As Joshua is still struggling with the analytical essays, during the first segment we reviewed his homework essay on The Great Gatsby. I provided suggestions on forming a claim by incorporating descriptive verbs such as " conveys, informs, and elucidates" and on incorporating adjectives into the claim when discussing characterization : for example the "symbol x conveys Gatsby's idealism and longing for the unachievable." I further placed sample topic sentences on the board and discussed how his essay homework did not tie any of the cited symbols to a character trait. We then reviewed the MCQ homework where Joshua needed assistance. I demonstrated how to analyze the passages and how to examine the nuanced answers to the multiple choice questions.