Learners will master the following skills over several semesters:

READING: 
Reading a literary text
Annotating the text
Analyzing the text
Comparing and contrasting different aspects of two different texts

NOTE TAKING: 
Take notes based on their annotations
Using these notes as a basis for class discussion, questions, and comments
Using these notes to answer homework questions on the readings
Take notes in class
Taking notes on a video, a website, and other modern media
Using notes to study for a test

ESSAY PREP: 
How to compare and contrast
How to create an argument and support it with research and logical reasoning
How to gather class materials to write an essay

TEST PREP:
How to gather class materials to study for a quiz, test, or exam

Leeyanne Moore has taught rhetoric to college students since 2007. She has also led study skills seminars at Smith College's Jacobsen Center for Learning.  For twenty-five years she's been working with children and teens, helping to motivate them to improve their writing skills via creative writing. Since 2019 she has been teaching classes on Outschool.com. She does private tutoring with adults and gifted teens, shepherding them through the process of writing a novel. She also works privately 1 on 1 with students who are homeschooling. 

Homework Offered
First we will work together to go over the academic study skills needed in addressing the weekly class discussions and assignments and students will be asked to practice these skills and then turn them in as homework. 

For each following week in the class, we will follow a standard format. 
1) Students will be given a reading assignment. 
2) Students will read over the chapter again, this time annotating the chapters to help retain important elements of the story and the learner's reactions. 
3) Students will translate their annotations into notes that they can use in class.
4) Students will discuss the book in class, and engage with the instructor's questions.
5) Students will receive questions at the end of class that they will answer and turn in as homework one day before their next class. 
1 - 2 hours per week outside of class
Assessments Offered
Parent/instructor conversations will happen every few weeks to make sure the learner is mastering the material using the academic study tools provided and that progress is swift and efficient. If there are any roadblocks to learning, those will be discussed between parent and instructor, with an eye to problem solving.
Grades Offered

The content used in readings, etc, for the tutoring session are not fixed. Readings, videos, and other content the learners will use while practicing academic skills will be the result of collaboration between learner, parent, and instructor.