My last class meeting with Kailin was nice because we were able to see just how far her writing has come. All the attention we’ve paid to strong thesis statements and paragraph structure showed through, as Kailin distinctly had these … Continue reading
Kailin and I had a very productive class session today. We finished up Essay 2, fine-tuning verbs from passive voice/past tense to active voice/present tense, and making all the phrases as clear as possible–paying special attention to the concluding sentences … Continue reading
Today Kailin and I reviewed over the list of potential sources she had submitted this week for Essay 3. I was slightly disconcerted because the sources were web pages found through Google, not academic articles found through Wellesley SuperSearch. So … Continue reading
Today we began our discussion of Essay 3, the research essay, because I wanted to get a sense of what topics Kailin was potentially interested in researching. She is split because she’s really interested in Chinese American immigration, but she’s … Continue reading
Kailin and I started today’s session by discussing the Peer Editing exercise. She found Saraphin’s essay to be informative and interesting, but she felt that Saraphin could make her argument clearer by distinguishing the relationships between Ronald Reagan/Communism in the … Continue reading
Today Kailin and I reviewed the outline of her second essay. Kailin had a lot of midterms and papers due this week, and wasn’t sure where she wanted to go with this essay, so I told her doing an outline … Continue reading
Today Kailin and I got started on Essay 2. Kailin’s second thought letter mainly focused on her own personal experiences rather than the actual readings, so I initially wasn’t sure how well Kailin had read the articles. Talking it over with … Continue reading
Today Kailin and I finished up Essay 1. While Kailin had addressed all of the specific edits and revisions I’d pointed out, I wanted her to look at the essay with a critical eye. Kailin told me that she struggles … Continue reading
Today Kailin and I worked on improving Essay 1. We worked mainly on sentence-level details: making phrases more clear and specific avoiding unclear syntactical constructions (eg. gerunds) getting citations to feel more smooth in the context of her argument adding … Continue reading
Today Kailin and I worked on specifying what she really means to say in her essay. Oftentimes her descriptions are abstract and general, so I worked with her on using particular examples from the text to support what she’s saying. … Continue reading