Having reviewed and edited essays for dozens of college and medical school applicants, Sugi knows what separates a competent high school essay from a compelling one: a clear argumentative throughline and evidence that actually does work in each paragraph. She teaches students to outline with purpose...

Strong high school writing means more than correct grammar; it means building a clear argument and supporting it with well-chosen evidence. Molly spent years editing for newspapers, so she brings a real editor's eye to student essays — restructuring weak introductions, tightening transitions, and sh...

Teaching English at the graduate level sharpened Wendel's ability to diagnose what's actually going wrong in a student's draft — whether it's a thesis that hedges instead of commits, evidence that sits inert without analysis, or transitions that force the reader to do all the connective work. His MA...

Strong high school writing comes down to structure — knowing how to build an argument, transition between ideas, and revise with purpose. Adam's cognitive science background at Rice sharpened his ability to break down how readers process information, which he applies directly when teaching thesis de...

The jump from summarizing to analyzing trips up a lot of high schoolers — suddenly teachers want a thesis, counterarguments, and textual evidence woven together. Lila's coursework in politics, law, and social thought at Rice requires exactly that kind of argumentative writing every week, and she wal...

The jump from "I know what I want to say" to a polished paragraph on the page is where most high schoolers get stuck. Emmanuel tackles that gap by teaching outlining strategies, paragraph architecture, and revision techniques — practical skills that transfer across essays, research papers, and timed...

Sociology papers at Rice demand a specific skill — taking messy, real-world observations about human behavior and shaping them into structured, evidence-driven arguments — and Caio applies that same discipline when teaching high schoolers how to organize their own essays. He's particularly sharp at ...

Tutoring refugee students through their English coursework gave Natalie a ground-level understanding of how to teach writing across skill levels — from organizing a basic five-paragraph essay to crafting nuanced analytical arguments. Her cognitive science studies at Rice also inform how she approach...

Strong high school writing goes beyond the five-paragraph essay — it requires building a genuine argument, weaving in textual evidence, and developing a voice that doesn't disappear behind formulaic structure. Giovanna treats writing as a thinking process, teaching students to outline their reasonin...

The jump from middle school paragraphs to high school essays catches a lot of students off guard — suddenly they need thesis statements, integrated evidence, and transitions that do real work. Briana teaches the mechanics of essay structure alongside the thinking skills that make arguments persuasiv...