Why writing tutoring?

One-on-one guidance from an experienced, empathetic educator can accelerate students toward a place of confidence, competence and independence as writers. Upon meeting students and assessing their needs, I provide materials and support to help them achieve both their short and long term goals. We can work with students’ existing school assignments, prompts and exercises of my design, or a combination of both — whatever works best for the student.

Tutoring sessions can include any of the following:

Conquering the blank page

Students engage in the messy but fun process of generating ideas and discovering a viable direction to take in a piece of writing.

Literary and historical analysis

We will practice effective methods of textual analysis as a path to substantive, evidence-based essay commentary.

Mastering the sentence

Through a focus on sentence structure word choice, students will learn to express and join their ideas with clarity and eloquence.

Effective revision and copy editing

Students will learn to incorporate teacher comments and proofread their own drafts with efficiency, identifying and fixing issues as they go.

A session includes a one hour zoom meeting* plus 15 minutes of preparation and/or feedback tailored to the student’s specific needs and goals.

*In person sessions are possible, but limited in availability and dependent on logistics.