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Recent IB Geography HL Tutoring Session Notes
This evening, the student and I worked on her social studies homework on "The Growth of Western Democracies". She is getting ready for a test this week, so we went over the critical thinking questions, at the end of each section of her textbook. We also reviewed her vocabulary, and the key ideas/concepts of the chapter. She plans to review the information with her instructor, to make sure she is on the right track for the test.
We also discussed "To Kill a Mockingbird" and her upcoming project on the book. She has a lot of good ideas for the project (a newspaper) and she is looking forward to completing it.
1) Social Studies: GC, Writing about Greek Government. This lesson was about the Greek City-States. We read about each of 5 city-states. Then the student was to write a journal entry as a citizen of one of them and discuss her own and the others. She chose Athens, and wrote entries that include the types of government and culture of each. She finished the assignment and submitted it.
We reviewed the two ACT vocab sheets I left with the student earlier this week. We then dissected the written piece from the novel she is reading. We covered the remaining parts of American history she needs to complete the 8th grade curriculum, up through Reconstruction. This included the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments, sharecropping, and the Freedman's Bureau. During our next session, the student will write a culminating essay for 8th grade Social Studies concepts after several review activities about the people, legislation, and geography relevant to the course. She will then complete a MAP-style test online (may take us through the next two sessions) and will then have completed her course requirements for this subject.
The student and I studied for her history test tomorrow. We went over the fall of the Roman Empire. Her test is in an essay format, so we went over the history together and then I had her tell me what she learned in her own words. We then went over certain aspects in more detail. Overall, she has a good working knowledge of the topic. I left her with an outline of what we went over for her to use for independent practice tonight and tomorrow morning.
The student has been working hard on her essay about Roman sports, especially since her teacher helped her changed the focus this week. I am impressed by the amount of research she has done and the number of sources she is using. We spent time polishing what she has written and expanding on her ideas to fill the space left when changing the focus. We will work a bit more on self-editing/proofreading, although she catches the errors quickly enough when I read the sentences to her.
