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I met with Carolina at the library downtown and she brought her incredibly cute son Leonardo with her. He was so well behaved, only interrupting if he needed help with something.
We went over Carolina's "homework" which included writing about something in her past. She chose to write about the birth of her son. While going over the couple of paragraphs with her, I urged her to make corrections when pertinent, but also focused on the content of what she was trying to get across.
After going over the paragraph I observed her do an exercise on past tense verbs. She got through it with flying colors!
Next, I went over last week's vocabulary with her. She had forgotten what most of the words meant, and it was definitely a good thing that we had a refresher. I then gave a sort of "quiz." I played two short clips from television shows on youtube and asked her if she could tell me some of the vocab words that applied to the video. (ie: oblivion, nudity (TV friendly of course!), shudder, bursts, lashes). I think the theatrical visual presentation of these vocabulary words helped her to understand them in a more concrete way.
I then asked her to show me some of the new vocabulary that she has found through her readings. We went over their meanings and I asked her to try and use some examples of the vocabulary, writing her sentences on the board.
She asked me what soul food meant- and I of course explained that it's the best food eva! But in all seriousness, I tried my best to explain the contents and history of this great southern cuisine, and encouraged her to try it. (She has seen signs touting "soul food" at dining establishments around town). She also asked me what it meant when someone said, "so far, so good." As she always hears it on a radio program.
We then worked on another exercise that she was very proficient at on past tense verbs. Her son had some children's books (in English) with him and I asked if she ever read them to him. I encouraged her to do so. Not only is it a valuable interaction with her son, but the simple stories will help her with her vocabulary and speaking pronunciation.