We initially reviewed the books Nate has been reading in English and in history class as well as the types of writing he has been preparing for school. After I addressed certain general principles of writing, we examined Nate's essay on Nature. We worked on methods to eliminate the colloquial "you " construction and examined why some of his essay was "off topic" or not supportive of his main thesis. He readily recognized the issue . We will continue our review and editing next week.