English Language Tutor | Grammar, Vocabulary, Reading Comprehension | University of the West Indies

The session covered compound nouns and abstract nouns. The student reviewed compound nouns from a homework assignment and then watched a video to understand the definition of abstract nouns. Following the video, the student completed a worksheet and created their own sentences using abstract nouns from the exercise. The student has a test next week on different types of nouns and needs to review the words from the lesson.

Janille guided a student from PS 11 William T. Harris in Manhattan through a lesson on different types of nouns, including common, proper, concrete, abstract, collective, and compound nouns. The student completed a worksheet to practice identifying these nouns in sentences and worked on exercises focused on compound nouns. For homework, they were assigned to create compound nouns and review their notes before the next class.

Janille and a learner from Oxnard reviewed adverbs before starting a lesson on nouns, covering common, proper, collective, concrete, and abstract types. The learner completed exercises identifying adverbs and took notes on the various noun categories. For homework, they were tasked with finding three examples each of collective, abstract, and concrete nouns.

Janille worked with a learner from Los Angeles on different types of pronouns. The learner took a quiz on personal, demonstrative, and reflexive pronouns, and then learned about possessive pronouns, practicing sentence construction with them. Janille advised them to revise class material regularly to improve retention.

Janille worked with a student from Midtown Manhattan on a reading comprehension exercise focused on identifying and correcting incorrectly used homophones within sentences. The learner read a story and replaced misused homophones with the correct spellings. The lesson ended with a plan for the student to complete the worksheet, focusing on identifying and correctly spelling the remaining homophones, with her mom's assistance.

Janille worked with Nathaniel on homophones, focusing on their correct usage in sentences and spelling. Nathaniel engaged in various exercises to enhance his English vocabulary, such as sentence completion, true/false questions, and choosing the appropriate homophone based on given definitions. His assignment for next time is to construct four sentences, incorporating the words 'waste,' 'waist,' 'principle,' and 'principal.'