Hosted By: Valerie Stone via Google Meet

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Whether your middle or high school English student needs to refine existing grammar skills or start from the basics, I will work with you to develop a personalized plan to enhance your learner’s overall proficiency in grammar and punctuation.

Customized Tutoring Solutions: 

• Personalized online English tutoring customized to meet each student's unique learning style. 

Areas of Focus: 

• Parts of speech (nouns, verbs, adjectives, etc)
• Sentence structure (phrases, clauses, sentence types, etc)
• Punctuation (commas, semicolons, colons, etc)
• Agreement (subject-verb, pronoun-antecedent, etc)
• Tenses (past, present, future)
• Syntax (creating coherent sentences)
• Usage (choosing the correct word)
• Clarity (writing with clarity)
• Variety (avoiding repetition)
• Mechanics (transitions, conjunctive adverbs)

Age Range:

• Middle School
• High School

Educator Information: 

• Valerie Stone is a home educator and parent who found herself navigating the unchartered waters of autism and ADHD over 17 years ago, during a time when research and information were sparse. Diving into the depths of learning, she poured over education research, talked with special educators, and experimented with several different curriculums. Emerging from the fog, Valerie discovered techniques to help learners develop a writer's voice. Over the years, those techniques have been shared with local and online homeschool students and families through 1:1 tutoring and group courses.  

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As a home educator and parent to children with autism and ADHD, I developed an approach to writing that focuses on individual strengths and needs, tailoring assignments to their interests and learning styles. Below is a list of accommodations I frequently use for students with autism and ADHD.

• Scaffolding 
• MORE Scaffolding
• Sentence Starters
• Sentence Framing
• Organizers
• Modeling and Practice
• Audio Books (If Applicable)
• Visual Prompts
• Assignments Broken Into Smaller Sections
• Clear Instructions
• Tailor Assignments to Student's Interest(s)
• Quality Emphasized Over Length
• Positive Reinforcement
• Encourage Student to Seek Help 
• Modified Assignments
• Flexible Deadlines