Crystal G.
Private tutor in Pittsburgh, PA
Education
I received a BA in English Education 5-12 from Niagara University with an overall GPA of 3.8. Degree and teacher certification received in May 2011. I earned a MA in English from Buffalo State College with an overall GPA of 3.9. Degree received in May 2015. I am certified to teach in both New York and Pennsylvania.
Experience
I tutored at the Writing Center at Niagara University for two years, working with all college levels including graduate students and ESL/ELL students. I received a 1620 on my SATs (back in 2006!). I received a 195/200 on my English Language Arts PRAXIS test in PA. I want to be a tutor because I know my content well and I enjoy discussing it with individuals and helping them understand the content. I strongly believe that the content that I teach is valuable in being successful in life and can apply to many different areas of life. This is my fifth school year teaching. I taught in a charter school in New York for 4 years, and then came to Pittsburgh where I now substitute teach.
Subject Expertise
Short NovelCollege EssaysCreative WritingEnglishESL/ELLEssay EditingExpository WritingTest PrepSummer TutoringStudy SkillsStudy Skills And OrganizationClassicsSocial StudiesShakespeareReadingFiction WritingGrammar and MechanicsIntroduction to FictionIntroduction to PoetryLiterary AnalysisLiteraturePersuasive Writing10th Grade WritingAP English Literature and CompositionAP English Language and CompositionAmerican Literature9th Grade Writing9th Grade Reading8th Grade Writing8th Grade Reading7th Grade Writing7th Grade Reading10th Grade ReadingBritish Literature11th Grade Reading11th Grade WritingWritingWorld LiteratureVocabulary12th Grade Reading12th Grade Writing6th Grade Writing6th Grade Reading
Availability
Weekdays after 4PM, Weekends in the morning
Can Meet
Up to 30 minutes away at my regular hourly rate
Hobbies
I obviously love to read and write! My favorite books are Brave New World by Aldous Huxley, One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Slaughterhouse-5 by Kurt Vonnegut, and The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy. I am a huge fan of horror movies, and I like to watch all kinds ranging from bad movies to classics. I love to play video games and currently own an XBox 360, a Playstation 2 and a N64. I like to play retro jRPGs and newer games, like Skyrim and Saints Row IV. I also love anime and my Crunchyroll account. I have two cats currently but I love animals in general.
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