Mel S.
- Surprise, AZ 85388 ( 24.8 mi )
- Expert Poetry Tutor
- Female
- Member Since: 10/2015
- Will travel up to 20 miles
- Rates from $35.00 to $45.00 /hr
- I am a Certified Teacher
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On-line
In-Home
In-Group
- Also Tutors: English, Language Arts, Writing, Spelling, Shakespeare, Reading Comprehension, Reading, Grammar, Creative Writing, Composition
My comments on tutoring Poetry : Poetry is a very interesting part of literature. It requires the ability to interpret words, group of words, and sentences. some students interpret a poem literally as poems connotes and quotes words that are c\sophisticated and complicated. Students need to learn to identify and distinguish a stanza, rhythm, meter, and timing of a poem.
I started teaching right after my college graduation from Philippine Normal University. I taught ESL (English as A Second Language in public schools from 1968 - 1985. From 1985 - 1991 I taught at the United States Refugee Program. On October 1991 I was sent by the US Refugee Program to University of Omaha, Nebraska as a guest lecturer on ESL. Then I worked as a tutor in English Business for foreign professionals in Connecticut from December 1991 - 1995. When I toured my professional students in Sacred Heart University in Fairfield, Connecticut, I was hired there (1995 - 2003
June 1968 - July 1985 : ESL (English as A Second Language) teacher in San Pablo City, Laguna, Philippines
August 1985 - October 1991: ESL teacher, United States Refugee Program
December 1991 - June 1995: ESL Tutor to foreign professionals in Trumbull, Connecticut
July 1995 - 2003: Part time ESL i ... read more