"Today, the student and I worked on studying for her anatomy exam. The material covered was about the muscle. She seemed unsure of the material at first, but after going over the slides, making diagrams, and looking up some YouTube videos, she seemed more confident. "

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"Today, we polished the student's previous essays before talking about how to split our 1000-word essay into two essays, one 1000 words and one 500 words. We also discussed what additional content would need to be generated to flesh out both samples. "

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"We continued going over topics of properties of gases in chemistry and started with trigonometry for math. The student was doing much better with the chemistry this time around, and we were able to work through his worksheet pretty quickly. As for math, it took a bit for him to remember certain elements of trig, such as the unit circle, but there weren't many difficulties to be had."

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"On this session with the student, we reviewed for a test she will take tomorrow. She had to answer some questions orally. It makes her practice her pronunciation and conjugation. I gave her some advice on how to answer easily, like using the same words to complete her sentences. I could see that she has worked hard and that she felt confident with the grammar and how to conjugate verbs. We agreed that I will send her more exercises about "l'imparfait" for our next session."

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"The student was keen on speeding through our reading and workbook assignments, because he really wanted to play a game. One happy byproduct of this was that he read every English sentence presented to him with no opposition at all. We slowed down to correct his spelling errors in his workbook and still had time to play Doraemon vs. Mini-Doraemon Hangman. The second student got a perfect score on her spelling test; she seems to relish the challenge of spelling high-level English words. We spent a lot of time reading her library books ("Beyond the Pond" and "Over the River & Through the Woods"), largely because we both admired the illustrations so much. She started two new workbooks in class today as well. While it was clear that the Level 3 Spelling book was on par with what she had previously completed, I was pleased that she took the time to look over her new Level 1 Writing book. After clearing up the distinction between nouns and verbs, we completed two of the first pages together."

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"For our first session, the student and I did some reading and translation exercises from the materials I brought. I was not expecting his level of French to be so high, so the lesson I had prepared was far too easy for him. We ended the session by having a conversation and practicing his speaking and listening skills. Lessons moving forward will be much more geared to his level. "

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"The student and I had another great session! In math, she and I worked on double digit addition and subtraction with regrouping and borrowing. She seemed to have a pretty firm grasp of this concept by the end of our session, and I am looking forward to building her knowledge in our coming sessions. In reading, she read from one of her chapter books to me. She was reading a little fast, but when I asked her questions about the story afterwards, she was able to answer them. I can definitely tell that both subjects that we work on are growing with each section, and I am so proud of the progress that she has made!"

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"The student and I spent most of the session reviewing the chain and product rules, as well as a few specific derivatives such as log(x) and arctan(x). He has an excellent understanding of these rules in theory, and is consistently successful when he writes out the formulas methodically. He can get into trouble when he tries to do the steps out of order or tackle multiple steps at once, which tends to result in errors and confusion. He should build the habit of solving his problems methodically to avoid mistakes, and drill himself on the chain rule until applying it feels second nature. He should also memorize the properties of logarithms and trig functions from the links I sent him."

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"Today, I had the student take a GRE Math diagnostic test so I could see which concepts he struggled with most. I gave him practice problems pertaining to compound interest as well as other problems dealing with percentages. He was able to solve problems in an efficient and timely manner. I plan on sending him math homework to complete before our session this Saturday."

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"We reviewed limits. The student was struggling with using the ideas without a deep understanding of them. However, the student's attitude toward the material that was reviewed was positive. I used visual aids and practice problems to help. "

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"We reviewed topics for his final exam. These included exponential growth and decay, using trigonometric identities for proofs and solving equations, properties of functions, conic sections, laws of logarithms, and some other topics. The student seemed to do well with most of the calculator section of the review, although there was a question about hyperbolas that was difficult due to the multiple formulas needed to solve it. He has his final exam later today and I suggested to make sure and not overthink problems, since he has a tendency to make things harder than they need to be. Best of luck to the student on his final!"

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