1,787 Roxbury SAT Reading Tutors

...The key to improving in this section is learning how to talk and think about passages like an expert reader: the greatest challenge my students face (especially those who haven't taken AP English) is not knowing what to DO with a passage -- how to take it apart, how to skim it, how to describe the relations between its parts, how to describe what... read more

...Like anything worthwhile, it takes focus and hard work, but a significant improvement in verbal skills is available when there is a combination of hard work and skillful teaching. I take this work very seriously because it has lifetime consequences for students and my record speaks for itself in student evaluations. I enjoy working with students... read more

...I got a perfect 800 score on the Writing test as a high school student (then, it was still an SAT Subject Test), and I've helped my students increase their scores tremendously with proven strategies for the essay and grammar multiple choice sections. I have experience preparing students for Verbal, Reading Comprehension, Math/Quantitative Reasoning,... read more

...If you need a tutor in Spanish, I can definitely help you, but also if you need translation, simultaneous interpretation and more or less anything you might need in Spanish. I am always surprised by the lack of geographical knowledge that students possess these days, and was not surprised to learn that many Americans cannot locate New York City... read more

...For example, when teaching a lesson on Medieval monasteries, I show slides of Skellig Michael, a seventh-century monastery located off the coast of Ireland that I visited a number of years ago. Having actually visited the site, I am much better equipped to convey the remoteness and austerity of monastic life. I have worked with many students on... read more