Natalie is working her way through the novel, Heart of Darkness, with commendable diligence. I supplied her with sources of material to aid her in understanding its themes, symbols, and imagery. In this session, Natalie focused on an activity sheet, in the workbook I gave her, on the theme of Colonization. She must collect six pieces of textual evidence and then analyze this according to the theme. Additionally, I gave her copies of pages from my college composition book with strategies for writing a thesis, intro paragraph, and conclusion. Another handout I gave Natalie is from the PBSC library that we looked at together which clearly shows documentation for a variety of sources. She will use this in crafting the essay for Heart of Darkness.