Phyllis S.
- Miami, FL 33138 ( 4.8 mi )
- Expert Literature Tutor
- Female
- Member Since: 09/2013
- Will travel up to 20 miles
- Rates from $45.00 to $60.00 /hr
- I am a Certified Teacher
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On-line
In-Home
- Also Tutors: English, Language Arts, Writing, Spelling, Reading Comprehension, Reading, Journalism, Grammar, Creative Writing, Composition
My comments on tutoring Literature : I love reading and I work hard to cause my students to love reading. Reading is a way for us to leave ourselves, and join another character, someplace, anyplace and live in his or her world for a time. What an escape mechanism reading is. No drugs, alcohol or tobacco needed -- just words. And I teach students to enjoy, no, to love the words that other folks have written to make us think, feel, wonder and learn.
I have been teaching many years, and I make sure I keep very much up to date with the teaching styles and ideas in use today, I have bona fide references available from students and their parents, (past and present) to show prospective students. I have worked with students for whom English is a second (or third or fourth) language). I have worked very successfully with students who have had a learning disability or physical or emotional or mental problem of some kind. I apply my teaching expertise and ideas to academics as well as music. All my students tell me that they can tell that I love teaching, by the way I work with them.
I am gentle, yet demanding. I am soft, but strict. I use humor to keep my students interested and in focus. I teach, but I also listen and watch for signals from my students in order to know if they understand or need more explanation. I develop ... read more