...The ACT Reading section focuses less on vocabulary and more on rhetorical strategies than does the Critical Reading of the SAT. I help my students choose from several possible approaches the one that best fits them. I then teach them tricks to tackling the passages with a ready “ear,” as well as how to avoid the traps awaiting and common mistakes made by unsuspecting and incautious readers. (read more)
38 Subjects: includingReading,English,ESL/ESOL,SAT Math
...In my more than 20 years of tutoring for the SSAT, I have helped my students get into private schools including Phillips Exeter, Phillips Andover, Milton Academy, Windsor, Dexter-Southfield, Belmont Hill, Cambridge School of Weston, Lawrence Academy, and more. In addition to tutoring students on... (read more)
...I also have a Masters degree in Special Education so I have expertise in individualizing instruction, which makes me uniquely qualified for this role. I have taught in Chicago Public Schools for the past 4 years as a Special Education teacher focusing on Reading and Social Studies. As a teacher... (read more)
...For Youth Science Initiative, I coordinate and hold biweekly meetings to prepare engaging presentations for elementary school kids. I have really enjoyed my teaching and mentoring experiences which have been a mix of classroom presentations and one-on-one tutoring sessions. I believe that consi... (read more)
...I offer tutoring for Grades 7-12 in the following subjects: AP Economics (Micro and Macro), AP U.S. History, World History, AP U.S. Government, AP Comparative Government, and English. (read more)