Award-Winning Private English Grammar and Syntax Tutoring in Paramount, CA

"The student tackled a writing assignment that she had delivering key science info in a friendly letter format. We utilized our pre-writing exercise to keep her information concise. She initially resisted the pre-writing, feeling more comfortable with free form. I emphasized the importance of "pertinent" details vs. superfluous ones, and delivering the important facts in a readable flow. She came up with a strong result."

"The beginning of the session was dedicated to correcting the student's homework and giving him a spelling test (on which he received a 100%). Today we started reading a chapter book together called The Boy on the Wooden Box. Before we began reading, we discussed the title, author, and history that goes along with the book (Oskar Schindler, WWII, holocaust, Hitler, Nazis, etc.). We also discussed the picture on the cover and predicted what the picture and the title meant. We read through the prologue and about two-thirds of the first chapter, stopping to discuss what was happening, answer comprehension questions, and review vocabulary. I assigned 10 spelling words from the reading and sentences are due next Saturday. For Monday, he has to finish reading the first chapter and finish the character chart we started together. He did really well today and had some great insights into the book and the topic at hand."

"We had a good conversation. The student is able to sustain a conversation more understandably and effectively at this point. We also worked on constructing questions with where, and on words that have two different meanings. We also did some reading comprehension with pronouns. "