Last week I sat down with Nasser to look over a few of his compositions that he wrote in class earlier in the week. We discussed his thought process and structure of sentences as well as how he organizes his paragraphs. We worked on focusing his ideas and generating complete thoughts in his sentences. It seems that when challenged with a time constraint, the pressure to write more fluidly causes chaos. Nasser has a rather extensive vocabulary for his level and he likes to write complex sentences. I suggested that he would perhaps start to write less complex sentences to make his ideas more clear.
We practiced by giving him a set time to write a paragraph and it seemed that he was able to generate his ideas and sentences clearly, but the want to make sentences more complex was present. I shared with him the Keep It Short and Simple approach and I think he understood. Overall, it was a good session and I am glad that he has progressed so much these past few weeks.
Until next time,
Matthew
KISS!
ReplyDelete