For this session, I made writing the central focus of the lesson. I met Andre at the lounge area outside of CIES and proceeded to give him a copy of the FSView. As I have done this before, he immediately began to scan the front page and read it. I took it back, pulled out the picture section, and said "read". Needless to say, I received quite a puzzled look from him.
On the page I gave him were pictures of fans from the previous weekend's home football game. They were dressed in FSU attire and maniacally screaming from the bleachers. Some were even shirtless and painted from head to toe, while others were garbed in honorary Seminole gear. Another picture showed a determined wide receiver running with the football and weaving between defenders.
For this activity, I asked Andre to examine these pictures and summarize what was happening in them. The points I was looking for were descriptive sentences about the people. Also, I tasked him with constructing a story a sorts from what he could see. This type of creation combined analyzing with synthesis, both of which are high levels of learning on Bloom's Taxonomy. He struggled a bit with the latter portion, but excelled in describing the patrons of the football game. All in all, it was a very successful tutoring session.
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