For the second hour of our meeting, we went over the outline, topics and composition of Mohammad's big essay. It was a five paragraph essay, and it was about the topic we discussed in one of our past sessions. The main idea of the essay were the pros and cons of using cash and credit cards. The topic encompassed three major comparisons between credit cards and cash: safety, efficiency, and which method of paying is more common. The first paragraph introduced the idea and discussed what the essay was about. The second paragraph discussed how credit cards were safer to carry as they are very portable and if stolen you can just cancel your card. The third paragraph talked about how cash is inefficient as cash takes up a lot of space and can take more time to pay with, as opposed to a single swipe of a credit card. The fourth paragraph talked about how some stores and machines only take cash and that credit cards can be deemed useless here. The final paragraph concluded and wrapped up the points by stating that the comparisons between credit cards and cash are equal as both methods of paying have good and bad qualities.
I mostly went over grammar, sentence structure, and advanced vocabulary words with Mohammad. I didn't help him with writing too much, I would write an example sentence and we would simply go over it and I'd have him give me a sentence that mimicked the sentence that I had created. It took us a long time to edit, compose, and touch up his essay. However, I feel confident in the lesson as Mohammad was very engaged and quickly picked up on the mistakes he had made and the incorrect patterns.
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