...I have written short novels, created solo performance pieces, and made fun masks. While I was abroad in Paris, I trained in physical performance - this included mime, acrobatics, trapeze, and classic dance. My mother is French and my father is American, so we lived in France for the first seven years of my life before moving to the United States. (read more)
...I look forward to working with you!Ten years experience tutoring APUSH, as well as AP Euro and AP World History. I also have a PhD in American literature. I have a PhD in English, and I have taught poetry, fiction, and drama courses at the college level. (read more)
...First, I taught with Mounds View School District, then later with the Learning Disability Association of Minnesota. These lessons gave me experience working with individual students as well as small groups. I have a strong background in teaching students who speak languages other than English at home, and students struggling to make sense of academic skills and concepts. (read more)
...I have helped students significantly increase their scores from a practice pretest to the actual assessment through targeted and customized instruction. I taught high school juniors English and created lesson specifically to prepare for the English portions of the ACT. Learning a couple grammar rules can increase an ACT score by two points. (read more)
...I help break skills down for students so that they can learn to be successful and independent. I have a B.A. in both English and Sociology, plus a M.Ed. in English Education. I have served as a classroom teacher for English / Language Arts, reading, and reading intervention. (read more)