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Elena S.

Private tutor in Culver City, CA

Education

In December 2014 I graduated cum laude from UC San Diego with a degree in Literature and Writing. I recently returned from a semester in Brighton, England.

Experience

Studying writing in college and working on out-of-class writing projects made me realize how much I love writing. But I know from my own experience in developing academic papers, working on creative projects, and writing application essays that it can be very challenging. As a writing tutor, I aim to make the process of writing a conversation. I believe that discussing the writing process with someone else is half the battle toward creating a finished piece. Whether it be brainstorming through ideas, creating flow charts and idea graphs to organize them, or making a concrete writing outline, I like to make the process accessible and personalized. This way, students can see their writing as their own work in progress, and can begin develop their own skill set in order to assess and structure future writing projects on their own. I have taken university classes on several types of writing including historical research papers, persuasive essays, literary papers, fiction, poetry, playwriting, narrative, and creative non-fiction. As a peer writing mentor at the UCSD Writing Center, I attended weekly training sessions on developing students' writing and addressing specific assignments. I was also trained to asses and discuss application essays and essays based on reading comprehension. In addition, I presented about mentoring writing on a student panel at the Sixth College Experiential Learning Conference last year. Besides my experience with undergraduates, my work as a camp director and private music teacher has allowed me to work with students ages three through adult, and I am happy to work on writing, reading, history, and English assignments with all age groups.

Subject Expertise

9th Grade Writing 6th Grade Reading 5th Grade Reading 5th Grade Writing 4th Grade Writing 4th Grade Reading 10th Grade Reading 8th Grade Writing 9th Grade Reading 6th Grade Writing American History American Literature Creative Writing English College Essays Introduction to Fiction Introduction to Poetry Reading 11th Grade Writing Persuasive Writing Writing 8th Grade Reading 2nd Grade Reading 1st Grade Writing 1st Grade Reading 12th Grade Writing 12th Grade Reading Fiction Writing 11th Grade Reading 10th Grade Writing 2nd Grade Writing 3rd Grade Writing 3rd Grade Reading 7th Grade Writing 7th Grade Reading

Availability

Weekends at any time, Mon/Wed/Fri after 6PM, Tues/Thurs after 6PM

Can Meet

Up to 30 minutes away for no additional charge

Hobbies

I love singing and playing piano, and was in an all-female a cappella group at UCSD for two years. I wrote a one-act comedy last year called Let's Talk About You Next Time that was performed through the UCSD Theatre Department. I'm working on new comedies now. I have an ongoing travel blog: https://elenacherine.wordpress.com/ I also love Saturday Night Live, watching movies, cooking, and writing poems.

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