512 Oakland Literature Tutors

Hello, parents and students. My name is Eric, and I love to teach. I have a BA in Modern literature from UC Santa Cruz, and 76.5 units of post-graduate work towards a Masters in Education from National University. I have over 500 hours of real-world teaching experience at the high school level as a substitute, coach, and student-teacher. I love history... read more

...In addition to doing the work with the child directly in class, I also helped with homework in an after school environment. Needless to say, 6 years of experience teaching a subject will provide mastery of it. In my 6 years as a behavioral therapist, I spend substantial time teaching phonics to children lacking verbal skills. I corroborated with... read more

...Strong reading comprehension skills will help you in all subjects, not just English. I have developed a systematic approach to close reading that features concrete methods that apply to everything from literature to word problems in mathematics. Comprehension requires an understanding what is being said, together with how it is being said. I can... read more

...I was trained as an actor and director, and have since concentrated on literary and educational aspects such as dramatizing productions and managing programs for young audiences. This involved reading and studying a broad range of dramatic literature and writing study guides aligned with California state standards in English-Language Arts and History-Social... read more

...While earning my PhD at Cal, I studied calculus and higher mathematics extensively and have tutored the subject on many occasions. The subject is dear to my heart and, if I may say, fun. While working on my PhD in Nuclear Engineering I became preoccupied with all things Russian - literature, culture and language. While a graduate student at Cal... read more