As Matthew's vocabulary work is due in the next day, I first reviewed his completed vocabulary homework and made suggestions where appropriate . Per his English teacher's online assignment, we next reviewed prepositions . I demonstrated how prepositions can be used to add details to a sentence and often signal the need for a comma . I placed some examples on the whiteboard, and Matthew correctly indicated comma placement . Last, we began working on the history paper on Buddhism that is due Friday. We examined the outline we had previously prepared , and I emphasized the importance of pre-writing organization by use of an outline. Based on the outline ,Matthew began writing the report first noting the distinctions between Buddhism and western religions and then explaining how Buddha's life story informs his beliefs. I directed Matthew to portions of the Armstrong book on Buddhism and had him place certain information into the report using his own words. While we only completed about the first third of the report, the outline provides a map and textual citations for Matthew to follow in order to finish the report.