978 Hartford Language Arts Tutors

...As a writing teacher, I taught my students to break down specific writing assignments and to determine which tools were best suited to their writing goals. A PhD in English, I have worked with students on analysis of literary works and development of theses and the arguments to support them. My focus is to help my students see how a poem or story... read more

...I enjoy helping and teaching, and my goal is to work with my students to both identify their weaknesses and improve them. I am someone who has plenty of patience, and I understand the frustration of academic studies. I believe everyone can succeed with the right help. I am available typically after 4 p.m. Monday through Friday. Anything on the weekends... read more

...If desired, I can teach them how to use prefixes, suffixes,and roots of words to increase their vocabulary and learn the words that are mostly commonly used at their grade level. I can help students understand the basic concepts of grammar and help them use those skills to write sentences correctly and effectively. They will learn the most common... read more

...As an elementary school teacher in Arctic Quebec,I taught various levels of elementary school to students whose first language was not English. Utilizing an ESL program from the Xerox Corporation, students learned the English language visually before tackling the written word. This proved very helpful as well as offering students a fun way of learning... read more

...I am also a Theater teacher, and have taught Acting Shakespeare in Wesleyan University's Graduate Liberal Studies program, directed the Oddfellows Playhouse Summer Shakespeare Academy and taught theater majors at the Greater Hartford Academy of the Arts. My experience as an editor and writer for the New York Philharmonic, the 92nd Street Y, the... read more