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Karen S.

Private tutor in Pittsburgh, PA

Education

University of Dayton, BA in Journalism; Duquesne University, M.Ed. in Secondary English Education. I also studied Shakespeare at New College, Oxford University, and Central European literature and Jewish history at Charles University in Prague.

Experience

I have taught English -- literature and composition -- classes for more than 20 years at private-independent high schools and at the college level. My specialty is the teaching of writing, both analytical and creative, at all levels, from middle school through college levels. I write fiction and nonfiction and early in my career was a newspaper reporter and editor.

Subject Expertise

10th Grade Writing 11th Grade Writing 12th Grade Writing 7th Grade Writing 8th Grade Writing 9th Grade Writing ACT English ACT Writing Advanced Placement AP English Language and Composition AP English Literature and Composition

Availability

Any day at any time

Can Meet

Up to 30 minutes away for no additional charge

Hobbies

In my down time, I enjoy writing, reading, running and working out, listening to and playing music, and hanging out with my teenage daughter and my two cats.

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