Staten Island, NY Writing Tutors

I have over five years of experience teaching writing to all levels and special needs (children-adults). Students will have fun writing poems, short stories, and essays. My teaching goal is to increase students self esteem and confidence.

Ever since I was a child, I absolutely loved to write. During my sessions as creative writing tutor, I hope to foster that same love for writing. My students are challenged to stay true to their own voice while simultaneously considering craft, style, syntax, structure, and the myriad elements of engaging, successful writing. My sessions can be catered to a specific goal (standardized testing), or can be an open-ended experience invaluable to academic success.

Writing instruction for classroom, assessment, and proficiency.

Writing is a creative process and everyone works through a writing project differently. Students can expect help with everything from planning a work to outlining to editing and restructuring. Throughout my years of lit-based education to encounter many different styles of writing.

Having worked as an assistant to the head of pedagogy at Purchase College, I have plenty of experience with hands-on assignment building and have been instrumental in assisting students with very complex assignments. Any lesson with me will be specifically attuned to each student's particular needs.

Repetition, repetition, repetition. The more you write, the better you get at it.

I give my kids example prompts- we review them. For homework, I have them do a writing on their own and we make corrections together.

As a speech-language teacher and English as a Second Language teacher, I have many strategies for teaching writing skills in children through adults, including grammar, organization, vocabulary and structure. Additionally, I scored above the 98th percentile on the SAT and ACT Writing sections, and above the 93rd percentile on the GRE Writing section (graduate exam equivalent of the SAT).

Strengthen your writing so that it sounds as good on paper as it does in your head! We'll do exercises to go over ways of expressing your ideas clearly, and then techniques to polish your writing including grammar, sentence structure, vocabulary use.

I've been writing since I was old enough to do so and I would love to share my passion of writing with you. From screenwriting to fiction to essays to writing sketches, I've tackled it all. And I'd love to help you develop your story as you work hard to become the writer you've always wanted to be!

I'm a high school English teacher with a passion for teaching writing. I've worked with elementary, middle, and high school students and adults in an effort to improve their writing skills. My teaching has focused on a wide range of writing genres and styles.

My goal is to facilitate my students' writing growth through meaningful feedback, genuine engagement in the writing process (prewriting, drafting, revising, editing, etc.), and targeted individualized instruction. As an educator I have extensive experience utilizing various skills and strategies to meet the distinct needs of each student. In my practice I am innovative, reflective, and flexible in order to cultivate authentic learning and enable each student to advance as a writer.

I'm excited by the prospect of working one-on-one with you to enhance your writing. I enjoy working with different forms of writing, including creative (poetry, prose, script/play, etc.), academic (class assignments, college essays, test prep), ...