...in classical archaeology and art history; I am currently a graduate student at the University of Arizona finishing my M.A. in classical archaeology. The bulk of my tutoring experience is in Latin, History, Literature, and Religious Studies; I also have experience working with students to edit and revise their writing, term papers, and presentations. I would describe my tutoring style as informal and conversational-- I got my start by tutoring my Latin classmates in high...
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...of Arts in Latin, and a Master of Music in Historical Musicology at the University of Texas at Austin. I am certified to teach high school science, all areas, in Texas. Since graduating, I have worked internationally, in Hong Kong and El Salvador as a curriculum developer and classroom teacher. I have taught and tutored in both the humanities, social studies, sciences, and fine arts. In particular, my subjects include but are not limited to:...
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...in New Jersey, currently working with middle school students. I graduated from Montclair State University in 2018 after completing their education program for Latin and ESL. Other past experiences include student teaching Latin and ESL to high school and adult learners. As a teacher and tutor, I love creating interactive and comprehension-based activities for sessions. I will design and customize sessions to your individual needs and interests, as I do with my students in the...
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I am a South Carolina certified classroom teacher. I have years of experience in the classroom and in private tutor settings. I love what I do and I take care to make engaging lessons that are memorable. My students' success is my success!
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...process of learning and the powerful impact education can have on an individual's life. This passion for knowledge naturally evolved into a commitment to helping others achieve their academic goals. Tutoring, for me, is not just a profession but a callinga way to share my enthusiasm for learning and to inspire others to discover their potential. My journey as a tutor began during my high school years when I volunteered to help peers struggling with...
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...Chemistry, Italian, and Biostatistics from Loyola University Chicago, and an M.S. in Forensic Entomology from Purdue University. I am currently a PhD student at the University of Idaho studying agricultural entomology and insect-vectored plant diseases. I spent several years tutoring high school and college students in Chicago. As a tutor at my university, I held small group tutoring sessions as well as open study halls. I spent some time as a private tutor for Chicago...
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...as a tutor, a teaching assistant, and a researcher. I've taught middle-schoolers how to program their own video games, interviewed monks in Minnesota, studied Dante under a world-class expert in Bologna, and edited transcripts on the history of philosophy since 300 BCE. I can proofread essays, perform long division, translate difficult texts, and find the derivative. Prior to the outbreak of COVID-19, my plans were to attend Columbia's School of Social Work, where I was...
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...journey to get where I am today, but I am grateful to have joined the roller coaster ride otherwise known as college. America has provided me the tools, allowing me to work hard and choose the lifestyle I want. All of us have goals we want to accomplish. Everyone has different ambitions that allow them to overcome adversity. My goal is once I receive Bachelors in Science in August that I will earn a doctoral...
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...Cross in Worcester MA. There I received my Bachelor's of Arts in Classics (that is, Latin and ancient Greek literature) with a concentration in Peace & Conflict Studies; right now I'm taking classes to ready myself for grad school for Psychology. During undergrad, I tutored Latin for the Classics Honors Society and volunteered as an ESL teacher. After graduating, I moved to Spain and built on my volunteer experience by obtaining a TEFL certficate and...
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...degree in the liberal arts, with a major in English and minors in psychology, health and human services, and women's and gender studies. At Wake Forest, I am also a writing center peer tutor, and it's one of my favorite parts of my college experience. I really enjoy the work that I do helping people to develop awareness around their own abilities as writers and work towards their individual goals. In addition to my most...
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My name is Kelsey and I am an energetic, positive, 26-year-old teacher who graduated with my MFA from the University of Notre Dame in 2017. I am currently teaching Second Grade, but have extensive and varied teaching experience, having taught students of all ages, even university level! I also have experience working with students with behavior and learning differences. It is my goal to make all of my students feel encouraged, heard, motivated, and successful.
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I am a retired teacher with 32 years of experience. I believe that effect teaching requires both the teacher and the student(s) to engage in open and equal exchange. I further believe that effective course work requires the teacher to amply prepare informative and interesting lessons.
