Expository Writing Tutors in Pleasant Hill, CA
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Susannah W.
Private Expository Writing tutor in Oakland, CA
Education
B.A. Classics cum laude, Harvard University, Certificate in Writing UC Berkeley Extension
Experience
*2 years tutoring experience *Former credentialed substitute teacher in Oakland public schools *Experience teaching college workshops on metaphor and voice *Perfect score SAT English *3 years experience as reporter/writer for Chicago City News Bureau, Detroit Free Press...
Robert M.
Private Expository Writing tutor in Albany, CA
Education
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - BS, Journalism
Experience
I am passionate about teaching English Language Arts and about guiding students to effective writing . Because I so enjoy working with students and helping them to develop effective English skills and find their voices in writing, I formed my own tutoring and...
Debbie L.
Private Expository Writing tutor in Berkeley, CA
Education
BA from Brown University, 2010 (GPA 4.0) MFA in Writing from Pacific University, 2016
Experience
I've been there, and I know what it's like ! I've worked one-on-one with students on a wide range of writing projects, from technical documents to high school essays, to pieces of creative writing . I especially love working with students on any kind of personal essay...
Patrick M.
Private Expository Writing tutor in Oakland, CA
Education
I studied Biological Sciences at the University of Oxford and San Francisco State University, concentrating on evolutionary biology,...
Experience
Throughout my life I have learned more from teaching than from the most intensive independent study . My goal is always to be able to translate a concept, a subject, or an idea into terms that can be understood in the context of the specific person I am talking with . ...
Ariel H.
Private Expository Writing tutor in Berkeley, CA
Education
University of Berkeley, Ca, B.A. in Sociology, 3.5, c/o 2016
Experience
It was also important that I listened carefully, explained things clearly, and cared about the student and their writing . A minor aspect of my work was to help students understand course material and develop useful strategies for writing and studying . Personally, it was...
Laura S.
Private Expository Writing tutor in Albany, CA
Education
MA, Education, UC Berkeley, 2002 Secondary English Teaching Credential with CLAD certification for teaching English to speakers of...
Experience
As a teacher, tutor, and writing coach, I provide students with the personalized feedback that they need to improve their writing fluency and composition skills . I help students to recognize and use their own strengths to develop their academic skills . When it comes to...
Brighton E.
Private Expository Writing tutor in Oakland, CA
Education
UC Berkeley - BA, English Language & Literature, minor in Creative Writing , graduated with high honors. The Wright Institute -...
Experience
Personal essay "Finding the Flexibility to Survive" featured on NPR This I Believe program in 2008, also published in This I Believe: Life Lessons . Google the title to read it ! Experience with a wide variety of literature, writing styles, classes with the great...
Christina R.
Private Expository Writing tutor in Oakland, CA
Education
University of California Davis-Anthropology and Political Science (BA) Western New Mexico University-Special Education (Masters-Completing)
Experience
I loved those parts of my job most because those individual moments felt most impactful, and this has drawn me to want to be a tutor . Expository Writing, Creative Writing, Report Writing, SAT Prep, Students with Special/Higher needs, Entry-Level Spanish, Reading Intervention...
David M.
Private Expository Writing tutor in Oakland, CA
Education
PhD in English Literature from U.C. Berkeley, 2015
Experience
I enjoy showing students how to "close-read" literature and how to develop their ideas and observations into an expository essay . The practice of close-reading involves learning to "scan" lines of poetry as wells as discussing the novel at the level of the form . These are...
Jason P.
Private Expository Writing tutor in Oakland, CA
Education
I have a Bachelor of Arts degree in Film Studies from the University of California at Santa Barbara. I am a graduate from De La Salle...
Experience
There I lived and worked in an orphanage in a small village . I taught English to all ages, computer classes, guitar lessons, drum lessons, and youth rock band . I also traveled the country raising awareness for Human Trafficking . I have eight years of teaching...
Wendi W.
Private Expository Writing tutor in Antioch, CA
Education
National Assoc. for Interpretation, Tulsa, OK (Apr 2014) Certified Interpretive Guide Univ. of Louisiana at Lafayette, LA (Dec...
Experience
Currently, I adjunct instruct online literature, writing, and public speaking courses and freelance for Connaissance Company as a copy editor and content developer for Marshall University?s The Clio public history project, Philbrook Museum of Art, and HBWeekly . COMPASS...
Will B.
Private Expository Writing tutor in Oakland, CA
Education
B.A. in Religious Studies and Philosophy from Wesleyan University. 3.66 GPA.
Experience
Former SAT tutor in Fremont, CA . 1470 SAT (710 Verbal, 760 Math) Expository Writing, AP English Literature and Composition, AP Environmental Science, AP U.S. Government & Politics, AP United States History, AP US Government, AP US History, Arithmetic, Elementary Algebra,...
Timothy T.
Private Expository Writing tutor in Oakland, CA
Education
B.A. English, Ohio State, 3.5 1996 M.Ed. English Education, Ohio State, 3.8 1998
Experience
Because of my own arduous experience in school, I strive to be the kind of teacher I never had, alive to the possibility in every student, aware that ability is often blunted by personal turmoil . My method is to connect ideas to the students' own lives, their own dreams, to...
Jana G.
Private Expository Writing tutor in San Ramon, CA
Education
Student at UC Berkeley studying in Premed and Psychology with a GPA of 3.89. I am currently studying for the MCATs and working full...
Experience
I admire dedication and hard work and I will always teach them that the pathway to success is first believing that everything can be achieved with a little elbow grease . I am a psychology major, and that is why I get along with my students so well . They see me as a friend,...