1,217 Boyle Heights Literature Tutors

...I approach each student as a unique, individual learner, finding the best teaching approach for their personality and abilities. A former instructor for the Institute of Reading Development, I am a voracious reader and highly familiar with the classics of English literature. I teach students to be active readers--looking for foreshadowing, literary... read more

I've worked as a professional, full-time tutor for the last eight years. In the wide field of test prep, my areas of specialty include SAT I, SAT Subject Tests (literature and U.S. history), AP tests (literature, language, U.S. history, European history, and government), ACT, GRE, and TOEFL. I have helped approximately one thousand five hundred students... read more

...As a Creative Writing major, I have studied grammar extensively in order to better communicate with the written word. When teaching grammar, I will use the students past writing as a base and build upon from there. Constant writing, quizzing, and practice will ensure that students are able to understand grammatical rules and place them into practice... read more

...I am a published author--two books and several articles--and have taught writing courses going all the way back to 1996. I can help with a wide variety of writing and research issues. I teach British literature, mainly Renaissance authors like Shakespeare and Milton. I am also very familiar with the Romantics (Blake is a favorite) and the Greek... read more

...I'm bilingual in Mandarin, which is my native language, but I majored in English at UCLA, one of the best universities in the nation. As an English major, my classes emphasized critical reading and analysis skills in literature, as well as eloquent writing skills. I also have plenty of experience with math as well, having taken advanced calculus... read more