Certified AP English Literature and Composition Tutor in Schenectady, NY
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...I especially enjoy one-on-one or small group learning situations because it allows for the opportunity to target individual weaknesses and turn them into strengths. I am especially interested in tutoring writing and study skills/techniques, or in working with any IB Diploma or Certificate candidates on IB subjects. I myself am extremely passionate about learning and plan to return to school to further my burgeoning career in social marketing through public health. In my spare time,...
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Certified AP English Literature and Composition Tutor in Schenectady, NY
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Hello! My name is Alison, and I have always loved learning! I love to read, and studied literature in college, as well as political science and philosophy. I have tutored and taught in a variety of settings, and I love working with students to help them achieve their goals. I have successfully worked with math, science, language, reading, writing, and the humanities. I am excited to help you next!
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Certified AP English Literature and Composition Tutor in Schenectady, NY
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...experience tutoring high school, college, and graduate students in the areas of writing, language, rhetoric, English and world literature, as well as corresponding standardized test areas (GRE verbal and written, SAT and ACT verbal, AP language and literature). I also specialize in editorial and proof work, including admission essays and writing samples. My goal is to tailor each tutoring session to the student's needs and ambitions, and to use our time together to sharpen transferable...
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Certified AP English Literature and Composition Tutor in Schenectady, NY
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...devising effective study habits for a student with a packed schedule to learning how to organize an essay with color-coded note-cards for an extremely visual learner. Finally, I love the collaborative, communal nature of successful private tutoring, as parents, tutors, regular teachers, and other members of a student's support system come together to ensure the student's academic and personal needs are met. To learn more about this process and to build upon the assistance I...
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Certified AP English Literature and Composition Tutor in Schenectady, NY
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Hello! My name is Justin Hyland and I am a graduate of Fordham University and the University of Connecticut School of Law. My areas of knowledge include legal academics, bar exam prep, and English language and literature.
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Certified AP English Literature and Composition Tutor in Schenectady, NY
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Helping students grow is a passion of mine; it is, in fact, my life's work. Since I graduated from the University of North Carolina in 2001 and NC Central University in 2005, I have worked to help students develop their potential in my roles as as an Exceptional Children's Teacher, Middle School ELA teacher, High School English and Social Studies teacher, and College Developmental Reading/Writing and English/History/Humanities instructor.
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Certified AP English Literature and Composition Tutor in Schenectady, NY
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...academic subjects. I bring a compassionate and collaborative approach to teaching. I strongly believe that a tutor must treat his or her student as a teammate and not as someone who merely needs instruction. The goal of any tutoring session should be to bring out and foster a student's own capacity to understand and excel in a given field, which begins with respect. I am currently pursuing a graduate study in biology- where my interests...
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Certified AP English Literature and Composition Tutor in Schenectady, NY
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I love teaching and helping others learn. I believe that everyone has their own unique learning style. As a tutor, it is my goal to help you succeed. I love animals and volunteering at the humane society.
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Certified AP English Literature and Composition Tutor in Schenectady, NY
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...the problem with low stakes and low stress. When tutoring in History, my goal is to fill in the missing gaps. To do this, I facilitate a conversation about the subject, whether that be the French Revolution or any other historical event. By having a conversation, dry historical information becomes more interesting and memorable. I began tutoring with Varsity Tutors in the Fall of 2015. Before that, I have experience working at my high school...
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Certified AP English Literature and Composition Tutor in Schenectady, NY
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...to tutoring is to identify a students strengths and build upon them through frequent quizzes and reflective analysis. Additionally, having just gone through the college admissions process, I am privy to its length and complexity so can lend advice on anything, namely essays. I have plenty of experience writing and have been published in a local newspaper. While I think math is the easiest subject for me to teach, writing and writing skills are my...
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Certified AP English Literature and Composition Tutor in Schenectady, NY
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...students in these subjects, including preparing for exams. I also have experience in providing peer reviews and constructive critiques in graduate level writing in multiple fields. Coming from a family of teachers, education has always been a central value in my life, and I try to use this love of learning to help create the best experience I can for my students. I believe that every tutoring session should be built around the interests and...
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Certified AP English Literature and Composition Tutor in Schenectady, NY
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...My specialties lie within the English field, such as sharing the nuances of grammar and syntax, fine-tuning English papers, or assisting with reading comprehension; however, I never turn down a worthy math problem or shy away from a chance to explore the sciences! I thrive on expert study guides, flashcards, or the effort behind exploring the perfect learning processes needed to excel in a course. Whether helping a student memorize and comprehend over 100 vocabulary...
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Certified AP English Literature and Composition Tutor in Schenectady, NY
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...and find the scientific process to be exhilarating! My goal as a tutor is to not only help students understand the material on a conceptual basis but to also help them develop strategies for learning and studying that best fit their unique ways of thinking. As a neurodivergent individual, I am passionate about accepting and accommodating all forms of learning and thinking and I understand that every student has unique educational needs. Outside of coursework...
