What I have learned about being a Writing Tutor

During the course of the first three weeks of ENG220, I learned through reading tutoring writing, researching James Moffett and observing a tutoring session. What was most enjoyable is having studied the facts, the techniques, different approaches, the importance dialogue and inner speech play when teaching and then seeing everything I learned, applied in a tutoring session at the writing center.
The tutor I observed greeted the writer and proceeded to practice the different theories of writing. Starting with Talking and Writing, the tutor asked the writer to read her paper out loud slowly. In an attempt to clarify textual meanings, the writer actively engaged with the tutor. While the writer was reading her work, the tutor attentively bent over the work to follow along and listened carefully. The tutor then practiced Feminism by encouraging and supporting her to express her concerns and response to the text. Thinking carefully about each phrase the tutor noticed problems with the past/present tense and some grammar. She went over these LOC after she made sure all the higher order ones were taken care of. Lastly, she gave the writer a practice sheet for grammar and tense rules and explained clearly everything on the sheet by giving examples to better understand the rules. When the session was over she made sure the writer was happily satisfied and offered to help her with any revisions she may need.