...I am also an Intensive English Professor at Southern Illinois University of Edwardsville. Here, I teach a diverse group of students. While attending Greenville University, I studied abroad for four months in Costa Rica. (read more)
...So many students struggle with all the mechanics required of school writing that it takes the joy of the writing process away. I teach students to separate their writing ideas from the not-so-fun part of writing - capitalization, punctuation, sentence structure, using quotes, paragraph structure, etc. Organize, write, edit. (read more)
...Another useful skill for this test is the ability to eliminate wrong answers to arrive at the correct one. My ACT tutoring methods, based on many years of tutoring and lots of research, are similar for all four subjects tested. I can easily summarize my method in two words: review and practice. (read more)
...My certification is for grades 6 through 12. I am certified in English Language Arts (Reading, Composition, and Grammar) as well as Public Speaking. I also have training in SAT and ACT Preparation. (read more)