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...teacher that I was thinking of changing to studying Latin the next year, and she said that was a good idea because my spelling (of both French and English) was horrible. She was not alone in this assessment; in elementary school my percentage in the "Spelling" section of the statewide test approached the single digits. I have no doubt that she would be rather surprised to learn that now I am a PhD. student in...
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I love learning and helping others learn. Growing up I always loved school and would help my classmates or volunteer and tutor lower grade levels. I am still in school to this day getting my second masters degree.
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...in Classics and Classical Civilization. I studied Latin in Columbia University's Classics Post Baccalaureate program. I am currently at Columbia University as a first year MA student in Classics with a focus in Latin Literature. I have been taking Latin classes for 11 years, and I have tutored for 5 years (2 years in high school, 3 years in college). I love Latin and getting to know new people, and so I love tutoring Latin!
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...in English and Comparative Literary Studies with a minor in Classical Studies. I mostly did math when I was in high school (thanks to our Geometry and AP Calculus teacher, Mrs. Stone, who would patiently explain concepts in as many different ways as took for everyone to understand). But when I found myself in a spring freshman writing class (that I had picked from a list for its name alone, 'The Hero vs Death and...
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...I specialize in writing. To that end, I have written a book with my son, Climbing the Writing Wall, which is available on Amazon. Most students have some difficulty with timed writing tests as well as essay exams. However, there are strategies which can help. I have also taught Latin I, II, III and IV. I have worked extensively with students who plan to take the New York State Regents Exam in Latin. Currently, I...
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...a therapist. In 2013, I graduated from The University of Texas with a B.A. in Psychology. However, I am also passionate about language; I particularly love teaching/tutoring Latin and English. Latin was my minor field of study, and I have been teaching it at all levels for the past 3 years. I have even had the privilege to teach advanced courses in Caesar, Ovid, Virgil, scansion, and poetic/rhetorical devices. Teaching has become a perfect coupling...
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...Comparative Literature, as well as a secondary field in Gender Studies and a language citation in Arabic. I have tutored, taught classes, and facilitated workshops on subjects ranging from SAT prep to chemistry to spoken word poetry, and I especially enjoy working with middle school and high school students. I firmly believe that tutoring can and should be funeven SAT prep! Working with a student individually allows the two of us to team up to...
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I have always loved school and have always had a passion for helping others. From a very young age, I especially loved to read, not only for myself but to others. I look forward to working with students and helping them to reach their goals, whatever they may be.
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After a year of studying Latin, you now have come to the extended rigors of a second year of studies. At this point, many more grammatical nuances are being added. From the many uses of participles to the idioms of Latin expression and the mystifying uses of the subjunctive mood, the second year of Latin studies can pose a number of unique difficulties for the aspiring reader of the classical language. Instead of being frustrated by the many intricacies of this class, contact Varsity Tutors today to find Latin II tutoring that can help you succeed in this important, but difficult, course of studies.
Latin I often presents the new Latin student with a great number of grammatical difficulties, and the same is true of Latin II, as students expand their knowledge. In Latin II, the forms of verbs and clause structure begin to probe into many constructions that are difficult to formulate in English, let alone in a foreign language like Latin. If your background education in English grammar hasn't provided you with the fundamental knowledge you need when learning to read and write in Latin, a personal tutor can help you review these core concepts or learn them formally for the first time. Likewise, Latin's baffling number of forms can be overwhelming at first glance, but an experienced tutor can help you see the intelligible patterns latent in all of these structures. Private Latin tutoring can likewise guide you through the increasingly complex vocabulary and sentences that are becoming part of your reading in Latin II.
