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"We went over the use of -de que, su, and preterite, and we also worked on translation. The student was struggling with translation. She was positive about the material being review. I included some charts that helped her remember the conjugation of the preterite verbs. I also included some sentences for her to translate. I did not leave the student with extra practice because she will be getting homework and a quiz review. I noted progress on the preterite. It was a good lesson."

"Given the student's recent improvement in comprehension + speaking in present and future tense, we focused primarily on past tense in this session; specifically, with preterit and imperfect past tense forms. We went over conjugations of both regular and irregular AR, ER, and IR verbs and had the student complete conjugations for several verbs using the ones we had already conjugated together. Afterwards, we used them in sample sentences and told him that we will continue doing so at our next session."

"I gave a few websites to the student to use as a resource for when practices and even during school. I thoroughly explained to each the pros and cons of each website and how to use them. She requested to have this resource and I spent a good amount of time explaining and showing them in case she had any questions. The remaining of the time was spent on reviewing the tenses; especially imperfect and preterite. I provided a list explaining when to use imperfect vs preterite. Using one of the websites, I had her conjugate in the requested tense so that she could practice while I was there in case she had any specific questions. I did assign her two tasks for homework. The first task was to conjugate 15 verbs in present, preterite and imperfect so that she can practice and have a visual if she wants to refer back to them. This way, she will have a list of common verbs for her to remember. The second task was to complete a worksheet I made for her so she can practice with context."