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Effective IB, AP, Grad. English Lit, Comp. & TOK Educator
Ann R.

4.9 (1,713 ratings)

5,892 hours tutoring

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Hourly Rate: $55
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Ann R.'s Photo

Effective IB, AP, Grad. English Lit, Comp. & TOK Educator
Effective IB, AP, Grad. English Lit, Comp. & TOK Educator
Ann R.

4.9 (1,713 ratings)

5,892 hours tutoring

Your first lesson is backed by our Good Fit Guarantee
4.9 (1,713 ratings)

5,892 hours tutoring

Your first lesson is backed by our Good Fit Guarantee

About Ann

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One of Wyzant's top-tier teachers, my aim is to offer my best to inspire research-based, learner-centered formative language arts practices to bring out students' best summative task performances. A Professor of IB English A Literature, English B (ESL), and Theory of Knowledge, a supervisor and former IB Examiner for the Extended Essay and Paper 1 Commentary, a Creative Writing teacher and a published author of research and creative work, I invite students into the world of discovery learning...

One of Wyzant's top-tier teachers, my aim is to offer my best to inspire research-based, learner-centered formative language arts practices to bring out students' best summative task performances. A Professor of IB English A Literature, English B (ESL), and Theory of Knowledge, a supervisor and former IB Examiner for the Extended Essay and Paper 1 Commentary, a Creative Writing teacher and a published author of research and creative work, I invite students into the world of discovery learning through shared inquiry practices that develop their character-learner traits: curiosity, reflectivity, understanding, integrity, communication skills, compassion, principled risk-taking courage, and balance. They become close readers of themselves, literature, our evolving world and evolving Nature. They travel, exploring both inner and outer landscapes as they engage in a great variety of cultural and historical contexts for creative works. Concept learning inspires them to learn how to learn. They become problem solvers in real-life circumstances. They learn composing arts and just how capable of creating literary features they are. Finally, they realize how revision is vital to improved creative and critical thinking. Many of my IB students have received full marks of 7/7 or 6/7 due to improved ways of learning, giving them possible university scholarships or tertiary English wavers. A number of my students also publish.

To these aims and student goals, I bring my Doctoral degree in The Study of Literature through Performance in Cultural and Historical contexts and my Masters study of how gifted, creative learners learn.

Students who enjoy research-based learning enjoy learning with me. Please contact me with your questions and to schedule lessons.

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Education

Iowa State University Ames Iowa
English Literature
University of St. Thomas, St. Paul,MN
Masters
University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
PhD

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  • Hourly Rate: $55
  • Rate details: Group rates and multiple-hour lesson rates are subject to negotiation.
  • Lesson cancellation: 24 hours notice required

  • Background check passed on 6/16/2015

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Subjects

Corporate Training

Proofreading

Proofreading

A published author of research and creative work, I understand well how proofreading improves the quality, preciseness and conciseness of one's work. Proofreading is the composer's "Yoga Nidra" (a deep stage of rest, letting thoughts and feelings separate and re-integrate). Through proofreading practices, I have served many secondary through post doc writers, who seek improved grades, grants and publication. We aim for preciseness, conciseness, clarity, and to inspire our readers.

Elementary Education

Reading

Reading

Reading is an art and a performance with authors that develops our imaginations as our creative and critical lenses improve. Through shared inquiry and experiential approaches, I have taught reading and writing foundational practices for primary through tertiary levels. All of my students have enjoyed reading more and more as they enjoyed the discovery learning that helped them to develop their imaginations, creative and critical thinking, and character-learner traits.

English

English,

English

My Ph.D. in Literature and Performance inspired me to develop literature-based formative learning tasks to serve students' best performances. Given a B.A. in English Literature and Linguistics, TEFL certification, and English immersion international school teaching experience, I understand how language affects perception and learning to teach effectively EFL,ESL, EAL students at all ages and learning stages. My M.A. in Education for Gifted, Creative Learners with a focus on differentiated curriculum serves my lesson creations drawn from students' multiple intelligences (Howard Gardner's theory), Bloom's Taxonomy of Cognitive Development and Torrence's researched-based practices for developing creativity.
Literature,

