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I discussed with the parent and the student the breakdown of the AP Language and Composition exam. Then the student worked on her rhetorical analysis assignment for her course. She analyzed the "MLK's Letter in the Birmingham Jail." As she read through the section, I reviewed her previous assignments to observe her weaknesses in writing. I had her utilize the outline format in the brainstorming stage for her MLK assignment. She found it very helpful and left with a greater understanding on how to organize her papers.

The student and I worked on her essay about the award for her best friend. Her initial draft was not as specific with details as it could be, so we brainstormed and then revised the draft with these new details about her best friend.

I started by getting acquainted and doing an informal assessment of the student's language skills and motivation. Then, we did some activities to work on basic conversation and reading. She has a very good attitude, so I know she will be fun to work with.

Today, the student and I worked on present simple and present continuous practice and vocabulary review. She is gaining fluency, and needs work on accuracy. We will continue to work on this.

The student sent me a class handout with a list of ideas for their Jane Eyre essay due Friday. We reviewed the list and discussed what questions and aspects of the novel he found most interesting. We decided on the theme of passion vs. reason and discussed examples from the book to figure out a good thesis statement.

Today we focused on reading and identifying the main idea. The student read 3 different paragraphs and then underlined the main idea. She did a nice job. For math we worked on the 10 times table. Finally we read "Yertle the Turtle" for approximately 20 minutes.