Calling anyone who knows anything about teaching!!

[staceym11]

Right there is a long story behind this and i will explain a bit. My cousin was bullied badly at school and it got so bad he moved to Australia to live with his dad and go to school there but things havn't worked out (more financially than anything) and he's having to come back.

He is refusing to go to school back here but has been accepted onto a college-cum-training course to be a builder but he has to be 15 years and 3 months. he comes home the end of this month and turns 15 in november so he'll be here for 5 months without a structured school.

it will be impossible for my auntie to afford a private tutor and to tell you the truth if she tried to educate him he'd just end up more confused. So i've voluteered to tutor him for 3 days a week (5 hour days) or 5 days a week (3 hour days) but although i can do the basics etc i havnt had any tutoring experience, heres where the problem lies.

he is nearly 15 but his reading age is 8 and spellings are around 7 etc etc etc. so how do i approach teaching him? all the books suitable for his age are too advanced but the ones suitable for his acedemic age are too babyish! please give me some ideas!!!

(sorry so long!)

[lori21]

Not sure how this would work but could you do some kind of 'project' together. Use the internet for research with you doing the reading / typing to start with then use different packages to create posters / leaflets / books etc. You could work on basic spelling and reading through this and also basic ICT skills and try and get some basic maths involved. If he chooses the topic he should be motivated and it should be age appropriate.

Have a look on the staffroom on the TES website as the teachers on that message board should help you

Lori

[swedishmum]

Hi. Just saw this. For reading I'd try these people - they produce high interest books that have a lower reading age. Written by some really good authors.