Mckenzie TS #6

       McKenzie Heeter

    Tutoring session #6

    Group 4 (advanced)

    July 31, 2025

    12pm-1pm


    Today we reviewed the differences in British and American English. I thought this was really interesting in class and thought it could be fun to do a mini lesson on. I quickly reviewed some of the main differences between them, before we watched a good YouTube video explaining it more in depth. Afterwards we talked about the different styles and I asked her, her opinion on which she favors. 

    Next we did an online activity where she was given a short schedule and had to fill the verbs according to the schedule. This one we spent more time on because there was many answers/tenses.

After that we played hangman all having to do with American culture. This was really fun because she learned new words and if they weren't new I had her explain the definition to me. Like the word kettle. 

This was a more chill session today but I feel like I was able to teach her some new vocab, explain her thoughts on some things she already knows, and a deeper understanding between British and American English. I am getting good at letting her come to her own conclusions and guiding her. 

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