Giovanna TS #6

For my July 14th (3-4PM) session with Talal, we started off by revising the paragraph he wrote in our previous session. Overall, Talal did a good job with his writing, but there were a few grammar/syntax errors that we corrected together. I also noticed that Talal’s writing is relatively simple so I hope to eventually develop his skills in using more complex grammar and in writing more complex sentences. After this portion of the session, I wanted to develop Talal’s ability to use the present continuous to describe different scenes. I showed him several images and asked him to describe each picture and what specific people in the pictures were doing. With the final picture I showed, I asked Talal to write one sentence about what each person was doing in the picture (we will go over what he wrote tomorrow during our session). I hoped through this lesson to work on Talal’s ability to describe scenes through writing and speaking. It was also further emphasized to me during this lesson that Talal responds incredibly well to praise and positive reinforcement—I will ensure I use both regularly during our next sessions!