Siena TS11

 I tutored Melody on July 16th at 11:30 am over zoom. As always her main focus is preparing for the IELTS exam. This lesson I used both test prep materials, and other activities to practice the skills needed for the test. We began the lesson with watching a clip from the movie scene the Incredibles (I played the scene multiple times for her and we went over vocabulary used in the video). Afterwards, she had to give me a summary of what happened. I had her read me aloud the review of the IELTS tips from last week before moving onto the test prep. Today we practiced part 1 of the IELTS speaking test. On the topics her hometown and time, before each she was given an example of a good answer to the questions she would have to read aloud to me. Finally, we did one more quick listening comprehension from the lyrics to a song about the lyrics she heard. For her homework she would write down her answers to the speaking part 1 practice for the IELTS she does on her own, and we would review it next time. I corrected her throughout the lesson on her grammar and pronunciation. Next time, I would have her summarize a video in her own words or without referring to the video. When she did it this time it was almost as if she completed a dictation activity because she read me back almost all of the characters lines. 

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