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Joseph D.

Patient and motivating author for writing, reading and grammar.

Patient and motivating author for writing, reading and grammar.

$50/hour

4.6 (9 ratings)

  • 33 hours tutoring

  • Rancho Penasquitos San Diego, CA 92172

"Great tutor for writing"

Laurie, 1 lesson with Joseph

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About Joseph

Bio

I am a local published author with two books, magazine, web and local newspaper credits. I graduated from Point Loma Nazarene University with a BA in Literature and Spanish minor. I am also a former International Society of Arboriculture (ISA) certified arborist and professional surfer.

I'm currently working on my third book, a children's television project, and tutoring. I love creating new things and helping other people do the same while achieving their academic goals and personal life...

I am a local published author with two books, magazine, web and local newspaper credits. I graduated from Point Loma Nazarene University with a BA in Literature and Spanish minor. I am also a former International Society of Arboriculture (ISA) certified arborist and professional surfer.

I'm currently working on my third book, a children's television project, and tutoring. I love creating new things and helping other people do the same while achieving their academic goals and personal life vision. My joy is to see you succeed.

I believe in excellence in conduct, morality, sports and academics. My former business was A rated with the BBB and achieved other outstanding accolades. I strive for quality service and do not expect payment for unsatisfactory performance.

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Education

Point Loma Nazarene University
Literature

Policies

  • Hourly rate: $50
  • Tutor’s lessons: In-person
  • Travel policy: Within 15 miles of San Diego, CA 92172
  • Lesson cancellation: 24 hours notice required

  • Background check passed on 3/18/2015

  • Your first lesson is backed by our Good Fit Guarantee

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Subjects

Business

Public Speaking,

Public Speaking

I qualify to tutor public speaking because I have educational and career experience in this field. I passed my college public speaking requirements and have career experience preparing and giving speeches to crowds in excess of one hundred people. I also have acting experience before live audiences and for video making. I helped write, host, and produce a video which can be viewed online.
Microsoft Word

Computer

Microsoft Word

Corporate Training

Public Speaking,

Public Speaking

I qualify to tutor public speaking because I have educational and career experience in this field. I passed my college public speaking requirements and have career experience preparing and giving speeches to crowds in excess of one hundred people. I also have acting experience before live audiences and for video making. I helped write, host, and produce a video which can be viewed online.
Spanish,

Spanish

I love speaking and teaching Spanish and work on my reading, speaking and vocabulary regularly through conversation and email correspondence. I have travelled extensively in Mexico surfing and have been to Costa Rica three times. I also have a minor degree in Spanish from Point Loma Nazarene University. I am not a native speaker but do well with conversational Spanish.
Grammar, Microsoft Word, Proofreading

Elementary Education

Handwriting,

Handwriting

I have a degree in literature. I have an extensive history of handwriting from k-college and continue to handwrite many things today. I can write legible block and cursive letters including capital letters. I help my kids, ages 6-11, learn block and cursive writing also for their school subjects.
Reading,

Reading

With a BA in Literature I have read, studied, and written essays about a multitude of books from the bible all the way to contemporary writers. I recently passed my CBEST test well over the passing score in all areas. I am currently tutoring both native and ESL students to improve their reading, writing and comprehension skills as well as conversational English. I am also looking to begin an MA program in teaching.
Study Skills,

Study Skills

I have developed systematic study habits that earned me top student honors in university level classes. These skills and methods have been proven and perfected through tutoring many students. I help them focus on the most relevant points and build from there to elevate their learning process and understand their subject. I show them how to glean the most important facts and apply them in a logical manner.
Elementary Science, Grammar, Spelling, Vocabulary

English

English,

English

I am a published author of two books and many articles. I dominated many of my literature classes in college, and graduated on the president's list. I love essays and creative writing and making peoples' literary messes into masterpieces.
Literature,

Literature

I have a degree in Literature from Point Loma Nazarene University, Magna Cum Laude. I was the top student in many of my Lit classes and received scholarship money from the Literature Department for my work. I have authored one book and co-authored a second and am working on more. I love the study of great literary works and want to broaden my experience through tutoring others.
Public Speaking,

Public Speaking

I qualify to tutor public speaking because I have educational and career experience in this field. I passed my college public speaking requirements and have career experience preparing and giving speeches to crowds in excess of one hundred people. I also have acting experience before live audiences and for video making. I helped write, host, and produce a video which can be viewed online.
Reading,

Reading

With a BA in Literature I have read, studied, and written essays about a multitude of books from the bible all the way to contemporary writers. I recently passed my CBEST test well over the passing score in all areas. I am currently tutoring both native and ESL students to improve their reading, writing and comprehension skills as well as conversational English. I am also looking to begin an MA program in teaching.
Writing,

