Mentors: How many drafts will go to with a Student with vocab/sentence structure issues!

I assume each mentor has his own style for helping out their students.

I tend to be very available, reply very quickly and I point out where improvements need to be done. I do not correct the review but point what the major mistakes are, and where they are in order for the student to correct it themselves. That way once they graduate they can fly on their own, so to speak.

But, if you have pointed out the mistakes, even gone to the lengths of doing a "corrected version of the paragraph" example and the student sends the review back with few corrections, and actually uses the actual phrases used in the correction version you sent them....

Would you send it back fully/partly corrected OR repeat the same things you told them the first or second time you sent it back to them? less

I will give examples if there's something they're having a hard time wording, but if they use MY wording, I send it back and ask them to fix it. I try and give them a rough idea/bullet points of what to include in their reviews (not toy-specific, general things). That way they can come up with their own ideas.

I sometimes struggle with letting them have their own voice. One of my students is very matter-of-fact. Her reviews might seem short, but it's her. I always worry that they will be voted as less than what they are since she doesn't write 2 paragraphs in each section like some other reviews. I don't want to ask her to write longer reviews because it's just not her.

I try and point out major grammatical points that they've missed, but I will correct small things that like a missed capitalization. I still miss some things. I'm sure we all do. We're only human after all.

And by the way, I hate the voting on the mentor's job. When you're focusing on getting a good review out, sometimes things get overlooked. Not intentionally, but on occasion. Some voters are too hard on the mentor and they tend to forget that we're doing a bigger job than simply editing grammar. less

This: I feel like I'm giving an english lesson! It's rough on me bcs I really want this person to succeed and I feel like this person needs more than a mentor but actual writing lessons..

I've actually asked for email addresses and corrected/helped with grammar in a Word Document and also gave them rules and resources for comma usage, "its vs it's," etc... This website I have bookmarked, I give out too. link There's other useful info on that page besides commas. But most people don't know how to use commas. less