Assignment #5: Responding to Student Writing
Tutor assignment: Read the essay. Then, in 1-2 pages, describe how you might structure a
session with this student, starting from the moment he sits down. First describe how you might
establish trust with the student, then how you would set an agenda and prioritize issues to work
on. Be as specific as possible.
(Hints: what would you say for your positive comment to begin the session? What are the 1-2
most important content/organization issues? What are the 1-2 most important sentencelevel/grammar issues?)
Student Assignment:Choose a quality that is important to you, and explain why it is important.
Support your ideas with personal examples.
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Instructor: Dr. Marc Coronado
Class:EWRT 100B
Friendship is strong
I belief that friendship is a valuable thing. What is a friend you may think? A
friend is a person that is there for you and helps you out. This friend encourages
you to achieve your goals, and never lets you have bad influences. A friend is a
person that you can never really replace or exchange it like if it was a toy. Your
friendship is important because you would not find another friend like this again.
I have a very close friend and she is my best friend since we were little. I lived
with her all my life since I came to America with my family, we were looking for a
home to rent and I ended up at her house. I was only two years old when I arrived
at her house and she was the same age as me. Everyday I would see her and play in
the front yard, go to school with her, and even go shopping in the weekends. I grew
up with her it was like having another sister as my age.
As we both grew our friendship grew stronger and inseparable. Every where one of us
went we both went. When it was time to go to school we walked together and in class
it felt weird without my buddy, I was always spending time with her that when it
came to group time, I would not talk much because her absence affected me. When we
had break and lunch we would always gather together.
Your friend is there with you on the good times and bad times. They are there to
support you and give you advises on what is best for you. They do not allow bad
influence for example, if you have friends that drink or smoke and they tell you to
try it your friend will have the right answer to this question which would be, “Hey
don't listen to them, if you do it the alcohol will kill you and you won't live
that long.” If this ever happen my friend would say this to me and I would follow
her advice and leave those bad friends behind.
Now, as the years have passed my family grew and needed more space to live. The
household was getting crowded with two families inside with seven kids. My parents
decided to move and when they told me I was surprised, I felt happy and sad at the
same time. I felt happy because we were going to have a house for our first time. I
felt sad because I would be separated from my best friend that I grew up with. The
time came it was time to go I gave my friend my new phone number and address and
told her not to forget me.
We had one week in our new home pretty big with three bedrooms, 1⁄2 bathroom, and a
big backyard. My father was still moving things from the old house into the new one
when he came back, he brought over my friend to have a sleep over, I was so happy
that I saw her. When I moved we went to different schools and got separated a
little. Now, we still see each other once in a while and spend time together, and
we remember the old days when we lived together. My friendship is too strong that
it will never be broken or taken a way from me.