What+If+Scenarios

=What If...=

Below are scenarios that peer tutors may encounter during tutoring sessions. Click on the links below to find suggestions from WMS peer tutors for what to do in a variety of different situations.

The Student Scenarios
What if...
 * The student wants you to edit their story?
 * The student is shy?
 * The student is angry?
 * The student is upset or cries?
 * The student has never been to the Writing Center before?
 * The student will not read their essay out loud?

You Scenarios
What if...
 * You are tutoring an older student?
 * You are older than the student?
 * You don't know anything about the writer's paper or topic?
 * You don't know what to do to help the writer?

The Writer Scenarios
What if...
 * The writer has not started the essay yet?
 * The writer wants to work on their thesis?
 * The writer wants to focus on their organization?
 * The writer needs help with grammar issues?
 * The writer is plagiarizing (cheating)?
 * The writer asks a question that you don't know about?
 * The writer asks a question (maybe about grammar, the rules of the assignment) that you don't know the answer to?
 * The writer gets really defensive?
 * The writer's teacher makes them cometo the writing center and the writer doesn't think s/he needs help?
 * The writer continuously insults the teacher and complains about the assignment?

The Paper Scenarios

 * The paper has a lot of errors and areas that need work?