Carrie M.
- Danville, CA 94526 ( 7.9 mi )
- Expert Reading Comprehension Tutor
- Female Age 45
- Member Since: 11/2012
- Will travel up to 10 miles
- Rates from $35.00 to $50.00 /hr
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- Also Tutors: English, Writing, Spelling, Reading, Poetry, Grammar, Creative Writing, Composition
My comments on tutoring Reading Comprehension : I have decades of experience in breaking stories and other writings apart technically, creatively, and otherwise. My undergraduate and graduate studies required that I read and analyze more than a thousand books.
I have a Bachelor of Arts in English and a Master of Fine Arts Degree in Creative Writing--specifically poetry. Dozens of my poems have been published in print and online. I am a founding editor of The California Journal of Poetics for which I write, edit, and publish book reviews, interviews, essays, criticism, and other bits and pieces about poets and their writing. I have also taken several graduate level courses and workshops in the writing of novels, short stories, micro-fiction, and creative nonfiction. I have worked with some of the best writers in the world. I was the recipient of a creative writing scholarship and a creative writing fellowship during my undergraduate studies.
I do not have any formal teaching experience but after dozens of workshops, wherein the writers had to share and critique each other's work, I learned how to communicate praise, suggestions, criticisms, ... read more