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"Today's session focused on bringing together our final preparations for the student's test tomorrow afternoon on Chapter 8. To that end, I had compiled in advance a list of short answer/discussion questions to ask him that focused on the key topics/definitions of the material. He also brought sample questions he'd found online, so together with these resources, we moved through the subject matter. I also checked for comprehension and accuracy. He demonstrated a very strong determination to succeed, and he asked many pertinent questions, indicating a strong sense of the topics at hand. There were a few issues with which he seemed a bit shaky, but I paid special attention to going into greater detail here. He then grasped the issues at stake very quickly and correctly."

"At this session, the student and I discussed trade from 1500-1700. She mostly struggled with distinguishing the patterns between countries during that time, but after talking through it, she seemed to better understand. We also looked at a list of essay topics given by her teacher, in order to gauge what she needed to study the most. At the end of the session, we reviewed broad trends from 6000 BCE to 600 BCE to start reviewing for her upcoming midterm. We also planned to meet again later in the week for a focused review session."

"The student has a chapter quiz coming up in the next day or so, and then unit test next week. Curiously enough, we didn't spend the bulk of our time looking at the material for this quiz and test. Instead, his AP World History teacher has assigned two projects. One is a write-up he has to do for a mock trial of Genghis Khan, which I reviewed and gave him some feedback on how to make his language stronger. Another project involves him interviewing a family member and creating a presentation about it. Next time we'll go over that presentation to ensure it's as strong as it can be."