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Certified AP English Literature and Composition Tutor in Schenectady, NY
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...been tutoring since my junior year of high school, and now that I am enrolled in college at the University of Texas at Austin, I am able to apply my personal experience in the college application process to help out my fellow students. I have lots of experience in taking Advanced Placement courses as well as standardized tests such as the SAT and ACT. I am a passionate teacher and would be honored to help...
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Certified AP English Literature and Composition Tutor in Schenectady, NY
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...fluency in Greek and Latin. I finished a Masters in Latin from the University of Florida in the summer of 2018. I have six undergraduate Latin classes from Patrick Henry College with a 3.8 GPA. I have 3 years experience teaching overseas second language learners, including 1 year at an institute in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia and 2 years at an American college in Bahrain. I am here to help you in any way that I...
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Certified AP English Literature and Composition Tutor in Schenectady, NY
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...to succeed. Some students simply don't have all the information they need to do something well, but this doesn't mean that they are automatically "bad" at reading or writing papers. I try to help students develop the skills they need so that they can move forward with confidence and continue to improve. I have been reading my whole life, and I have done a lot of creative writing, so I have a great love of...
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Certified AP English Literature and Composition Tutor in Schenectady, NY
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I love teaching, and I adore language. Simply put, control of language is the key to success in almost any field or subject. My specialties are writing/essay instruction, public speaking/debate, literature and non-fiction reading, vocabulary improvement, and test-taking strategies. Never have I tutored a pupil who has not improved a great deal! I am personally invested in my students' successes.
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Certified AP English Literature and Composition Tutor in Schenectady, NY
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...future through academics, but the most auspicious quality I possess is my attitude. I spent most of my time as a mentor, tutor and supplemental instructor at Midwestern State; I taught History and Spanish mainly, but also Grammar and Essay Writing. I have a love for sharing knowledge and teaching study patterns for different types of learners. I have been assisting my friends with study tips and the comprehension of difficult topics all my life....
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Certified AP English Literature and Composition Tutor in Schenectady, NY
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I genuinely believe that the close reading and analytical thinking skills that we practice in English classes make us more critical consumers of a variety of texts: from news headlines, musical performance, art work, to a written narrative. I'm starting my 12th year teaching AP Literature & Composition.
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Certified AP English Literature and Composition Tutor in Schenectady, NY
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...I consider myself an actor, director, and educator. I'm currently a theatre advisor at a high school in Boston. I have been tutoring since I was in high school myself, in San Juan, Puerto Rico, where I'm from. I believe that all students deserve a chance to succeed, and strive to personalize my teaching style to best suit my students' needs. I tutor in: Theatre, Acting, Audition prep (Theatre), English Literature, Spanish Literature, Conversational Spanish,...
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The AP English Literature and Composition exam is one of the most difficult exams on which to achieve a perfect 5. Not only do you have to be well versed in the traditional canon of English literature, covering everything from Chaucer to Fitzgerald, but you have to be ready to tackle both essay and multiple-choice questions that test your ability to recall, interpret, and expand upon key concepts, themes, motifs, and character traits. Although you may already be enrolled in an AP English Literature class at school, preparing for the AP English Literature exam with a private tutor could further help you boost that score toward a coveted 5.
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Your personal tutor can help you learn how to actively read a passage while highlighting the most important concepts and identifying material that is likely to show up in the questions. You will also learn how to eliminate nonsense answers, how to find evidence that supports an idea in a passage, and how to select the correct answer choice in the most efficient manner, ensuring you do not run out of time on test day. You can even set goals with your tutor on your time limit, such as making sure that you have ample time remaining for the written or multiple-choice sections, depending on the one that you are the most challenged by.
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Recent Schenectady AP English Literature and Composition Tutoring Session Notes
Today we worked on responses to Freakonomics. We finished the first two chapters and she is going to work on the next four over the weekend. These will be done by Tuesday so next week we can start on a new book and a new set of assignments.
The student and I reviewed one of his essays for English. He is an extremely bright student, very impressive but wants to improve his grades his is earning on his timed essays. We thoroughly examined and dissected what he wrote and the areas he needs to focus on to earn a higher grade. He has some slight trouble with proper word choice and being able to identify an author's tone and how to write and analyze that. I went over that with him and told him he needs to keep in mind the global idea and vision of what the author is trying to accomplish, keeping in mind the genre and rhetorical strategies the author is employing.
We went over the student's government, English, and chemistry material. Much of the session was spent reviewing what is currently being covered in his classes. We reviewed organization and study skills.
I helped get the student started on a research paper. She selected a prompt, brainstormed topic ideas, took extensive notes, developed a tentative thesis statement, and devised a plan for getting started on research.
The student and I worked through her annotated bibliography assignment, editing her existing sources and annotations as well as developing a number of additional possible sources. We discussed how the creation of the outline for her research paper influences the selection of her sources, and vice versa, and came up with a rough outline to guide her through the creation of the rest of her bibliography. We made plans to meet again on Thursday in order to edit the upcoming additions to her bibliography.
During our session, the student worked on his rough draft for his Personal Statement while I proofread his rough draft for his Frankenstein assignment. Once I was done proofreading and he had written his rough draft, we edited his Frankenstein paper. He is going to print off the paper so I can do a handwritten edit of the rough draft and we can finish the final draft at our next session.
