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Tutoring - what do you actually do in the hour / lesson?

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BubblegumFactory · 22/04/2018 17:37

Interested for two reasons - DD could do with some help in English and I have been asked to tutor a friend’s DD in my subject (20 years secondary teaching experience)
Trying to weigh up the pros and cons and whether it would be of benefit to DD and if I can be bothered to tutor!
Is anyone a tutor? Would you mind giving me an example of how you would run a tutoring hour?
Thanks!

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BubblegumFactory · 23/04/2018 12:21

Bumping just in case anyone might have some advice!

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KingFlamingo · 28/04/2018 13:37

Depends on age.
For KS2 I do:

  • A quick start game going over a concept they have issues with and need regular practice of e.g. vocabulary, spellings or a grammar/punctuation rule.
  • Go over homework I set the week before
  • Read a passage and some oral or written comprehension
  • Some writing based on the passage or on a topic which I've identified the child finds tricky. During the session I would teach the key features, sentence structures or whatever skills are needed then we would do some guided writing together and then the pupil would finish it for homework.

But it really depends. This is what this particular pupil needs, most good tutors will start with an assessment of your child and shape their sessions to help with their needs. Helping a struggling pupil can be quite different to prepping for 11+ or tests. A tutor with 20 years teaching experience will be more than capable of planning the hour so it is effective.

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