Keenan W.
Private tutor in Iowa City, IA
Education
Bennington College - BA, Literature
Experience
Hello, I am Keenan from New York City. I graduated with honors from Bennington College in Vermont, where I studied literature, music, and French. My professional experience includes serving as the lead writing tutor at Bennington College, running an acting camp, teaching English in Tibet, and writing CCSS-aligned curricula for 9th-12th grade English Language Arts. In my free time I like to explore my interests in reading, writing, music, languages, traveling, museums, enjoying the outdoors, and pets.I believe that reading, writing, and speaking are inextricably linked; reading also teaches you how to write, the practice of writing improves reading skills, and speaking similarly improves reading and written language abilities. One belief I share with students that is very helpful to language arts learning is that reading and writing happen at the level of the sentence. True learning is a collaboration and an extended conversation. I see it as my role to give my students opportunities to feel engaged and inspired to learn, rather than running them through rote memorization. As you may have noted, my strengths lie in the arena of English language. I enjoy tutoring students in my favorite subjects including reading, writing, essay editing, French, ESL/ELL, journalism, world literature, music, philosophy, social sciences, ACT and SAT preparation, AP English language and composition, and creative writing.
Subject Expertise
10th Grade Reading10th Grade Writing11th Grade Reading11th Grade Writing12th Grade Reading12th Grade Writing4th Grade Reading4th Grade Writing5th Grade Reading5th Grade Writing6th Grade Reading6th Grade Writing7th Grade Reading7th Grade Writing8th Grade Reading8th Grade Writing9th Grade Reading9th Grade WritingACT EnglishACT WritingAmerican LiteratureAP English Literature and CompositionBritish LiteratureCollege EssaysCreative WritingEnglishESL/ELLEssay EditingExpository WritingFiction WritingFrenchFrench 1French 2Grammar and MechanicsGuitarIntroduction to FictionIntroduction to PoetryJournalismLanguagesLiterary AnalysisLiteratureMedieval LiteratureMusicMusic TheoryPersuasive WritingPhilosophyPoetry WritingPublic SpeakingReadingShakespeareShort NovelSocial SciencesVocabularyWorld LiteratureWriting
Availability
Weekdays at any time, Weekends at any time
Can Meet
25 miles at my regular hourly rate
Hobbies
Reading, Writing, Music, Languages, Traveling, Museums, Outdoors, Pets
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