Sue - Creative writing teacher - Richmond

Sue

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Creative writing
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English Literature
Poetry
French literature

Private writing, grammar, and literature tutor in Richmond with 30+ years teaching experience

Creative writing
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English Literature
Poetry
French literature

Lesson location

- online

About Sue

I am a professional writer and high school literature teacher. I've published hundreds of articles, 2 books, and taught students of all ages for 30+ years. I specialize in small classrooms and tutoring situations. My greatest specialization is teaching writing, both creative and expository. I have helped unmotivated and advanced students become writers.

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I use a hands-on approach to teaching students to read, analyze, and write. This includes getting to know the student's personality, interests, and roadblocks to learning.

My literature lessons look like:
1. introduce author, historical context, important vocabulary
2. begin reading together; teach annotation, analysis, and/or note-taking skills, depending on student's age
3. student finishes reading on his/her own
4. student writes answers to questions or writes about the reading as homework

Next lesson:
1. review answers, writing, vocab, etc. with student; discuss themes and characaters
2. look for literary techniques and teach student how to analyze
3. introduce new reading or writing lesson

Writing lesson:
1. introduce type of writing (creative, essay, poetry, etc.)
2. show example; read and analyze
3. practice together
4. brainstorm a topic that student will write about
5. student completes writing assignment in stages (over a period of sessions):
choose topic
brainstorm
thesis/big idea
outline/storyline
write rough draft
edit
write final draft

Advanced essay-writing involves learning to research, not plagiarize, cite, annotate, note-take, make an argument, support points, etc.

Types of essays taught (all 5-paragraph format):
descriptive
process
definition
informative
comparison/contrast
persuasive
research paper/term paper
college essay

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5h: $300
10h: $600

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Going in-person rate for private tutoring is between $60-$100 per hour. I offer discounts for students buying packages--for example, a semester at a time. Payment must be monthly. If a student doesn't show up for a session, the payment is not refunded. Lessons are individually-catered to a student's learning style and skills. I will use Google Classroom for online learning. You must have a Google account for virtual lessons.

Private writing, grammar, and literature tutor in Richmond with 30+ years teaching experience

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Private writing, grammar, and literature tutor in Richmond with 30+ years teaching experience

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About Sue

About the lesson

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Rate

Pack rates

online

Details

Other tutors in Creative writing

Giles

Laura

James

Vishal

Tim

Daniella

Nico

Osamah

Syed

Davayne

Olivia

Cristiano

Ross

Joe

Dr Fouzia

Graham

Aalisha

Rekha

Syed

Aryaman

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