1,342 Burke Writing Tutors

...moved to Burke, VA, from Philly at the end of October, 2012 (to spend more time close to our teenage grandkids) after 42 years of civil and criminal litigation, municipal law and commercial litigation practice, and 39 years of teaching law courses at the undergraduate level to teachers, paralegals, undergrads, adult students, police personnel and... read more

...We also read and discussed Jack London’s Call of the Wild and Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle. I favor exam-based assessments to allow students to explore what they gained from certain works while utilizing their writing skills. For example, I created an assessment in which students wrote compare and contrast essays and provided examples of... read more

...As a junior in high school (when I was 16), I received a 2240 on the SAT (760 Math, 690 Critical Reasoning, and 790 writing). I got a 6 on both sections of the SAT writing section and only missed one of the 35 writing multiple choice questions. Now, at age 22, I know how to teach the SAT to help students receive similar scores or better. I have... read more

...As part of my degree in Secondary Education, Social Sciences, I took a Sociology class. I earned an A+ in the class and feel confident tutoring this subject. I can apply the teaching methods I learned in my other Social Studies classes to tutor this subject. I have a degree in Secondary Education, Social Sciences (6-12). I am certified to teach... read more

...I scored a 4 on my AP English exam in my senior year of high school, and have read many of the classics and novels that are usually required for any English class. I did well on the reading/writing portion of my SAT, and believe that I will be able to effectively help anyone who is in need of English tutoring. Through taking AP English in high school,... read more