...I try to influence my students to do the same because speaking properly and writing well will always be a skill they will need in life. Most students ask why it is they have to learn a subject or how they will ever use it, and I enjoy teaching grammar and vocabulary specifically because of how much we use it in life. Math has always been a subject that I loved teaching! (read more)
...I enjoy this exam because it provides ample opportunity to build test-taking strategies, that carry over for the remainder of students' academic careers. I have been teaching ACT Reading & ACT English professionally for CUNY's grant program. I also help students with reading comprehension and test-taking in a private capacity. (read more)
...Along the way I've often been relied upon for my spelling exactitude, as part of my longtime editorial/analyst role at the Foundation Center, and in editorial positions in publishing, including my recent editorship at an online arts magazine, and a proofreading stint at Spin Magazine earlier in m... (read more)
...Let’s read your homework assignments and your favorite books together. When I teach reading, I stress your experience, vocabulary development, pronunciation and comprehension. As a native English speaker, I was instructed by my teachers and parents to write with correct grammar and sentence structure from an early age. (read more)
...After teaching high school English in Manhattan for nine years, and serving as the school’s college advisor, Jonathan relocated to Seattle in 2001 on a Klepser writing fellowship from the University of Washington to teach poetry. Born in Teaneck, New Jersey, Jonathan’s BA is in English from Rutg... (read more)