Kourtney Wilson TS #6

Date/Time: 12/11,  11:00 AM - 12:00 Halimah Alnakhli

Location: Zoom Meeting

Topic Discussed: How to properly layout a cover letter/error corrections with feedback (PT. 3)



During this lesson, I finished covering the basics of a cover letter/ and purpose statement. 

 

We then began the lesson that I had previously used for my other student. The slides began with an agenda to lay out the purpose of the lesson. The slides were meant for her to consider the situations and decide what is the polite way to handle the situation. The slides covered questions such as - 

 

•       1. If you are invited to dinner, what should you bring? 

•       2. If someone gives you a compliment, how should you respond? 

•       3. If someone criticizes your work, how should you respond? 

•       4. If a party starts at 7:00, what time should you arrive? 

•       5. If a dinner starts at 7:00, what time is too late? 

•       6. If one of your friend’s family members dies, what should you do? 

•       7. If you go to a wedding, what is an acceptable gift? 

•       8. If you have a problem with one of your neighbors, what should you do? 

•       9. If you need to borrow money, who can you ask? Who can’t you ask? 

•       10. What is an acceptable amount of time to pay someone back? 

 

We then watched a video on an awkward situation such as the ones listed above and I asked her to type out in full sentences how to solve the issue and what they should have done differently to fix the situation. 

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