...learning and teaching. Although I majored in geology, I enjoy english, science, and history. I try to make subjects relatable to everyone, using cooking, sports, or other analogies to break down complicated principles. I began as a teaching assistant my sophomore year at Brigham Young University. Since this time, I have performed as a teaching assistant for 14 University-level courses. I have also tutored students at all grade levels. I like to spend time with...
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...fit together and to retain the knowledge in the long term. As an added benefit, it also helps to fill any gaps in their education from previous years and improves their ability to quickly absorb new topics in the future. When I am not tutoring or attending class, I spend most of my time reading or writing. I have a large portfolio of short stories, am working on my first novel, and have begun working...
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Bonjour! My name is Emily McGill and I'm going to be a senior at the University of Michigan. French is my mother tongue, as my mom's family all immigrated from France and still have a home there that I visit for several months every year. From kindergarten to 12th grade, I attended...
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...Korea, Canada, Panama, Costa Rica, and Mexico. My family and I love to travel and we plan a couple of trips every summer. HIstory and culture are very important to us. I take my job seriously and that means that I will do what I have to in order to help you become more successful. I strive to make learning fun but I also want to make the time we have together meaningful and worthwhile.
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My objective as your tutor is to help figure out what your specific obstacles are -- what you know, what you don't know, what you need to learn -- and help you get past them. My tutoring is very goal-oriented and personalized for each client.... I believe anyone can learn anything; it just takes proper instruction, some effort, and then plenty of practice. What usually causes problems for students is instruction that is too fast, or...
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My goal as a tutor is to improve the academic achievement of students through encouraging scholarly and personal progress. I maintain that listening to the student in order to asses problem areas within a subject is the best way to establish a working partnership in the effort to support scholarly achievement. I strongly encourage my students to set goals so that they can personally measure their academic progress and improvement.
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...have many years of experience working with children of all ages and abilities in many settings, including previous tutoring. I also have many years of experience working with children and adults with mental and physical disabilities. These experiences have provided me with skills to develop individualized plans to help individuals achieve their goals. I have had much success when applying these skills to my tutoring plans. I have also used and developed these skills further...
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...writing, in all its forms, in more recent years for having the ability to communicate thoughts, information and creativity. It is my goal to help all my students see what great powers reading and writing have and to allow them to apply their reading and writing skills to everyday, "real world" situations. I believe that my passion for my subject matter and my ability to make reading and writing accessible and applicable to life will...
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...completed my PhD in history from the University of Edinburgh in Scotland in 2015. As you can see, I practice what I preach about education :) While I tutor a number of subjects, I am most passionate about helping students learn how to improve their reading (Literature) and writing (English), as well as their historical knowledge (History). I also have a good track record helping students dramatically improve their SAT scores and their college application...
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...Las Vegas, where I taught Reading, Writing, and Drama to middle school students. I have four years of tutoring experience in Reading, Writing, Public Speaking, and Performing Arts. I believe that communication is a crucial part of our lives and desire to teach my students how to best utilize this skill to be successful in life. I want to share my passion for learning with my students by catering to their individual learning needs and...
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...Secondary Education English through Arizona State University (summa cum laude) and am confident and comfortable tutoring any areas of English including writing, reading, and standardized test prep. I believe that students can achieve any learning goal through organization and understand that sometimes it takes a little extra academic support to reach maximum potential. I am more than willing to take the time to discover the individual needs of every student in order to help him...
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...in another area of expertise. This past summer, I had the privilege of tutoring a high school student in writing. When we had reached our final tutoring session, I was amazed to hear some of the ideas which she shared -- ideas which she wanted to write about. Although I do tutor a few other subjects, it is the writing that I look forward to most. Outside of academia, I enjoy healthy cooking, being outside,...
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...and curriculum reviewer for Mary Pride's Practical Homeschooling magazine, hold a current teacher certification from Association of Christian Schools International (ACSI), and earned a BA in Church and Family Ministries with a Cognate in Elementary Education, GBS Aldersgate program. My education credits include Principles & Methods of Education, Child Development, Social Studies Methods, Math Methods, Language Arts Methods, Reading Methods, Children's Literature, Educating Exceptional Learners, Science Methods, Classroom Observation and Educational Field Experience.... I focus on...
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...knowledge to be a shared experience. I want to provide productive expertise and encouragement to use a student's learning style to complete tasks and develop self-confidence. My strongest study areas are English grammar and composition, writing and editing for college essays, vocabulary and reading literature comprehension, and Art History. The area I am most knowledgeable about is Modernism, but my favorite is non-Western art, especially public and resistance art. I am patient in explanation, and...
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I want my students to learn! I love learning and want to share what I know! I know school and test preparation can be stressful. I remember taking the SSATs, PSATs, and the SAT and I remember that it wasn't all that much fun. However, with preparation, there are many rewards to learning, test taking and academic success! With hard work, preparation and a little help, my students will have lots to brag about too!
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...and that often problems can be solved and concepts may be grasped just by looking at them from another perspective. I have experience working with students of varying age groups. I also have some experience assisting high school-aged students with college admissions essays and other writing projects. As an undergraduate, I frequently tutored classmates in essay writing and edited papers, which helped pay for my expenses during college. I enjoy helping people and enjoy teaching...
