All of
Anne’s current tutoring subjects are listed at the left. You
can read more about
Anne’s qualifications in specific subjects below.
Drawing
I received my Bachelors of Arts and Sciences in Art and Art History from the College of William and Mary. I had a two-dimensional focus and spent many hours learning the full range of basic to advanced fundamentals of drawing. I have remained steadfast in this passion and have even become certified to teach Visual Arts K-12 in Virginia, and I am currently undergoing my teaching certification for the Visual Arts in grades K-12 in m current location of Washington State. I have taught multiple art classes in the basic fundamentals of two-dimensional art, cartooning, and painting.
English
I have taught secondary school English for numerous years. I have experience teaching students how to think critically about literature, improve their reading comprehension skills, learn how to correct grammatical and usage errors, and develop their ability to write with fluency, detail, and voice.
Literature
Teaching literature is less about teaching the actual novel, as it is teaching skills that can be used to understand and analyze literary pieces. Understanding how any author uses extended metaphors, character development, and theme to create a story is always more important than what happened in a particular chapter. It is also important to understand how the context of an author's life attributes to the themes present in their work.
Painting
I received my Bachelors of Arts and Sciences in Art and Art History from the College of William and Mary. I had a two-dimensional focus and spent many hours learning the full range of basic to advanced fundamentals of painting. I have remained steadfast in this passion and have even become certified to teach Visual Arts K-12 in Virginia, and I am currently undergoing my teaching certification for the Visual Arts in grades K-12 in m current location of Washington State. I have taught multiple art classes in the basic fundamentals of two-dimensional art, cartooning, and painting.
Reading
I have worked with students to improve their reading comprehension for numerous years. Improving reading comprehension requires one to work on skills such as using context clues, making inferences, drawing conclusions, identifying main idea, and summarizing. Having these skills available for use is a great way to gain confidence and work with difficult passages and texts. It is also important to work on the stamina needed to read long passages of material.
SOL
I spent four years as an eighth grade English teacher in Fairfax County, Virginia, preparing 130 students annually for both the Reading SOL and the Writing SOL, as required in eighth grade. I am very familiar with the structure and requirements of both of these state-wide assessments and I have spent extensive hours in the classroom teaching personally tailored lessons to students struggling in targeted areas. I often employed creative methods of instruction to meet the needs of individual students during one on one remediation sessions. I also taught many students who had failed their Reading or Writing SOLs in past years; these same students subsequently passed their assessments following the instruction they received with me.
Study Skills
I have four years of full-time experience in the classroom, working with students of all levels and learning needs to improve their ability to organize their notes and effectively prepare for assessments. Additionally, I have spent that time preparing students for both their Reading and Writing state standardized tests. Teaching students how to analyze and break down large amounts of information is an important part of digesting it.
Writing
Writing can be a difficult subject to teach. This is why focusing on individual skills can be very effective. I am a proponent of the six traits philosophy of writing. The six traits allow for students and teachers to focus on Ideas, Organization, Sentence Fluency, Conventions, Voice, and Word Choice separately. The hardest part of improving writing can be understanding what your teacher's comments mean. This is where individual rubrics for individual traits can provide specific feedback that is much more digestible in the revision of a draft.