Sherry
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- Hourly rate $50
- Response Time 1h
- Number of students 50+
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Learn the Principles of Academic literature, Research and Creative writing for A's on University level Essays. Honours BA English at UBC, tutoring Editing, Exam Prep, and Lessons.
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- Vancouver
- By webcam
About the lesson
My methodology is all about working with each individual student - helping them learn by working with their current skill set, and ensuring they have a secure foundation and knowledge base are the two tenants writing a good essay.
For high school and undergraduate students, understanding the required structure and expectations at the given level is extremely important. While working through essays, I will give examples and suggestions for ways to improve writing. If a student is not familiar with a certain type of essay, I will also go work through the steps, so their current, and future essays, will have a strong foundation.
In my experience, planning before writing is also extremely important. If students have any type of writing assignment where they're not yet sure what they want say, we begin by making a plan for that.
On average, my students who have previously taken English improve their grade by 15%. I always aim to explain any edits we make thoroughly, I want students walk away understanding the changes we've made. That way, you'll be better equipped for the next assignment. The end goal will never not be to improve so much that you won't need anybody's help in the future!
Classes come equipped with my personal "student's guarantee" - if you feel like your writing hasn't improved within a month, I guarantee a full refund! I am extremely confident that anyone can on improve their writing through these classes.
**I'm currently quite booked but respond fairly quickly. If you have an assignment due soon, it's best to inquire sooner rather than later just to make sure I can get to it.
subjects
- Academic English
- English Literature
- Creative writing
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Essay writing
English literature
languages
- English
levels
- All Levels
About Sherry
I’m an honours English student with a minor in Political Science at the University of British Columbia. I have extensive experience reading and grading essays, privately tutoring for university students, and highschool students, who go on to achieve high marks in their classes.
I've been on Superprof since 2020, and have given lessons to dozens of students. I've worked as a UBC paid researcher for the knowledge deficit in Game Studies, and am consistently performing at the top of my class. I received a 5 on both my AP Literature and Language exams, and am very familiar with the content in both. Understanding the psychology behind what teachers and professors seek in a paper is knowledge only gained with extensive experience, which is information I seek to pass on.
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5 (11 reviews)
Perfect! Sherry's method of teaching was well accepted by my daughter with almost no prior experience of writing tutoring. Sherry helped my daughter better understand the elements of good writing and thus boosted her confidence. I will definitely hire Sherry again!
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- See the response Sherry : Cate is an amazing student! I have no doubt she’ll go far in highschool, as she is bright and willing to learn.
Perfect! Sherry is an excellent, kind, and patient tutor who has taught me so much! Thank you, Sherry! I highly recommend her!
Perfect! Structured lessons and solid background.
Perfect! Very good
Perfect! Sherry does a fantastic job relating to her students. She plans lessons not only to benefit and help in the development process, but also ensures the content is relatable and interesting. Thank you Sherry!
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- See the response Sherry : 10/10 harbouring some geniuses
Liam
Perfect! Sherry really knows what she is talking about!
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5
Sherry is an amazing tutor. She has extensive knowledge and has helped me understand the basic building blocks of what goes into an English essay. She explains things so clearly, and so easy to understand.
Sherry has helped me immensely with my university essay writing! Her edits are always constructive and she spends time working through them with me to ensure I understand each one. I highly recommend her to anyone whos looking to improve their writing skills!
Amazing lessons. She helped me improve my essay writing so much, I feel as though I can continue receiving A’s on essays in the future!
She is the best, she helped me get an A on my paper which has never happened before! Seriously, cannot recommend her enough.
Sherry is a kind, helpful instructor who is very knowledgeable! She explains concepts thoroughly and is clear and concise in how to improve. She’s helped me a lot and I highly recommend her :)
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Rates
packages
- 5 h: $250
- 10 h: $500
webcam
- $ 50/h
free lessons
- 45min
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Find out more about Sherry
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1. When and why did you develop an interest in your chosen field?
I’ve always been pretty adept at the arts, and so I began tutoring when a family friend requested that I help their daughter. I think that English is really interesting and nuanced, it helped build critical thinking for sure and forces you to map out your arguments in a clear and concise way. Over the past couple years, I’ve realized that I actually enjoy reading and editing writing! I began tutoring more, and during the pandemic, I also volunteer edited for high school students as support for their AP exams. Right now, I'm literally looking into being an editor after graduation, which is fitting.
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2. What makes you passionate about your subject?
I love reading. When I was really young I used to devour books and go to the library multiple times a week. The coolest library I've ever been to has to be the Austrian national library, it looked like something straight out of Disney. Obviously, I don't visit my local library to borrow books as much, but I still read a ton. My favourites are contemporary fiction or peer-reviewed articles on interesting books from the UBC library. I’m not super ‘passionate’ about the language and research side of English, but I do really enjoy rhetoric as a topic, and talking about how everything around us exists to convince us of something.
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3. What do you like about tutoring? What makes you a "Superprof"?
I guess I like the methodological approach to essays. You read it, and if it doesn’t make sense, then you fix it. It’s a bit like a puzzle and you have to carve out the pieces yourself and force them to fit, even if they don’t at the moment. It’s a bit different of an editing process for creative and journalistic pieces, the structure is definitely not as rigid but still needs to be cohesive. I feel like even if a piece of writing is already good, it can always get better, so an extra set of eyes can really help you pinpoint any issues. I really thrive off the high of seeing a piece of writing before and after the editing process, and always get overly invested in the grade received for it.
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4. Do you have any role models; a teacher that inspired you?
I don’t have one specific English teacher that has kind of ‘defined me,’ but I along the way I’ve definitely had a couple of interesting figures. In high school, my Grade 9 English teacher is the first one who really engaged me in a topic, we did Romeo and Juliet and I remember acting out the scenes in class and it being really funny. In Grade 12, My AP Literature and Language teachers were really supportive. So much so that I ended up receiving the AP Language book award, which is just the highest mark in the grade (that’s when I decided I wanted to study English post-secondary). My first English professor in University was probably the final important figure thus far. We had a really small class, which is super uncommon for university, and so we all ended up having really great conversations. She was just so clever and would quote random philosophers and explain relationships with graphs and charts, that really engaged everyone in the conversation. I still quote some of her tricks and lessons to this day.
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5. What are your keys to success?
I think support is really important. Whoever it may be - a friend who you always turn to for help, a teacher that’s really supportive, a family member who is encouraging… I think if you have enough confidence in yourself, you can literally achieve anything from just sheer willpower. But you need that support and confidence first.
