Bill offers tutoring in writing, grammar, and literary analysis

I have taught writing and literature for many years at the two-year college level. While I provide direct instruction, I also like to involve the students more actively by having them seek out answers themselves and then check with me for correctness. Since I also have training and practice as a coach, I like to use coaching techniques to draw out students' own resources in finding answers to their questions or solving problems they come across in their work. While the bulk of my experience is with the two-year college student, I have also tutored elementary and high school level Japanese students in literary interpretation and ACT preparation.

William's Subjects

English:	ACT English, ACT Reading, English, grammar, literature, reading, SAT reading, SAT writing, writing
Test Preparation:	ACT English, ACT Reading, SAT reading, SAT writing
Elementary Education:	grammar, reading
Corporate Training:	grammar
Homeschool:	English, reading, SAT reading, writing

Grammar

The student will learn the rules of agreement,or proper matching of verb with subject and of pronoun with noun. He will be able to identify when to use "which" after a comma and when no comma before "which" is called for. These and other rules of English grammar and standard English usage will be covered.

Writing

The ability to write clearly and coherently is still one of the most important skills one can have, both for personal satisfaction and career advancement. I have experience in employing and giving instruction in all stages of the writing process--generating ideas, forming a thesis, getting down a first draft, and in revising to form the best possible letter, school paper, article or story

English

The student will learn appropriate word usage, such as the difference between such commonly confused words as "who's" and "whose," "there", "they're," and "their" and other troublemakers. The student will also learn to use commas and apostrophes, as well as less often used punctuation marks, according to the standard rules of punctuation.

Literature

How to speak and write about literary works. Often students have insights into novels or poems that they lack the confidence to express, but which others find interesting and persuasive once they are put into words. Learning how to articulate and support one's ideas about literary works, as well as practice in interpretation and explication, will be covered.

ACT English

We will focus upon close reading of the questions to make sure directions are understood and followed; grammatical structures such as parallelism; how to recognize the most concise sentence in a group. There will be supervised practice tests and immediate feedback. There will also be focused attention on areas that need improvement.

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Education

University of Illinois The University of Connecticut (Master's)

Hourly Fee

Standard Hourly Fee: $50.00

With Prepaid Discount: $42.50 - $47.50

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William will travel within 15 miles of Lombard, IL 60148.

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