While it is not a foreign idea that all the nuances and intricacies of Latin II do take time to understand, a Latin II tutor can help you master what you need to know to become conversational. They will meet with you at any location, even the comfort of your own home, or a library, cafe, or school facility where you feel most comfortable. The Varsity Tutors live learning platform allows you to meet with a private tutor either in person or face-to-face online. This gives you the flexibility to meet with your tutor at the time and location of your choice. Your instructor will pass assignments and feedback along on the web to track your progress and make sure you are learning on pace. Unlike regimented classroom courses, your tutor can actually be flexible in the timing of each session. They can meet in between classes, after work, or whenever you have the time, and can even accommodate changing schedules and work with you at different times each week.
Individualized instruction has many other benefits as well. Fast-paced lessons often don't leave time for students to ask questions and stop the instructor to clarify points. Your Latin II tutor bypasses this issue, because they work one-on-one with you to cover any topic of interest. Is there a particular aspect of the language you have trouble tackling, or a piece of literature you want to better understand? That's what your tutor is here for.
Since Latin classes do not focus on conversational communication, you will likely find yourself faced with classical authors by the time you are in the midst of your second year of studies. Such texts can be quite intimidating, but a personal tutor can help you approach them with confidence and insight, building your strength as a translator of increasingly complex texts, and thus preparing you for the rigors of Latin III, AP Latin, or any specific Latin literature courses that you might take in future years. Latin II is no minor affair, and your success in this difficult course requires devotion and a great deal of hard work. Don't take on the difficulties in total isolation. Contact Varsity Tutors and let us help connect you with the independent Latin II tutor who perfectly suits you!
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Recent Latin 2 Tutoring Session Notes
The student is in the same class as another of my Latin students, so I worked on the same assignments with her. We realized that she needed a complete review of what cases and declensions were. So we did that, and she picked it up quickly.
In our first session, the student and I spent some time at the beginning discussing his strengths and weaknesses in Latin. He feels comfortable with memorizing vocabulary and chart forms, but feels less comfortable understanding the functions of some verb charts as well as having to translate the forms he knows. We practiced several 2nd conjugation charts and the student felt better afterwards. We determined that continued practice with these charts will improve his comfort level. The end of the session was spent translating some Latin to see where the student's skill level lies. This also seems like an area of mixed comfort; again, more practice will help develop this skill. We set another meeting time next Sunday for 2 hours, to be spent on both Latin and English.
During our first session together, I identified parsing as an area in which the student needs improvement. Parsing Latin nouns and verbs, is an essential skill, in both translation and prose composition. To improve his noun parsing, he and I reviewed noun cases and practiced identifying them in both English and Latin sentences. To improve his verb parsing, we reviewed a conjugation chart for perfect tense verbs, as the lesson from his textbook introduced the perfect and pluperfect tenses. We briefly discussed cum clauses and identified a temporal cum clause in one of the Latin sentences in his textbook. He translated two Latin sentences and completed two prose composition sentences. During both translation and prose composition exercises, I asked him to parse nouns and verbs as we went. I really enjoyed meeting him and look forward to helping him improve in Latin.
We did a Latin grammar review in preparation for the student's upcoming Latin test. We went over the five declensions of nouns by declining multiple nouns and pronouns. We then covered conjugations of verbs by fully declining "eripio" in the 6 active and 6 passive tenses and going over the translation of certain forms. I left the student with instructions to do extra practice by going over flash cards with declensions and conjugations.
The student was out of school during the previous week due to inclement weather. We had a chance to review 1st, 2nd, and 3rd declension endings as well as comparatives and superlatives. He understands the grammar, but benefits greatly from our practice with endings. I gave him some helpful handouts. We finished by discussing college expectations. I shared with him what a college classroom is like and how best he should prepare himself while in high school. The student is very engaged and I look forward to working with him in the future.
The student and I worked mainly on translating a passage that she will have a test on later this week. We came across many verb forms that she still hasn't learned yet, so I stressed how important it is to learn them all in order for her to be able to answer test questions about them correctly and to know how to translate them from Latin into English. I showed her some word charts I found in her book that list all the possible formations a word can have. I also had her write down some irregular verb formations, so that she remembers how to form them as well. By the end of the session she had memorized the present forms of the word "to be;" that's definitely a start.
