Torien - Creative writing tutor - Vancouver

1^st lesson free

Torien

Rate $30
Response 6h
Students
Number of students Torien has accompanied since arriving at Superprof
1
Number of students Torien has accompanied since arriving at Superprof

$30/h

1^st lesson free

Creative writing
Essay writing
English Literature
Oratory
Rhetoric

Lessons in English and more from an international award-winning playwright, artist, and producer!

Creative writing
Essay writing
English Literature
Oratory
Rhetoric

Lesson location

- online
- at home or in a public place : will travel up to 20 km from Vancouver

About Torien

Most tutors have learned about just one thing: teaching. The problem with this is a lot like the problem with writers who only like to learn about writing (I know because I used be like this too). The problem is that you often end up with nothing to write about — or nothing to teach about — because you have too little experience to draw upon. This is why I am proud that my story is a varied one.

I began as a classically trained actor, producer, playwright, and dramaturg. Since 2015 I have been co-Artistic Director of a community-engaged immersive arts company, It’s Not A Box Theatre. We have toured work to Fringe Festivals, SummerWorks Festival, and the Prague Quadrennial several times. In 2020 we branched out into game design and installation, leading to my MFA thesis research in autistic/ADHD modes of interdisciplinary creation at Simon Fraser University, graduating with a 3.98 GPA.

Over the past decade I have facilitated countless workshops for emerging writers of all kinds through the Sask Writers Workshop, often teaching writing fundamentals and critiquing fiction and dramatic text. I have instructed classes and residencies for both youth and adults in playwriting, dramaturgy, devised performance creation, and acting at Persephone Theatre School, Trickster Theatre, GTNT, E.D. Feehan Catholic High School. As a Teaching Assistant at Simon Fraser University I led tutorial discussions, critiqued essays, graded exams, and guided student research in the arts and humanities. Most recently I have been conducting games-based learning research with Brainiacs Adventures. All this experience in the arts, social practice, production, education, game studies, and creative research has provided me with an interdisciplinary understanding of literature, writing, performance, politics, social studies, and how to teach these to students of various ages. If you want someone who knows that teaching is about more than just "learning to teach", I'm your guy :)

About the lesson

My pedagogy takes inspiration from the Reggio Emilia approach, which often uses interdisciplinary projects and emergent curriculum to follow students' natural curiosities and modes of learning. I believe there are great ways to accommodate this even in a tutoring context, offering students agency in the media through which they learn and study, and the pace at which they do so.

For example this might look like inviting students to: a) conduct historical research projects around their own personal interests; b) learn figures of speech and literary devices through creative writing exercises; c) understand classical literature through TTRPG design or theatre roleplay; or, d) work through challenging material through accessible study guides, creative media, and video lectures

Any subject can be engaging and interactive this way, depending on the student's learning languages, access needs, and curiosities. Based on my experience, I am comfortable offering lessons to students of all ages, ideally for:

- English (composition, phonics, literature, creative writing)

- Arts (performing arts, basic game design, elementary visual art)

- Social Studies (history, politics, psychology, geography)

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5 h: $135
10 h: $275

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$25/h

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This first lesson offered with Torien will allow you to get to know each other and clearly specify your needs for your next lessons.

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online

free lessons

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Hassan

Chianti

Adrienne

Madhurima

Mahima

Adriana

Chanelle

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KANIKA

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Maira

Nicola

Judith

Yash

Trisha

Anya

Yasmin

Jamila

Maiher

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