ENGLISH Youth K-8: lessons will be interactive, focused on understanding over grade improvement in the early days. By building a foundation, improvements will follow. Tools include games. Youth 9-12: lessons will be built around the gaps that need to be closed, whether literacy, grammar, vocabulary, or structuring an argument. School teachers often don't spend enough time on the fundamentals, and students suffer as a result. Tools include games and creative writing assignments. Adults and Youth - ESL: lessons will be built around sight-words, vocabulary, pronunciation and syntax. As language comprehension improves, lessons will become more complex. Adults - academic: Do you receive low to mid-range grades in college or university? I will help you structure your arguments and provide feedback on previous assignments so that you can improve for the future, both academically and professionally. I will review your next assignment and provide you with edits and feedback before you submit it for grading. HISTORY Lessons will focus on fun - and finding linkages between the past and present. Why are Canada's official languages English and French? How did Canada stay separate from the United States of America? How did the Crusades lead to the Magna Carta and limits on the power of monarchs? How did WWII lead to African and Asian nations becoming independent of colonialist powers? History shapes our future - and those who are ignorant of the past are doomed to repeat mistakes. Knowing what has come before will help you or your child be politically savvy, an intelligent reader of media content, and understanding of how some behaviors are shaped by historical wrongs. For high school and university students - assistance on papers (thesis, areas of research, structure, proofreading) can be provided. For high school and university students - assistance on papers (thesis, areas of research, structure, proofreading) can be provided.

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