Greater Memphis Branch Tutors Various Subjects during January

On January 16th and 23rd, Karis Ko tutored Chris. They:
-Discussed “do not mind” and “do mind” expressions
-Talked about cultural differences in names
-Talked about different countries (foods, landscapes)
-Talked about basic geography words and cities around the world
-Discussed conversation words and phrases

On Jan 30th, they:

-Discussed famous people in different countries
-Discussed the differences in schools in various countries


 

On January 6th, 21st and 28th, Sophia Yi and Maxwell reviewed contractions and finished reading comprehension questions. They also reviewed adjectives and read passages with additional questions. (3.5hrs)


On January 22nd, Priyanka Phaniraj and Maxwell read two stories (listed below) for reading comprehension. They then played a small game to learn about possessive pronouns and infinitive phrases and English learning games (also listed below). (2 hrs)

 

During the month of January, Alexandra Jankov continued to tutor Charlotte Cheng in language arts. They consistently worked on vocabulary and spelling using context clues, latin roots, and definitions. Additionally, they continued to work on grammar, using many skills learned from writing and reading. Another important part of their sessions is the essays that Charlotte writes. Alexandra is currently teaching Charlotte the format of an argumentative essay. Their tutoring sessions last an hour each for each Sunday and they have had two so far on January 10th and 17th. (2 hrs)


 

On January 17th, Emily Zhao and Mandy folded, cut, and designed paper snowflake prior to their lesson as a way to start focusing. They then completed problems (addition and subtraction without carrying over) for math. Lastly, for reading, they read half of the book, Pete the Cat. (2 hrs)


Volunteer hours: Karis Ko (3 hrs), Sophia Yi (3.5hrs), Priyanka Phaniraj (2 hrs), Alexandra Jankov (2 hrs), Emily Zhao (2 hrs)

Updated: March 8, 2021 — 6:57 am

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