Writing

I am a published author with book, magazine, newspaper, internet, ghostwriting and screen writing credits. I have a degree in literature and my love is creative writing. My goal with any project is not only to make it grammatically correct and easily read but to make it "sing."
ACT English, ACT Reading, Grammar, Proofreading, SAT Reading, Spelling, Vocabulary

History

Bible Studies,

Bible Studies

I have been a church attending Christian since 1985 and avid student of the Bible from that time. Before the advent of computers, I used to write out every verse on a subject from my Strong's concordance. I wrote every verse on angels twice. I authored one bible based book and am working on a second.
Religion,

Religion

I became a Christian in 1985 and have studied the bible, Christianity and other religions fervently since that time. I graduated from Point Loma Nazarene University, a Christian University, with a degree in literature. Much of the literature, drama and philosophy studied there had religious themes. I am a published author of a bible based book and am currently writing other religious themed projects.
World History,

World History

World history is a huge subject and therefore I still consider myself as much of a learner as a teacher. The most important approach to this subject is developing strong study habits that cultivate interest and build from there.
American History, European History, Geography

Homeschool

Biology,

Biology

I was a natural for biology in high school doing well on the tests with out studying. In college I aced my biology and earth science classes. Most of my (large) college biology class studied from my previous tests for the final exam.
English,

English

I am a published author of two books and many articles. I dominated many of my literature classes in college, and graduated on the president's list. I love essays and creative writing and making peoples' literary messes into masterpieces.
Handwriting,

Handwriting

I have a degree in literature. I have an extensive history of handwriting from k-college and continue to handwrite many things today. I can write legible block and cursive letters including capital letters. I help my kids, ages 6-11, learn block and cursive writing also for their school subjects.
Reading,

Reading

With a BA in Literature I have read, studied, and written essays about a multitude of books from the bible all the way to contemporary writers. I recently passed my CBEST test well over the passing score in all areas. I am currently tutoring both native and ESL students to improve their reading, writing and comprehension skills as well as conversational English. I am also looking to begin an MA program in teaching.
Spanish,

Spanish

I love speaking and teaching Spanish and work on my reading, speaking and vocabulary regularly through conversation and email correspondence. I have travelled extensively in Mexico surfing and have been to Costa Rica three times. I also have a minor degree in Spanish from Point Loma Nazarene University. I am not a native speaker but do well with conversational Spanish.
Study Skills,

Study Skills

I have developed systematic study habits that earned me top student honors in university level classes. These skills and methods have been proven and perfected through tutoring many students. I help them focus on the most relevant points and build from there to elevate their learning process and understand their subject. I show them how to glean the most important facts and apply them in a logical manner.
Writing,

Writing

I am a published author with book, magazine, newspaper, internet, ghostwriting and screen writing credits. I have a degree in literature and my love is creative writing. My goal with any project is not only to make it grammatically correct and easily read but to make it "sing."
SAT Reading, Spelling

Language

Spanish

Spanish

I love speaking and teaching Spanish and work on my reading, speaking and vocabulary regularly through conversation and email correspondence. I have travelled extensively in Mexico surfing and have been to Costa Rica three times. I also have a minor degree in Spanish from Point Loma Nazarene University. I am not a native speaker but do well with conversational Spanish.

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Biology,

Biology

I was a natural for biology in high school doing well on the tests with out studying. In college I aced my biology and earth science classes. Most of my (large) college biology class studied from my previous tests for the final exam.
English,

English

I am a published author of two books and many articles. I dominated many of my literature classes in college, and graduated on the president's list. I love essays and creative writing and making peoples' literary messes into masterpieces.
Reading,

Reading

With a BA in Literature I have read, studied, and written essays about a multitude of books from the bible all the way to contemporary writers. I recently passed my CBEST test well over the passing score in all areas. I am currently tutoring both native and ESL students to improve their reading, writing and comprehension skills as well as conversational English. I am also looking to begin an MA program in teaching.
Spanish,

Spanish

I love speaking and teaching Spanish and work on my reading, speaking and vocabulary regularly through conversation and email correspondence. I have travelled extensively in Mexico surfing and have been to Costa Rica three times. I also have a minor degree in Spanish from Point Loma Nazarene University. I am not a native speaker but do well with conversational Spanish.
Study Skills,

Study Skills

I have developed systematic study habits that earned me top student honors in university level classes. These skills and methods have been proven and perfected through tutoring many students. I help them focus on the most relevant points and build from there to elevate their learning process and understand their subject. I show them how to glean the most important facts and apply them in a logical manner.
Writing

Writing

I am a published author with book, magazine, newspaper, internet, ghostwriting and screen writing credits. I have a degree in literature and my love is creative writing. My goal with any project is not only to make it grammatically correct and easily read but to make it "sing."

