The Best Writing Tutors in Orinda, CA

I am qualified to tutor students to pass the CBEST because I passed the test in one session, have successfully tutored several potential teacher candidates in the test, am aware of the correlation between a students SAT score and the areas of the CBEST that might be a challenge.See Lanette's full profile

Hello! My name is Madeline (Maddie) Alvendia Johnson, B.A., E.d.M. I am an educator, activist, and life-long learner based in Oakland, California. I received my B.A. in History from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign where I graduated in three years. I received my E.d.M. (Master's in Education) from Harvard...See Madeline's full profile

I have greatly enjoyed working with first graders through high schoolers and been impressed by how disciplined, hard-working, and curious they are. I have worked with students to improve their reading comprehension, grammar, vocabulary, spelling, punctuation, pronunciation, and writing abilities. Although...See Michael's full profile

I am a certified Java tutor. I have helped several clients understand Java programming and write good code for their projects and other assignments. Please do not hesitate to get in touch if you need help with Java programming.See Bernard's full profile

I am currently working on two books, one fiction and one nonfiction. I have taught academic and creative writing for nine years as an English teacher with San Francisco's Balboa High School and New Orelans' Brother Martin High School. As we learned writing together, many of my students have...See Stephen's full profile

Writing and grammar have been my strongest points as a student and young professional. I received high grades in all my college and graduate classes that involved excellent writing skills, such as rhetoric, film theory, philosophy, environmental law, etc. I served as editor and author for Yale's...See Gina's full profile

...intelligence. I worked directly with students 1-1 in my own office hours, and also in larger lecture settings of 20-30 students. I have also tutored reading and writing composition to high school and college students while I was in college. I want to benefit the students I work with as much as possible, and welcome any resources...See Thomas's full profile

I am a professional writer and editor and have mentored many people learning to write. I can help you brainstorm and organize your ideas for a specific assignment or an application essay, and I can also provide guidance on generally elevating your writing through improving grammar, clarity, and style. With...See Anna's full profile

20+ years tutoring and teaching English. Native, ESOL, essays, grammar, style, research, style, academic English, creative writing, communicationSee Guillaume's full profile

I graduated with a Film & Media Studies degree from Stanford in 2017. Since then I have worked professionally in advertising as a Creative Director for the past five years, writing/directing/editing ads for Molekule Air Purifier, ThirdLove, Albert, and other major companies.See Raymond's full profile

I studied Japanese for over three years at Ohio State University's renowned East Asian Languages Department, have visited Japan several times, and my pronunciation regularly gets compliments from native speakers. I also have a robust level of knowledge about Japanese culture, history, writing systems, and...See Samantha's full profile

I help all age levels - from young children to doctoral candidates - unleash your writing skills. Through our work together, a young child who froze with stress about writing learned to enjoy it. My grad students and dissertation students replace overwhelm with confident writing. International...See Eva's full profile

Provide individualized instruction in essay writing, organization, grammar, and revision strategies. Guide students through brainstorming, drafting, and editing to help them develop clear arguments and effective written communication. Help students improve academic writing by strengthening structure,...See RD's full profile

I am a Chinese from mainland China, left the country in my 20s. I am very good at reading, writing and conversational Chinese. These skills are hard to lose. Also I am teaching my son and husband Chinese at home. Being able to explain and make sense those Chinese characters and expressions helps me to teach. The...See Heng's full profile

My undergraduate studies were in Political Science and History at the University of Michigan. With my legal training and educational background, I have expertise in English, writing, editing, grammar, and reading. In addition to editing and writing essays/papers, I am also experienced in writing...See Amy's full profile

At this moment, I am working on a documentary about my band, Vanguardia, in the Rock in Your Language movement, back in the nineties. As a teacher, I have lead Screenplay Writing Classes, Directing classes, Audiovisual Arts History classes, and seven Feature Length Film Laboratories, where students of different...See Alexis's full profile

Writing is 25% inspiration and 75% technique. I have taught writing in high school and middle school for more than 20 years. I can offer the how to as well as how to generate ideas for what to write about!See James's full profile

I read and studied the great masters of English and American Literature in concentrated depth and detail; in addition I produced many papers analyzing and interpreting those great works. My GPA was an "A" average at UCLA for my English Major. I have a passion for literature, writing, and the English...See Kalpa's full profile

I have 14 years of experience teaching essay writing across elementary, middle, and high school, including AP English Language and Composition. My training in analytic philosophy at UCLA, while earning my B.A. degree, gives me a strong foundation in argument structure, clarity, and persuasive writing. I...See Jason's full profile

This can be overwhelming for anyone who struggles with writing. I have experience working with juniors and seniors with capstone projects, writing assignments in humanities classes, and the college essay. I'm proficient in MLA and APA styles and happy to work with high school or college students who...See Evelina's full profile

During my time at UC Davis and my time at my previous community college, I worked as a writing tutor and teaching assistant helping students with academic writing, reading comprehension, and grammar, and tutored everything from English essays, to personal statements, to journalism stories, to STEM lab...See Meghan's full profile

My name is Demaris and I've been tutoring privately for over ten years. I tutor in most subjects but math is my specialty. I've worked with elementary school student up to adults. I love my work. I have a BA in Sociology, and since graduating I have completed six ECE units and I continue to take math classes at...See S. Demaris's full profile

More recently, I taught chess at OUSD and HUSD while currently running the after-school chess program for Escuela Bilingüe Internacional in Emeryville. I also have experience teaching English literature, including international stints as an ESL teacher. Aside from teaching, I held a variety of writing and...See Glenn's full profile

Taught and tutored in English and writing. Won community awards for my prowess. Majored in English Literature at University of Pittsburgh and am currently writing a screenplay. Recently worked with college student to successfully complete his final college essays, in which he received an A.See GLENN's full profile

I am happy to work on standardized test preparation (ACT, SAT, GRE), A.P. test preparation (United States history, European History, World History, Macroeconomics, Microeconomics), writing skills, and college applications. Please feel free to message me and I will respond promptly, I welcome questions and...See Jacob's full profile