I’m not reading the entire thread, so I’ll just give my two cents.
Most of the photos are what I consider “snapshots,” in that they lack a meaningful composition and focus of subject.
And the site doesn’t help; the gimmicky frames are a real distraction.
Composition-wise she is all over the place, unfortunately. Some are pretty strong, some break all the basic rules, and not with a good result.
I’d suggest she joins Flickr to show off her pictures in a less disturbing way than this site, and gets some feedback there from dedictaed groups.
From looking at the second set of photos, I can see she’s slowly improving, focusing her compositions a little more, and thinking about her photographs. There’s a lot of compositional slop and akward cropping but I can see that she’s still very much in her exploratory phase, trying to figure out what works and what doesn’t.
One piece of advice to pass along: Watch those horizons! Unless you’re going for a purposeful effect, those horizon lines should be level. I find it extremely distracting and careless. You can fix it after the fact by rotating and cropping.
At this point, if I were to take a systematic approach, I would either get a book on composition, or check up on many of the websites that give compositional tips for photographers. Then, when she goes out to take pictures, I would have her concentrate on ONE compositional rule each time. For example, today we go out, and we explore “rule of thirds” compositions. Next time we go out, we explore composition based on pattern. Next time, symmetry. Next time, color. Etc. And, in between each time, we critically review our pictures.
Over time, as she builds a vocabulary of compositional techniques, it will also help her critically analyze photographs, paintings, visual culture and understand how they are composed. The goal is to build a compositional foundation and understanding on which she could build.