"Full service English language arts and fractions lessons for native English speakers and English Language Learners - children and adults - by a fully credentialed, Lead English language arts teacher, National Board Certified Teacher, and M.A. in Education.

Services offered:

1) English as a Second Language instruction (ESL/EFL). The lessons revolve around discussions of interesting documentaries and allow students to systematically learn the vocabulary and expressions they need in order to converse in formal, academic English for their work, science and technology applications, and academia.

2) Reading intervention -

The reading lessons are fun and engaging and involve fluency work with repeated reading of plays combined with comprehension work. Two or three lessons a week for a few months combined with reading interesting lower level/higher interest books on one's own can dramatically improve reading grade level equivalent score. For students with learning disabilities, I utilize research-based interventions within the lessons to help the student overcome the reading difficulties.

3)Writing intervention -

The writing intervention lessons will be dependent upon the needs of the student. Potential lessons may involve working with a student as we both look at a report or paper they have written and help them with common editing errors. The focus of such an appointment is not to fix the mistakes for them, but to teach them, via mini lessons about common errors and how to edit their own papers. Other lessons offered will provide instruction on typical writing genre, such as essays and reports. Each mini lesson will help the student learn how to produce a different part of the written genre and allow the student to learn how to successfully move through all of the stages of the writing process, including brainstorming strategies with graphic organizers, drafting, revising, and editing. The goal of all of these lessons are to develop confidence in being able to move from a blank piece of paper to a ful" less...