Literature

My M.A. in Dramatic Literature and Ph.D. in the Study of World Literature through Performance in real-life Cultural and Historical Contexts introduced me to theories and writing practices of organic unity so vital to our understanding, appreciation of literary arts, and personal and interpersonal growth. A professor of International Baccalaureate Diploma Program English A Literature and English B (ESL) Literature and Theory of Knowledge for over ten years, I witness how bright students are enlivened by shared inquiry discovery learning and enjoy developing their imaginations and their synthesizing of creative with critical thinking when composing oral commentary and written literary/rhetorical analysis. Their improvements inspire them as well as their high marks. With IB English A Examiner experience for the Extended Essay and Paper 1 Commentary, and with experience guiding TOK presentations and essays, I set high standards and show each person how revision questions and practices are key to improvement and meeting their goals.
Proofreading,

Proofreading

A published author of research and creative work, I understand well how proofreading improves the quality, preciseness and conciseness of one's work. Proofreading is the composer's "Yoga Nidra" (a deep stage of rest, letting thoughts and feelings separate and re-integrate). Through proofreading practices, I have served many secondary through post doc writers, who seek improved grades, grants and publication. We aim for preciseness, conciseness, clarity, and to inspire our readers.
Reading,

Reading

Reading is an art and a performance with authors that develops our imaginations as our creative and critical lenses improve. Through shared inquiry and experiential approaches, I have taught reading and writing foundational practices for primary through tertiary levels. All of my students have enjoyed reading more and more as they enjoyed the discovery learning that helped them to develop their imaginations, creative and critical thinking, and character-learner traits.
Writing

Writing

You will find my publishing career as an author of research and creative work detailed in my C.V. My career began with the invitation to offer a Young Authors Program for elementary ages 7-10, which that proved rewarding for both writers and me: one writer, for instance, discovered that, rather than being labeled an Attention Deficit learner, he was truly a high creative needing more front-end time to let his ideas coalesce; others experienced recognition of their creative visions of life through FirstStage performance of their collaborative dramatic work, "Six More Characters in Search of an Author." My career continued with many invitations to offer Middle School creative writing workshops with the Oregon Writing Festival. My university undergraduates and IB and AP students of writing benefit from my teaching of the following tertiary level courses: Interpreting Literature and Writing Commentary, Rhetoric and Writing Good Argument, and Research and Writing.

Homeschool

English,

English

My Ph.D. in Literature and Performance inspired me to develop literature-based formative learning tasks to serve students' best performances. Given a B.A. in English Literature and Linguistics, TEFL certification, and English immersion international school teaching experience, I understand how language affects perception and learning to teach effectively EFL,ESL, EAL students at all ages and learning stages. My M.A. in Education for Gifted, Creative Learners with a focus on differentiated curriculum serves my lesson creations drawn from students' multiple intelligences (Howard Gardner's theory), Bloom's Taxonomy of Cognitive Development and Torrence's researched-based practices for developing creativity.
Reading,

Reading

Reading is an art and a performance with authors that develops our imaginations as our creative and critical lenses improve. Through shared inquiry and experiential approaches, I have taught reading and writing foundational practices for primary through tertiary levels. All of my students have enjoyed reading more and more as they enjoyed the discovery learning that helped them to develop their imaginations, creative and critical thinking, and character-learner traits.
Writing

Writing

You will find my publishing career as an author of research and creative work detailed in my C.V. My career began with the invitation to offer a Young Authors Program for elementary ages 7-10, which that proved rewarding for both writers and me: one writer, for instance, discovered that, rather than being labeled an Attention Deficit learner, he was truly a high creative needing more front-end time to let his ideas coalesce; others experienced recognition of their creative visions of life through FirstStage performance of their collaborative dramatic work, "Six More Characters in Search of an Author." My career continued with many invitations to offer Middle School creative writing workshops with the Oregon Writing Festival. My university undergraduates and IB and AP students of writing benefit from my teaching of the following tertiary level courses: Interpreting Literature and Writing Commentary, Rhetoric and Writing Good Argument, and Research and Writing.

