Rachel: Oceanside tutor
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I am a certified English teacher for grades 7-12 and have a master's in teaching English from Brooklyn College. I also hold a Bachelor of Arts, summa cum laude, in English, music, and University Honors Program from Portland State University. Prior to graduating from Portland State, I studied piano performance at University of Southern California's Thornton School of Music. For the last two years, I taught middle and high school English in NYC public schools. Now I freelance as a tutor, book editor, and musician; I love the increased opportunities to work with people individually! In addition to working as a classroom English teacher, I have worked with music students of all ages in classrooms, in ensembles, and individually. My favorite part about teaching and tutoring is helping students get excited about a new idea or creative process. In my tutoring sessions, I will focus on both big ideas (developing and structuring arguments, analyzing themes, building connections, etc.) and the nitty gritty details (conventions, grammar, sentence structure, style, voice, etc.) of reading and writing, whether it be for an essay prompt on an assigned novel or for SAT prep. By the end of a session, you'll be better equipped with skills that will help you not just with your current assignment but also with any reading or writing assignment in the future.
In my spare time, when I'm not reading all the books I can get my hands on, I enjoy playing piano and singing.
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Undergraduate Degree: Portland State University, University of Southern California - Bachelor in Arts, piano performance, English
Graduate Degree: CUNY Brooklyn College - Master of Arts, Teaching English to Grades 7-12
- SAT Composite (1600 scale): 1500
- SAT Verbal: 780
- SAT Writing: 710
- GRE Verbal: 165
piano, singing, reading, writing
- 10th Grade Reading
- 10th Grade Writing
- 11th Grade Reading
- 11th Grade Writing
- 12th Grade Reading
- 12th Grade Writing
- 6th Grade Reading
- 6th Grade Writing
- 7th Grade Reading
- 7th Grade Writing
- 8th Grade Reading
- 8th Grade Writing
- 9th Grade Reading
- 9th Grade Writing
- Admissions
- Adult Literacy
- American Literature
- Audition Prep
- British Literature
- College and University Admissions
- College Application Essays
- College English
- College Essays
- College Level American Literature
- Comparative Literature
- Creative Writing
- Elementary School Reading
- Elementary School Writing
- English Grammar and Syntax
- ESL/ELL
- Essay Editing
- Expository Writing
- Fiction Writing
- Graduate Test Prep
- GRE Verbal
- High School English
- High School Level American Literature
- High School Reading
- High School Writing
- Introduction to Fiction
- Literature
- Middle School English
- Middle School Reading
- Middle School Reading Comprehension
- Middle School Writing
- Music Theory
- Other
- Persuasive Writing
- Piano
- Public Speaking
- SAT Reading
- SAT Writing and Language
- Study Skills
- Study Skills and Organization
- Summer
- Test Prep
- Vocabulary
- Writing