When I coached Tim, the main thing we dealt with was his focus - he had introduced two ideas in the first paragraph, so we looked at that to narrow it down. We also worked a bit on his organization which mostly fell into place after deciding on his real focus. And then he had some questions about his response - what to do and how to go about it. We decided that answering "Why?" or "How?" to things from his summary was going to work well for him.
In both my sessions I have basically just conversed about the essay. Now, I have had good, prepared 'students' each time who knew exactly where/what their problems were, so I didn't feel a need to whip one of the exercises out. But I still wonder if I should be using a method from the book. I definitely want practice doing that. I think maybe I need to read over them a few more times so I can remember them better and remember when to use them.
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