Most Popular

English,

English

My Ph.D. in Literature and Performance inspired me to develop literature-based formative learning tasks to serve students' best performances. Given a B.A. in English Literature and Linguistics, TEFL certification, and English immersion international school teaching experience, I understand how language affects perception and learning to teach effectively EFL,ESL, EAL students at all ages and learning stages. My M.A. in Education for Gifted, Creative Learners with a focus on differentiated curriculum serves my lesson creations drawn from students' multiple intelligences (Howard Gardner's theory), Bloom's Taxonomy of Cognitive Development and Torrence's researched-based practices for developing creativity.
Reading,

Reading

Reading is an art and a performance with authors that develops our imaginations as our creative and critical lenses improve. Through shared inquiry and experiential approaches, I have taught reading and writing foundational practices for primary through tertiary levels. All of my students have enjoyed reading more and more as they enjoyed the discovery learning that helped them to develop their imaginations, creative and critical thinking, and character-learner traits.
Writing

Writing

You will find my publishing career as an author of research and creative work detailed in my C.V. My career began with the invitation to offer a Young Authors Program for elementary ages 7-10, which that proved rewarding for both writers and me: one writer, for instance, discovered that, rather than being labeled an Attention Deficit learner, he was truly a high creative needing more front-end time to let his ideas coalesce; others experienced recognition of their creative visions of life through FirstStage performance of their collaborative dramatic work, "Six More Characters in Search of an Author." My career continued with many invitations to offer Middle School creative writing workshops with the Oregon Writing Festival. My university undergraduates and IB and AP students of writing benefit from my teaching of the following tertiary level courses: Interpreting Literature and Writing Commentary, Rhetoric and Writing Good Argument, and Research and Writing.

Summer

Reading,

Reading

Reading is an art and a performance with authors that develops our imaginations as our creative and critical lenses improve. Through shared inquiry and experiential approaches, I have taught reading and writing foundational practices for primary through tertiary levels. All of my students have enjoyed reading more and more as they enjoyed the discovery learning that helped them to develop their imaginations, creative and critical thinking, and character-learner traits.
Writing

Writing

You will find my publishing career as an author of research and creative work detailed in my C.V. My career began with the invitation to offer a Young Authors Program for elementary ages 7-10, which that proved rewarding for both writers and me: one writer, for instance, discovered that, rather than being labeled an Attention Deficit learner, he was truly a high creative needing more front-end time to let his ideas coalesce; others experienced recognition of their creative visions of life through FirstStage performance of their collaborative dramatic work, "Six More Characters in Search of an Author." My career continued with many invitations to offer Middle School creative writing workshops with the Oregon Writing Festival. My university undergraduates and IB and AP students of writing benefit from my teaching of the following tertiary level courses: Interpreting Literature and Writing Commentary, Rhetoric and Writing Good Argument, and Research and Writing.

Ratings and Reviews

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Amazing knowledgeable and experienced tutor

Beyond knowledgeable. Kind, interested, willing and available to help. She knew exactly how to guide me in the right direction with my essay. I recommend Ann 100%.

Joy, 1 lesson with Ann

Knowledgeable and patient tutor

Ann provided a helpful framework and practice to help my son analyze literary works for his intro-creative writing, and was very knowledgeable on literary works, providing a lot of helpful insights. She guided my son through his writing in a positive and reinforcing way to help him become a better writer. Highly recommend her to anyone with writing needs!!

Matthew, 18 lessons with Ann

excellent teaching

Excellent tutor In helping work on what he really needed to work on and improve on for his accelerated language arts class. Thank you!

Nathan, 1 lesson with Ann

excellent teaching

Excellent tutor In helping work on what he really needed to work on and improve on for his accelerated language arts class. Thank you!

Nathan, 1 lesson with Ann

knowledgeable and friendly

Ann gave my daughter very detailed instruction, thorough summary about her weakness and strength. She also teach the student very effective skills for literature analysis. She is very nice and always response promptly. Thank you very much, Ann!

Stella, 23 lessons with Ann

Knowledgeable Tutor

My daughter loved Ann's lessons. She had two tutors before but she said Ann is the most knowledgeable tutor. She is teaching at her level and helps her build strong comprehension skills. I am very lucky to have found Ann for her and I recommend that you try!

Ying, 102 lessons with Ann

Deep knowledge and great connection with student

Ann has deep knowledge of what she teaches. She is very patient and knows how to connect with the student. Wonderful on how she communicates before and after the session, clearly and promptly. Great ongoing support.

Liza, 9 lessons with Ann

Knowledgeable and patient educator.

Ms. Ann is a great teacher who is very patient and focused. She knows her students very well and is able to tailor her teaching style and content. We really appreciate her help.

Jen, 98 lessons with Ann

Knowledgeable

Ann is amazing with kids . Her detailed feedback is very useful and helps with writing better papers. Amazing writer. She has help any kid improve their writing.

Malini, 4 lessons with Ann
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