We finished our discussion about Hiroshima, and turned to poetry describing first-hand accounts of what it is like to be in a war, and how death is treated.
Assignment
Read more poems about WWII
Session Minutes
60
Minutes Student Attended
60
Lesson Comments
We discussed with Judie Batt the possibility of Jared sitting in on the forthcoming conference with his mother. We all agreed that was a good idea.
Jared began to review the details leading up to the atomic destruction of Hiroshima, and we reviewed how incomplete sentences are often used in fiction and in quotations.
Assignment
Write first two paragraphs comparing writers in different eras.
Session Minutes
90
Minutes Student Attended
90
Lesson Comments
Jared knows a lot about WWII in terms of its significant events and campaigns. Fiction writing can help us to learn about the realities of the war as it is experienced by those fighting it, and by those whose cities are destroyed by war.
Jared read several poems from Harlem Renaissance writers, and discussed their meanings. We noted that many of the writers use their own life to represent the life of African-Americans in general.
We also studied the differences between present, past, and present perfect tenses.
Assignment
Start to read about Hiroshima and read Modernist writers
Session Minutes
60
Minutes Student Attended
60
Lesson Comments
Jared understood the writings of the Harlem Renaissance, and noted how these writers often use the formatting of the earlier white writers they admired, such as Walt Whitman and Mark Twain.
Vocabulary and understanding Zora Neale Hurston's story
Lesson Outline
Jared did well in learning and using new vocabulary and in understanding the metaphors in Hurston's short story. We also discussed his writing assignment concerning style elements and content.
Assignment
Write an introduction to his assignment
Session Minutes
90
Minutes Student Attended
90
Lesson Comments
Jared does well when he decides he wants to concentrate on the subject matter.
Jared read and studied the poetry of Langston Hughes, especially his use of symbolism, metaphor, and imagery, which followed the pattern of Walt Whitman's poetry.
Assignment
Read for meaning Zora Neale Hurston's short autobiographical story, and continue writing a comparative essay.
Session Minutes
75
Minutes Student Attended
75
Lesson Comments
Jared struggles to understand symbolism in writing, but then many young students also struggle with this topic.
Jared and I reviewed the writing of Zora Neale Hurston and Langston Hughes to get an idea of how well educated African-Americans had become since the time of slavery.
Assignment
Compare two white and two African-American writers in content and technique.
Session Minutes
75
Minutes Student Attended
75
Lesson Comments
Jared seems to want to do his work during class time so that he does not have to do homework. For individual tutoring, I think this strategy works well.
Using more complex sentences in Jared's writing, and then beginning with the Harlem Renaissance writers.
Assignment
Read about the Harlem Reniassance in the textbook.
Session Minutes
90
Minutes Student Attended
90
Lesson Comments
I'm wondering if we can get Jared to pay a little more attention to his work if we appeal to his sense of respect for others who are trying to help him?
Jared and I wrote examples on the board of binary, gradational, and metaphorical forms of writing. We also discussed a view of modern life in a poem by W.H. Auden.
Assignment
Write more sentences with different language forms
Session Minutes
60
Minutes Student Attended
60
Lesson Comments
Jared and I discussed a field trip to the Hibel Museum of Art in order to demonstrate visually what juxtaposition in color, form, and symbolism is in composition. Would this kind of field trip be possible? If so, would others like to be part of this field trip?
