Fourth Day: Writing Center Observation

I was very pleased with my last day observing in the Writing Center, simply because this tutor's session was effective and I believed that I learned a lot from it. This tutor had to tutor two students at once and based off of how he handled the session, I can tell that he usually tutors many students at once. Based off of the last two sessions that I observed which was horrible, I was nervous for him to tutor two students in one session. As both students stepped into the cubicle, the tutor introduced himself as well as myself and had the students introduce themselves to him and to each other. I assumed he had them  introduce themselves to each other so that way it doesn't feel awkward that they don't know one another and to make the session comfortable for both. First, he asked one of the students what they their assignment was based on, he then read it and gave her feedback on her paper. After spending about ten minutes with her, he then switched over to the other tutee and did the same step with him for ten minutes as well. After he noticed that both students had almost the same errors with their grammar and spelling, he decided to give them both a brief lesson on MUGS (mechanics, usage, grammar, and spelling). Since both students went to the Writing Center to revise their graded work, the tutor didn't have to focus on any HOCs (high order concerns).  In my opinion, I thought that his session went really well. I liked how this tutor spent an equal amount of time with each student so that both students were able to receive a good amount of feed back and none of them felt like they were being rushed.