"Update summer 2025: I am currently preparing to teach AP English Literature again this school year. I can take on one student for tutoring right now for AP English Literature, AP English Language, or ACT or SAT test preparation.

I am an experienced English teacher currently in my 20th year working in high schools. For undergrad, I was an English/ Classics double major at the College of the Holy Cross, and I spent my junior year studying abroad at Trinity College Dublin. I earned my Master's degree in English through Middlebury College's Bread Loaf School of English, and I also completed a graduate program in Education through Montana State University. I have taught a variety of English classes in high school, such as Coming of Age in Literature, Literature as Social Commentary, Critically Reading Graphic Novels, AP English Language and Literature, Journalism, and Mythology. I have helped many students write scholarship and college application essays.

I enjoy bringing lots of enthusiasm and energy to my teaching and tutoring. I tailor my tutoring to the student's individual needs. I can help students with writing organization and analysis, research writing, reading strategies, grammar, vocabulary, and ACT or SAT preparation.

Specific areas I can help:

- ACT English and Reading

- SAT Writing & Language and Reading

- AP English Language: Rhetorical Analysis, Synthesis Essay, or multiple-choice

- AP English Literature: essays or multiple-choice

- Any English class assignments

- Vocabulary and grammar

- Essay proofreading

- College and scholarship essays

- MLA Works Cited and in-text citations

- Close reading and annotations

Please reach out to me to schedule lessons in any area of English, writing, reading, or test preparation." less...