...Although I am new to Wyzant, I have 10 years of ACT tutoring experience. In addition, I taught the following high school English classes at North Farmington High School during my 8-year teaching career:
-AP Language and Composition (11th-12th Grades)
-AP Literature and Composition (11th-12th Gra... (read more)
...We did spend the entire hour on spelling at first. Once she understood how to study for spelling, we were able to spend part of her hour on reading from then on. I have experience tutoring high school students in preparation for the English and Reading portions of the ACT test. (read more)
...The English classes I taught are 9th- and 10th-grade honors and general English, 11th-grade general English, Creative Writing (and I have published a book on that course and a novel), Mythology, and Literature on Film. The Social Studies classes I taught are World History, Sociology, and Civics.... (read more)
...ESL/ESOL: Studying a foreign language has taught me more about my native language (English). I can talk about grammatical concepts in English, because I've studied German grammatical concepts. Also, I know how the brain learns languages: some of my Master's level courses dealt with Second Langu... (read more)