Sharon's journalism training at Columbia sharpened her ability to teach the craft of clear, persuasive writing — from structuring a thesis-driven argument to revising for voice and concision. She breaks the editing process into concrete steps so students learn to spot weak transitions, vague claims,...

Argumentative and persuasive essays are where Tiffany's legal education pays off most directly. She teaches high school writers to construct a clear thesis, anticipate counterarguments, and use evidence strategically — the same framework she mastered in law school. Students leave sessions with concr...

Most high schoolers know what they want to say in an essay but struggle to organize it into something a reader can follow. Benjamin breaks the writing process into concrete steps — outlining a defensible thesis, selecting and integrating textual evidence, and crafting transitions that actually move ...

The jump from middle school writing to high school expectations often trips students up — suddenly a five-paragraph essay isn't enough, and teachers want a real thesis with layered evidence. Justin teaches the structural mechanics behind strong analytical and persuasive writing: how to build a claim...

Strong high school writing comes down to making a claim and defending it — something Mimi practiced extensively as an art history major at Dartmouth, where every paper required building an argument from visual and textual evidence. She teaches students to outline with purpose, integrate sources with...

Strong high school writing comes down to one skill most students haven't been explicitly taught: constructing an argument that holds together from thesis to conclusion. Lauren breaks essays into their moving parts — claim, evidence, analysis, counterargument — so students can see exactly where their...

Strong high school writing — whether it's a literary analysis, a research paper, or a personal essay — comes down to making a clear claim and defending it with well-chosen evidence. Eric spent his undergraduate years writing across three different disciplines, which taught him how to adapt tone, str...

Reading voraciously across genres — especially psychological thrillers, where every sentence has to earn its keep — has given Parita a sharp instinct for pacing, structure, and economy of language that she brings directly into her writing tutoring. As a computer science student at Harvard, she appro...

The jump from middle school writing to high school-level essays catches a lot of students off guard, especially when teachers start expecting original analysis instead of summary. Scott digs into the specific weak points — whether that's crafting a debatable thesis, weaving in textual evidence, or w...

Most high school writing struggles come down to the same few problems: a thesis that's really just a topic, body paragraphs that summarize instead of analyze, and conclusions that repeat the intro. Sarah diagnoses these issues quickly and teaches concrete fixes — like reverse-outlining a draft to ch...