My first experience as a writing tutor

I must say before i was assign to a student i was freaking out because i never tutor anyone before. The only i did that i taught how to do was to dance salsa. I was really nervous to how i would teach someone to become a better writer? From all the readings that my professor had mybclass i was able to apllied those lessons i learned to when i tutor. The student that i was working with she was having trouble with developing her thesis. When i read the passage and look at her thesis i realize all she did was copy word by word from what the author said in the passage. I explained to her that she can not write word by word what the author is saying, you have to put it into your own words and expand the idea. I than ask her what she thinks the author is trying to address and she was able to explain to me that the author arguement was about how being a parent is a really job. From what the student told me she was able to write a summary about the article. At first it was hard with this student because instead of writing in her own words, she copy everythinh the aurhor wrote and she didnt fully understand the text. What i also did was made her write the main idea for each paragraph. It took time and she was able to do it in her own words finally. Even through were werent able to write a correct thesis the student left knowing how to write a summary. A summary is a good way to develop your thesis. My student just needs help understanding the text and message the author is trying to address.