...The students I tutored each improved dramatically and had a new found love of reading as a result. I spend most of my free time writing and reading. I have helped many students write essays and research papers and I am an advance reader for a published author. (read more)
...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)