Siena TS4

I tutored Melody on June 28th over zoom for the second time. We began the session with an opening activity of two truths and a lie. This game functioned as both a way for me to get to know her better, and to start to get her brain working with writing and speaking. This lesson we focused on idioms that commonly appear in American society and the IELTS exam. We began with a review on what an idiom is. Then we learned 12 new idioms. I would have her read the idioms and the definitions to me to work on her speaking skills and she would also take notes on the new idioms she learned. With every idiom listed I would give a verbal example and or picture or what it means. She then completed a quiz filling in the correct idiom into the sentence (which she would also read aloud). Afterwards, I went over the correct answers with her and why these words were a better choice for the sentence. For homework I gave her a new list of idioms to learn and a new set of fill in the blank quiz questions to match. I corrected her grammar and pronunciation throughout the lesson as she asked me to do from now on. I learned that she has a pet bunny and a boyfriend. 

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