...My goal with my sessions is to help my students be excited about the subject they're struggling with and to develop a passion for writing that they may not have been exposed to before. I assign prompts and homework to be completed between lessons to encourage my students to stretch their writing... (read more)
...The evaluation for reading is, of course, having the student read, and for writing, having the student write a paragraph or two and then reviewing it with him or her. If the student is a child, then I also like to sit down with the parent(s) in the first lesson and find out what they are looking... (read more)
...I studied acting with the Hollywood Actors' Repertory Theater in Los Angeles, choreographing David Rabe's IN THE BOOM BOOM ROOM starring Julie Newmar and also appeared in the production. Teaching English Literacy for five years at a NYC alternative high school I became well acquainted with the n... (read more)
...And I also love a well written sentence. That includes proper use of grammar. My masters degree explored the ways we communicate and central to that is being understood clearly. (read more)
...My teaching style is experiential as I believe every student has the capacity to connect with literature and to write very well, and I enjoy showing a student how he or she does this naturally. I believe in finding the moment of engagement with a work of literature or a writing assignment and wo... (read more)