Reading Comprehension and Writing

mythmom
Thu, 06 Dec 2012 11:39:32 +0000

As a college English teacher I can tell you that this can be important for success in college. I have often been asked to tutor, but I’ve never thought this a good approach for a student who is already so high achieving.

Instead, I organize groups of friends in similar situations. I let them select an area of interest. I chose the books and movies. We had pizza. They talked, and I listened and made occasional comments. They wrote and shared their writing with each other. I pointed out ONE THING to work on for each kid and only added a new thing when this was mastered.

Then they went in my pool.

I barely made money, especially compared to tutoring them at $100 an hour, but this approach was so successful many went on to get A’s in English. All had really happy college results.