Webster - Methods of Tutoring

I had a tutee come in that needed help on writing and formatting a narrative essay in the style of APA. They had a topic, but were unsure of how to get started and what exactly to write about. I explained to them that since they were telling a story, to make it personal and to tell it as detailed on paper as they would to their best friend. From my experience, I cannot write to my full potential on a topic unless I am passionate about it. I also printed off handouts to help them with forming a thesis, an introduction, a conclusion, outlining the essay and guidelines for APA style. They were grateful to receive those handouts and loved how they simplified things in a step-by-step format. To do this day, they will come up to be and talk about how they use those handouts on every paper they have to write!