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...of being wrong. As a tutor and mentor, my role is to create a comfortable learning environment where students focus on how wrong answers help them to arrive at the right answer. I always told my students that I am open to all answers and that no one is ever truly wrong. No one should feel that their contribution to a learning environment is ever wrong. In addition to mentoring elementary and middle school students,...
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...my undergraduate education. Additionally, I have volunteered at the Student Success Center in multiple educational institutions. I was a struggling student at certain points along the way in my academic career, and I valued the people who helped me get through both issues with comprehension and motivation, and fostered the skills within me to get to where I am today! It is my goal to provide those types of opportunities to all students alike, because...
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...and reading assistance. I am also a qualified SAT tutor and ran the tutoring program at my High School, during which I gained experience training other tutors and teaching them a wide variety of strategies. During my junior year, I completed a research project on language acquisition in second language learners. The focus of my study was on the importance of emotional support in academic settings. Since completing this study, I have retained a strong...
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...master while studying for my biology major and statistics minor, and have allowed me to become successful in mentoring other students as well. In my spare time, I enjoy working and volunteering with others, multitasking, and running. My life largely revolves around working with people. I am here to help you learn, and am ready to share my knowledge with you as we begin our journey through mentoring and tutoring with one another.
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Eleventh-grade English courses are often the most writing intensive classes offered in high school curricula, and with good reason. For students interested in pursuing a college education, junior year marks the final opportunity to add high marks to an impressive transcript, hone creative writing skills for college admissions essays, and prepare for SAT or ACT essays. Even for those planning to pursue other interests after high school, the composition-heavy workload of eleventh grade English coincides with the academic rigors of advanced math, science, history, and elective coursework, leading to a stressful and draining academic year.
Whether you are enrolled in standard, honors, or AP level English, an experienced eleventh-grade writing tutor may be able to help shape your skills. Compositional aptitude is one of only a few academic pursuits that are almost universally applicable to careers in research, teaching, management, development, sales, and even labor require the fundamentals of clear writing skills. While the focus on composition inherent in eleventh-grade English courses may be off-putting, it is also a stellar opportunity to refresh or improve this critical skill. Taking advantage of eleventh-grade writing tutoring allows students to receive targeted feedback on their compositions.
Varsity Tutors can help you connect with a tutor who can identify patterns in your writing, ranging from small-scale grammar inconsistencies to widespread recurring problems with selecting compelling evidence. The one-on-one attention of private tutoring allows an instructor to develop strategies and techniques specific to each student's writing habits. Tutors can provide feedback specific to admissions essays, literary analysis, the SAT or ACT, the AP English and Composition exams, or even help you develop strong cover letter and resume writing skills. The customized nature of private tutoring means that your instructor can assist you both with class assignments and with the practical applications of writing skills outside the classroom.
Your tutor will get to know you on a personal level. Once they learn more about you, they will create a custom lesson plan that is tailored to your needs. This is just one of the many benefits of hiring a private tutor. Another advantage is the immediate confidence boost you will feel when you begin grasping the concepts you once though impossible to learn. You won't have to wait in line after class anymore to get your questions answered, only to be rushed in the two minutes before you have to rush off to your next class. You will have multiple methods of communicating with your tutor, so you can get all of your questions answered right away. A tutor will teach you valuable study skills that you can take to college with you. Also, your tutor will help you set future academic goals and teach you how you can achieve them.
Eleventh-graders are often beginning the transition into adulthood, and emphasizing the value of effective written communication can help carry them forward in their future endeavors. We can help connect you with eleventh-grade writing tutors across the country, making lessons readily available. Your tutor will work around your schedule to prioritize your convenience. Tutoring sessions can take place at the time and location that you choose whether you prefer an in-person weekend lesson at the local library or an evening session in your living room. Your sessions can even take place through an interactive face-to-face online platform. Tutors are flexible, and can work to accommodate your schedule. If you are interested in more information about connecting with a writing tutor in your area, contact your local educational director today! You are already considering using a private English tutor, why not take some of the pressure off of yourself and let Varsity Tutors help you.
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Recent 11th Grade Writing Tutoring Session Notes
After the ACT, the student asked me to help him work on his writing skills. We worked on argumentation using evidence, practicing with the simple source of a fable by Aesop. Then we complicated the argument by incorporating a second source, a book about the meaning of animals in Shakespeare's time. I challenged him to create a short paper arguing for how Shakespeare might have understood the meaning of Aesop's fable and he created an argument that accommodated the prompt.
The student and I reviewed an essay she had written for one of her classes. Due to the grade on this essay, she was allocated a certain amount of time to edit and re-submit her essay. I worked with her on editing the first half of her essay. I left her with instructions to continue editing her essay based on the outline we developed.
This was my first session with the student. He was a really sweet boy who seemed anxious to please. His notes on his summer reading were lucid and pinpointed major points. I reviewed the summer reading requirements and had questions about the project specific to the unique layout of the book. In order to check his writing skills, I gave him a prompt. He wrote the introduction and it was insightful.
The student and I covered an assignment for her college writing course. We went over the planning stages of the essay, and began constructing the body paragraphs. She was a great student, very cooperative and a pleasure to work with!
Had a good getting to know each other conversation, went over a previous paper she had written, identified areas of opportunity in her writing process and came up with a writing topic to work on a new paper over the next several sessions.
Continued working on summer work for new school year. Formatting thesis statements and finishing answering reading comprehension questions. assigned homework: print out notes and thesis statements. Also rough draft of Gatsby.