Mackenzie C.
Private tutor in West Lafayette, IN
Education
Current 3rd-year undergraduate student at Purdue University studying Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences with minors in Linguistics and Psychology. Dean's List Recipient all semesters of college. Presidential Scholar. Major GPA: 3.86.
Experience
I briefly served as a volunteer reading/writing tutor for children in kindergarten-3rd grade and am looking to resume my love for this by working with people of all ages! My greatest passion is cultivating English literacy through goal-oriented, creative, and flexible lessons. I offer English, Literature, Reading Comprehension, Writing, and Editing services up to 4th year undergraduate level, and ESL grammar/writing tutoring for all ages. I would also be happy to impart study, test taking, academic success, and organizational skills. My eventual career goal is to become a practicing Speech-Language Pathologist. | Qualifications | - Relevant college-level courses encompass Phonetics, Linguistics, Language Development, Communication Sciences and Disorders, and 4 levels of American Sign Language. Achieved A's or A+'s in all courses. - Received the highest scores possible in AP English Language and Composition and International Baccalaureate (IB) Language and Literature Higher-Level exams. Equivalent to First-Year Composition and Introduction to Literature courses at Purdue. - IB Higher-Level English Student of the Year Award, May 2016 - Editorial Board Member, Purdue Journal of Undergraduate Research (Aug 2018-Present) - Assisted in the facilitation of weekly creative writing workshops for at-risk youth in kindergarten-grade 6, Bauer Community Center (Fall 2017) - Undergraduate Research Assistant, Language Learning and Meaning Acquisition Lab, Purdue University (Jan 2018-Present) - 2 years cumulative work experience in customer service. | In-Person Tutoring | $15/hour. The first tutoring session will last no longer than 1 hour. We will discuss your personal goals and the best methods to achieve them. I prefer to meet in public spaces in the West Lafayette/Lafayette area, although I can make a few exceptions! Payment via cash, Venmo, or PayPal is preferred.
Subject Expertise
Writing7th Grade Writing6th Grade Writing8th Grade Writing9th Grade WritingCreative WritingExpository WritingFiction WritingPersuasive WritingPoetry WritingTechnical Writing5th Grade WritingESL/ELLEnglishEssay EditingGrammar and MechanicsIntroduction to PoetryStudy SkillsStudy Skills And OrganizationLiterature5th Grade Reading10th Grade Writing11th Grade Reading11th Grade Writing12th Grade Reading12th Grade Writing2nd Grade Reading1st Grade Writing1st Grade Reading3rd Grade Reading4th Grade Reading10th Grade Reading6th Grade Reading7th Grade Reading8th Grade Reading9th Grade ReadingACCUPLACER Reading ComprehensionReading2nd Grade Writing3rd Grade Writing4th Grade Writing
Availability
Tues/Thurs after 6PM, Monday after 6PM, Wednesday after 4PM, Friday after 4PM, Weekends in the morning, Weekends in the afternoon
Can Meet
Up to 20 minutes away for no additional charge
Hobbies
Reading, writing fictional prose and poetry, ukulele (a definite work-in-progress!), visual design, sketching and painting, traveling, learning about new cultures, childcare, volunteering. . . and the list goes on!
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