Online Tutoring...On Your Mark!



I like online tutoring. 

It is medium-efficient. no discussions, conversations, or questions get in the way of the prose itself. True to the product, the author can't jump in and clarify something beyond the words they have written. Online tutoring 

There is actually prose to work on. The burden is upon the student to have completed most of the work before turning in their draft. How many students walk in with a hazy idea of their assignment, and little writing done? I don't mean to say that tutoring doesn't have a role to play in pre-writing activities, but rather that it is nice to every once in a while engage with writing with which the author has lived for a while.

Modeling is fun. I really get a kick out of illustrating a concept while discussing a concept. 
"You write clearly, but I'd encourage you to try merging similar sentences together. Seek variety in length. Surprise your reader! It shouldn't all be short, and it shouldn't all be long; a few punchy sentences can act as a nice springboard into a long and arduous statement."
Smiling through the computer takes work, but I am trying. 
"It seems to me..."
"As your reader..."
"Nice!"
"I wonder if..."
And I use the same sign-off at the end of the page, which I hope mimics the  way many letters between friends start. "Thank you for writing," or the variant, "Thank you for sharing your writing!"
 
 
 
 

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