How can I assists you guys today?" Student 1 tells the tutor that he was told to go to the writing center from his professor for a revision of his First Draft Narrative account. Student 2 tells the tutor that she is just at the writing center to work on her grammar. The tutor tells student 2 since student 1 has a draft on hand he will be working with him first. Student 1 begins to explain what is his assignment and shows the tutor his paper and an additional paper with the professor comments of his first draft. Student 1 tells the tutor that English is a second language for him and understanding how grammar works has been a difficult task for him. The tutor reads his assignment out loud, after reading a few sentences the student was already able to see his mistakes he made. After reading the whole paper the tutor tells the student that the paper is just fine in terms of grammar. He later tells the student that he needs to highlight a turning point in his paper. He explains to the student that the turning point should focus on his grandmother since she is the main focus on his paper. He ends his session with tutee 1 with a list of goals he needs to complete at home. Student 1 leaves and the tutor now starts the session with student 2.
 The student tells the tutor that she has trouble with verb forms and fragments. The tutor gets different exercises sheets that goes over verb forms and tenses. He starts off by explaining to he student that a verb expresses action or a state of being and tells what the subject of the clause is or does. Then tells her that verbs a constructed from three basic forms known as the principle parts of a verb (Present, Past, and Past Particle). They begin to go through numerous exercises on verb forms until the session was over. The tutor ends the sessions by handing the student more sheets of exercises she can go over in her own time. The student thanks the tutor and gets his name down to request for him the next time she goes to the writing center. 

2nd Observation... Not as exciting as the first one.

Going into the writing center the second time was not as exciting as my first experience there, this session was very short and rushed through. The tutor that I observed had horrible body language, kept on fidgeting, playing with his phone, and talk in a very low tone. I'm not too sure his shyness and nervousness occurred due to the fact I was observing him, but as a tutor it seems he was unprepared and lacked the knowledge of tutoring. 

He begins his session by telling the tutee to take out the assignment that she needs assistance in, she hands him the paper and he begins reading the student's paper aloud. It goes to show that her paper was a second draft with the professor's comments on the margins of the paper. After reading the assignment he tells her  "I agree with your prof, Grammar is a huge issue in this paper." The student begins to explain that English is a second language and grammar always have been a problem for her. He begins to work with the student on the essay's Lower Order of Concerns or LOC.

 After working on the some of Lower Order of Concerns he realizes that she needs to build a stronger thesis that can support the evidence she is showing her essay. He ends the session by telling her to fix her thesis and suggested her to come back after she has corrected her main problems to continue working on the grammatical errors.