Practice speaking and comprehension with a Lancaster University graduate focused on fluency

Toby Smith introduced Joel Willing to six basic Spanish tenses: infinitives, present simple, present continuous, preterite, imperfect, and future. Joel practiced constructing sentences in the present simple and continuous tenses. Toby assigned homework involving reviewing revision cards with verb endings and scheduled a follow-up lesson for Monday.

Toby tutored a student in Spanish, focusing on reading comprehension, vocabulary expansion, and Spanish tense revision. The learner, who resides in the Washington Park area, translated articles and practiced sentence construction in various tenses, receiving detailed feedback on their understanding and usage. For homework, Toby assigned translating a portion of the Serrat interview to reinforce the concepts covered in this lesson.

The students reviewed reflexive verbs and practiced Spanish conversation using a topic wheel. They also studied and translated articles about a comet, which provided an engaging context for their language work. Grammar was a significant part of the lesson, covering present and past perfect tenses with accompanying exercises. The learners, who are students at the University of Waterloo in South Ontario, scheduled future lessons for the following Friday and Saturday.

Toby tutored Dan on analyzing a passage from "The Outsiders," focusing on identifying themes like violence, trauma, and class conflict, and differentiating between literal interpretation and inference. Dan practiced finding textual support for his interpretations, and Toby provided examples of inferential analysis. They plan to work on inference skills and structuring analytical responses in the next session.

Toby Smith provided a Spanish grammar lesson, addressing questions from Duolingo and introducing six key verb tenses. The individual, a resident of the vibrant Bishop Arts neighborhood, practiced identifying tenses and their uses. Toby will send a PowerPoint and flashcards, and they are to prepare two sentences each in present simple and continuous for next week. The student also mentioned potentially increasing lessons to twice a week.

Toby conducted an online SAT lesson with Amol, concentrating on reading comprehension, grammar, and vocabulary. The lesson included an analysis of a Sylvia Plath poem and a custom practice paper, which they navigated despite a minor technical glitch. They also delved into grammar concepts such as past perfect tense and various punctuation rules. Amol further engaged by completing a vocabulary section and offering insightful feedback on a book excerpt, commenting on its stylistic elements, tone, and the author's underlying intentions.