Laura C

You kept learners engaged from the beginning with a personal check-in: “What is one of your favorite activities to do?” This helped build rapport and opened space for student voice. Throughout the lesson, you invited students to share reasoning, such as when you encouraged Derek to participate: “Derek, go ahead and be ready to answer this one.” You also validated student thinking and asked them to expand on their process. After Ahnaf worked through the punctuation problem, you said: “It was great seeing your thought process throughout all this.” When Lauren explained her answer to the vocabulary question, you affirmed her reasoning: “Your explanation is perfect right. She made her own assumption, found the answer choice that matched, and double-checked her work.” These moments showed strong engagement and encouragement of student thinking.

Tutor · 1 mo. ago

Laura does a good job of reaffirming a learner's answer, regardless of whether it's right or wrong, which demonstrates how she is thoughtful and supportive of the learner even when there are mistakes.

Tutor · 1 mo. ago

You began the session with a clear plan and created a smooth transition into content review. You introduced the week’s focus effectively: “Okay, so this is week 2 day one, we finally made it to week 2.” Your grammar and SAT-specific explanations showed strong command of the material, especially when teaching punctuation: “Fanboys are used after commas and are used to separate two complete ideas, and they’re equivalent to a period or semicolon.” When working through the participle phrase question with Ahnaf, you demonstrated deeper understanding by explaining why A was correct: “In this situation positing would not be a noun... it’s letting you know a little bit more about the first part of the sentence.” These moments reinforced your expertise and the clarity of your explanations.

Tutor · 1 mo. ago

Thank you! This session was very helpful, I liked going through the questions as a group :)

Learner · 1 mo. ago