English Session Analysis
I found this session to be more developed than the last. This was presumably expected, but I am still pleased to find it to be true. While I successfully addressed some key points I had hoped to advance with after my first session, I still find that I lacked on some important ones.
For the duration of the session, I was able to apply redirection techniques, though I struggled to maintain focus. In the beginning, I used interpretive and interrogative questioning techniques such as “How long does this speech have to be?” (00:30), and “What’s something you find interesting?” (00:40) to define the objective of the session more specifically. It was through these questions that I was able to clearly lead him to an idea of what it should be about, as he did not have a rubric. I consciously used these questions to help direct him to a topic and focus on that.
Moving on, I used the “cubing strategy” verbally to tackle the assignment. Starting with questions like “What’s an opinion you have about english?” (2:20), to questions like “Why is it important that they not do that?” (3:23) to identify an opinion to argue. Once this had been done, I attempted to hit an emotional or reactive spot so that he would connect with his opinion on a level that would allow him to rant. I chose this route, because I have found that connecting …show more content…
After tackling and redirecting his worry about the presentation of the essay as well as the length I believe we would have succesfully been able to lay out his speech had I continued the “Cubing strategy”. Albeit, I was able to identify a successful strategy and to recognize that our progression needed to be written down, I was unable to continue the same strategy onto paper. The bullet strategy was an unsuccessful tactic because, his issue was developing the thought rather than organizing it. It was also irresponsible on my part because, when using a strategy it is important to follow it through to assess its
For the duration of the session, I was able to apply redirection techniques, though I struggled to maintain focus. In the beginning, I used interpretive and interrogative questioning techniques such as “How long does this speech have to be?” (00:30), and “What’s something you find interesting?” (00:40) to define the objective of the session more specifically. It was through these questions that I was able to clearly lead him to an idea of what it should be about, as he did not have a rubric. I consciously used these questions to help direct him to a topic and focus on that.
Moving on, I used the “cubing strategy” verbally to tackle the assignment. Starting with questions like “What’s an opinion you have about english?” (2:20), to questions like “Why is it important that they not do that?” (3:23) to identify an opinion to argue. Once this had been done, I attempted to hit an emotional or reactive spot so that he would connect with his opinion on a level that would allow him to rant. I chose this route, because I have found that connecting …show more content…
After tackling and redirecting his worry about the presentation of the essay as well as the length I believe we would have succesfully been able to lay out his speech had I continued the “Cubing strategy”. Albeit, I was able to identify a successful strategy and to recognize that our progression needed to be written down, I was unable to continue the same strategy onto paper. The bullet strategy was an unsuccessful tactic because, his issue was developing the thought rather than organizing it. It was also irresponsible on my part because, when using a strategy it is important to follow it through to assess its