BLOG # 5

In my tutoring exercise with Danny, I realized that nothing can be accomplished without knowing the methods of tutoring drafts. A tutor must be well equipped, so that they can handle whatever issues arise. Being familiar with the reading helped a whole lot, because as the tutor, I was able to identify the HOC's and LOC's, and suggest methods to help her fix them. I also learned that it's helpful to know what strategy you (as a tutor) want to use. This saves a lot of time.

As the student, I realized that my formatting came out all wrong! It didn't look the same when I read it from my email. But, I found out the tutor may need to see the original attachment downloaded, and I should be prepared for (and know) how that will look to them. I learned from this that it's helpful to know some technological back-round, so I can quickly fix those types of errors. I also learned that I didn't summarize Lunsford as thoroughly as I could have.

Reading McAndrew and Reigstad gave me tools I will need to look for the things that may need to be fixed in a students paper. It taught me about HOC's and LOC's. The reading also taught me plenty of avenues I can take to help a student fix errors, such as grading different parts of their writing, having them read it outloud, looking for errors by reading backwards, freewriting, making outlines, etc to make sure their points are covered...