Summer Intensives
5-day courses, 1 hour daily, 3:00pm start time, Monday-Friday (start time adjustable based on student schedules). Can begin as early as mid-June. Course will prepare students for the curriculum of 10th Grade Honors English Class. Includes close reading and writing experience.​ NOTE: Students should try to read the assigned texts before the class begins, though we will close read sections together.
5-day courses, 1 hour daily, 3:00pm start time, Monday-Friday (start time adjustable based on student schedules). Can begin as early as mid-June. Course will focus on close reading, literary analysis, and critical, analytical writing in order to prepare students for their AP class. NOTE: Students should try to read the assigned texts before the class begins, though we will close read sections together.
5-day courses, 1 hour daily, 3:00pm start time, Monday-Friday (start time adjustable based on student schedules). Can begin as early as mid-June. Students will practice close-reading and rhetorical analysis in order to prepare for their AP English class.​ NOTE: Students should try to read the assigned texts before the class begins, though we will close read sections together. ​
5-day courses, 1 hour daily, 3:00pm start time, Monday-Friday (start time adjustable based on student schedules). Can begin as early as mid-June. Course will provide Middle School students newly entering High School with an introduction to reading and writing for a High School curriculum.
​
​​
Details: These courses will begin mid-June and the sessions will begin at 3pm each day. Please contact me with the names of student(s) and your preferred dates and times, so you can be assured a spot in one of the classes. Lessons are taught remotely via Zoom or FaceTime depending on client preference. I accept payment through Zelle and/or Venmo. Payment is due in full for the course prior to the first class.
​
If you or your family are experiencing financial difficulties, please reach out to me to discuss options for payment, I would be happy to work with you.
​
Cancellation policy: Lessons cancelled less than 24 hours in advance of scheduled time and no-shows will be charged the full amount.
Educational Support
Throughout my career, I've worked with students of all backgrounds and abilities. I work with students who want enrichment, students who are not working up to their potential, and students who might be struggling with writing anxiety.
​
Many classroom teachers do not have the time to provide the kind of feedback and attention students increasingly require in order to improve, which is why I provide intensive feedback and information to fill in the gaps in learning. I am more than a homework helper in that I provide additional pertinent readings and materials when necessary; I provide questions to inspire deeper thinking about the texts; I provide exercises, templates, and rubrics to help writers shape and develop their ideas.
​
Many of the college students with whom I have worked also thrive on the type of personal attention they need in order to get a handle on work that is more demanding than whey were used to, and it has been a pleasure to watch these students move from struggle to success.
​
Whether for support or enrichment, I help students who want or need to work in the areas listed here. ​
Executive Functioning
Organizational skills, note-taking, sequential thinking, and planning
Organizational skills, note-taking, sequential thinking, and planning
Grammar
I'm a paragraph. Click here to add your own text and edit me. It's easy.
Analysis of the systems and structures of the English language
Rhetorical Analysis
I'm a paragraph. Click here to add your own text and edit me. It's easy.
Determine the message, purpose, and audience of texts, along with the appeals and strategies designed to create tone and impact.
Standardized Test Prep
AP English (Language and Literature), ISEE, and SAT preparation to name a few.
AP English (Language and Literature), ISEE, and SAT preparation, to name a few.
Test Anxiety
I'm a paragraph. Click here to add your own text and edit me. It's easy.
Support for physical and/or emotional reactions that interfere with your ability to perform well on tests.
Critical
Reading
I'm a paragraph. Click here to add your own text and edit me. It's easy.
Analysis of language and the strength of an argument and supporting evidence.
Homework Guidance
Available for all English subjects -- American Lit, English Lit, Shakespeare Studies, Medieval Lit, Modern Lit in translation, to name a few.
For all English subjects-American Lit, English Lit, Shakespeare Studies, Medieval Lit, Modern Lit, and more.
College
Writing
I'm a paragraph. Click here to add your own text and edit me. It's easy.
Develop and strengthen your writing at a university level.
English Enrichment
Based on individual student needs for those who want more from their current English classes.
Based on individual needs for students who want more from their current English classes.
Analytical Writing
I'm a paragraph. Click here to add your own text and edit me. It's easy.
Develop and support complex ideas, construct and evaluate arguments, and organize and maintain a focused discussion in your work.
Essay
Coaching
I'm a paragraph. Click here to add your own text and edit me. It's easy.
College personal essays, Graduate personal essays, individual classwork, and more.
Bespoke
Lessons
I'm a paragraph. Click here to add your own text and edit me. It's easy.
Please reach out to me with any of your questions and I will be happy to work with you.
My services are available to a wide range of clients: from middle to high school, college to grad school, even into the work force — all are welcome.
Though I am based in Los Angeles, I use Zoom, Skype, and FaceTime to teach students individually and in small groups or pods, nationally and internationally, from New York to California, and as far away as Sydney, Australia.
I develop my lessons around what my clients need and work with the resources they have available. Each lesson is structured to meet each student's individual needs.
Lesson Rates
Details: Lessons are taught remotely via Zoom or FaceTime depending on client preference. I'm based in Los Angeles and am still teaching, so my hours are flexible during the summer but firm during the school year. During the school year my preferred hours are weekday evenings. Weekends are reserved for out-of-state students and emergency lessons only. I accept payment through Zelle and/or Venmo. Payment is due at end of lesson for single lessons and at end of first lesson for packages.
​
If you or your family are experiencing financial difficulties, please reach out to me to discuss options for payment, I would be happy to work with you.
​
Cancellation policy: Lessons cancelled less than 24 hours in advance of scheduled time and no-shows will be charged the full amount.
She is the kind of teacher who will push your child to achieve their best and guide them to see meaning and beauty in literature.
​
​
— Cait Lowe, High School Teacher
I had the thrill of being a student in her high school classroom—a space in which she challenged me unlike any other teacher or professor I have known.
​
​
— Benjamin Howard, Classical Singer/Performer