Other

Bible Studies,

Bible Studies

I have been a church attending Christian since 1985 and avid student of the Bible from that time. Before the advent of computers, I used to write out every verse on a subject from my Strong's concordance. I wrote every verse on angels twice. I authored one bible based book and am working on a second.
Religion,

Religion

I became a Christian in 1985 and have studied the bible, Christianity and other religions fervently since that time. I graduated from Point Loma Nazarene University, a Christian University, with a degree in literature. Much of the literature, drama and philosophy studied there had religious themes. I am a published author of a bible based book and am currently writing other religious themed projects.
Study Skills,

Study Skills

I have developed systematic study habits that earned me top student honors in university level classes. These skills and methods have been proven and perfected through tutoring many students. I help them focus on the most relevant points and build from there to elevate their learning process and understand their subject. I show them how to glean the most important facts and apply them in a logical manner.
Geography

Science

Biology,

Biology

I was a natural for biology in high school doing well on the tests with out studying. In college I aced my biology and earth science classes. Most of my (large) college biology class studied from my previous tests for the final exam.
ACT Science

Special Needs

Study Skills

Study Skills

I have developed systematic study habits that earned me top student honors in university level classes. These skills and methods have been proven and perfected through tutoring many students. I help them focus on the most relevant points and build from there to elevate their learning process and understand their subject. I show them how to glean the most important facts and apply them in a logical manner.

Sports/Recreation

Baseball,

Baseball

I was on my first little league team in fifth (?) grade and have been an avid player of baseball and softball unto this day. I play second base and pitcher best. My kids all have gloves, bats and lots of balls and we play regularly. They look forward to the church picnic where they can play with the adults.
Chess,

Chess

I have been playing chess since at least fourth grade and have the same chess pieces that I received as a gift at that time. At one time I had a friend visiting me in college so I could teach him how to play. I did homework while we played for months. One day he beat me and he never returned to play another game.
Softball

Softball

I have been playing baseball and softball since early grade school. The beauty of softball is that it is "softer" and therefore easier to play for a broader group of people. Besides the differences in balls, the biggest split in the parallel sports is the pitching style. Softball uses underhand pitching for both fast and slow pitch renditions of the game as opposed to baseball which pitches overhand.

Summer

Biology,

Biology

I was a natural for biology in high school doing well on the tests with out studying. In college I aced my biology and earth science classes. Most of my (large) college biology class studied from my previous tests for the final exam.
Reading,

Reading

With a BA in Literature I have read, studied, and written essays about a multitude of books from the bible all the way to contemporary writers. I recently passed my CBEST test well over the passing score in all areas. I am currently tutoring both native and ESL students to improve their reading, writing and comprehension skills as well as conversational English. I am also looking to begin an MA program in teaching.
Spanish,

Spanish

I love speaking and teaching Spanish and work on my reading, speaking and vocabulary regularly through conversation and email correspondence. I have travelled extensively in Mexico surfing and have been to Costa Rica three times. I also have a minor degree in Spanish from Point Loma Nazarene University. I am not a native speaker but do well with conversational Spanish.
Study Skills,

Study Skills

I have developed systematic study habits that earned me top student honors in university level classes. These skills and methods have been proven and perfected through tutoring many students. I help them focus on the most relevant points and build from there to elevate their learning process and understand their subject. I show them how to glean the most important facts and apply them in a logical manner.
Writing

Writing

I am a published author with book, magazine, newspaper, internet, ghostwriting and screen writing credits. I have a degree in literature and my love is creative writing. My goal with any project is not only to make it grammatically correct and easily read but to make it "sing."

Test Preparation

CBEST,

CBEST

I just took the CBEST a month ago and passed by a wide margin. I also took the sample test online before the test and passed with a 91 percent accumulative score. I was just awarded a 30 day permit and am collecting letters from my university staff to apply for substitute teaching positions.
ACT English, ACT Reading, ACT Science, SAT Reading

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Great tutor for writing

My daughter needed help with her American Literature paper. Joseph did a great job helping her organize & write it. He helped her think through & understand the material & come up with creative ways to express her ideas.

Laurie, 1 lesson with Joseph

outreaching and helpful

He is easy to talk to about almost anything. He is obviously very educated and well exposed to people of various backgrounds and cultures. Good job WyzAnt for hiring him!

Percell, 2 lessons with Joseph

Joseph was engaging and patient.

It's exciting to regain a working understanding of the game of chess, since I haven't played in over 40 years!

Marsha , 2 lessons with Joseph

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