Conversation
After a quick greeting, use the following questions as a guideline to form an interesting conversation with your tutor. Feel free to diverge from these suggestions if anything interesting comes up.
- Many teachers assign homework to students every day. Do you think that daily homework is necessary for students? Use specific reasons and details to support your answer.
- What are the benefits of having daily homework?
- What are the disadvantages of having daily homework?
- How does daily homework benefit students?
Vocabulary
Skip this section if you have 15 minute plan. Read the word/expression and definition out loud, and your tutor will go over anything you do not understand. Practice creating a sentence or two to make sure you know how to use the word/expression properly.
Vocabulary/ Expressions
| Expression | Definition |
| assignment | (n) a task or work assigned to someone The students always had a new assignment to complete for the next day. |
| classroom | (n) a room where students are taught They couldn’t wait to get back inside the classroom after break. |
| busy | (adj) having a great deal to do Her daily homework kept her very busy during the week and weekends. |
| required | (adj) officially compulsory The reading was required before she could go to class the next day. |
| force | (v) bring about through effort or coercion Her parents had to force her to finish her work before she could play. |
| peruse | (v) read something carefully She perused the book while taking notes. |
| hand out | (expression) distribute The student wanted to hand out the worksheets to his classmates. |
| call out | (expression) expose or point out She was asked to call out the top painters of the era in her paper. |
| brush off | (expression) ignore, pay little attention Since he’d rather play with his friends, he would often brush off his homework assignments. |
| A for effort | (expression) praise for someone who put forth their best in their work Even though there were some errors, the teacher said she had an A for effort. |
Something Extra
Read the following quote out loud.
“Develop a passion for learning. If you do, you will never cease to grow.”
― Anthony J. D’Angelo
