If you are seeking an English tutor in AP Language and Composition, you came to the right place! At Queen Elizabeth Academy, we provide high quality English tutoring programs to support students in AP Language and Composition or preparing for the AP Exam.
Build your foundation and exam writing skills for AP language and composition. Our private one on one tutoring programs provide a tailor made solution that target your strengths and weaknesses
Our English tutoring team for AP language and composition is composed to tutors expert in English literature.
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Admitted to Master Degree program UC Berkeley Information and Data Sci. Graduate of Boston University
QEA student alumni
Admitted to Neuroscience program University of Michigan
QEA student alumni
Master degree graduate, Medival Studies including English literature specialty, Durham University
BSC. Graduate of English literature, University of Toronto
3+ years of teaching experience as a TA at university level and as a teacher at QEA.
If you are looking for AP English tutoring at Connecticut, you have found the right place! We have expert tutors who can cover both the AP Language and Composition, as well as the AP Literature.
To score well in AP language and composition course, it is imperative that you have a strong English foundation. For example, in essay writing, how do you write a good thesis? What’s the difference between a good thesis and a poor thesis. How do you build arguments with evidence?
In addition, you need a good understanding of the rhetorical situation, such as the purpose of the author, his / her tonality, and the audience the passage is targeted.
Your analysis and writing in the course is critical. For example, on each of the essays you submit, you need to be clear on your stands, with clear logical reasoning.
AP language and composition requires a solid foundation in reading comprehension. It is not just reading the content, but to understand the author’s intent, tonality and rhetorical devices. The AP Language and Composition is composed of 45% of the total exam grade, with 45 questions in them (1% each).
The key challenge for AP Language and Composition, is to extract key information from the passage quickly, understand it, and apply to the multiple choice questions. Students need to look deeper into the text, to understand other elements such as author’s intent, tonality and literary devices, which are key to answer the multiple choice questions.
The second challenge is typical to multiple choice exams: some choices are very similar and they are both correct answers - just one choice is “more correct.”. The student will need to deal with ambiguity to make judgment calls.
In this section, you will be reading a passage (excerpt from a speech or writing) and write an essay that analyzes the passage. You will be graded based on your thesis (must be defendable), your line of reasoning (with evidence back up) and your style of writing.
There are 3 essays you need to do:
AP language and Composition essays requires the student to extract key information from the given passage, providing analysis in a fluent essay format. The key challenge for many students, is to understand and analyze the passage effectively, and at the same time, provide relevant evidence around a good argument. This is difficult.
When reading a short story, novel or any English text move from the interpretation and understanding of a story to looking for the elements of a story. This can be done by looking at the major events in the English text and connecting them back to developing themes that you see are reoccurring. For example, if a character acts a certain way more than once, question the reason for it and how it affects the overall theme. Questioning when reading is important as it motivates you to critically think why a certain event has happened, why the character has acted a particular way and how does this all reflect the theme of the story.
Another key strategy is to be a proactive reader. To be a proactive does not simply mean to read the text, but to be aware of unfamiliar vocabulary, marking major events and being able to summarize. Also, do not hesitate to reread when needed as your understanding and overall comprehension can change for the better the second time.
To improve your writing skills in English it is important to understand that teachers look for clarity, flow and effective communication. To assist your flow when essay writing use effective transition words such as: additionally, furthermore, overall, in addition, etc… An English essay that flows is important as it shows your English writing skills and sentence formulation. Each sentence should lead to the next for better communication of ideas, points and arguments.
Before starting an English essay it is essential for you to plan and draft your ideas and thoughts in an outline. Outlines and graphic organizers are always helpful for visioning the construction of your arguments and making sure you are conveying your points clearly. Also, make sure you have well researched your standpoint before starting an English essay. Researching and gathering evidence improves your writing ability when creating points and developing your thesis.
Be aware of your writing style and ways you can improve issues such as: run-on sentences, language, differences in points, and clichés. Knowing your strengths in writing is important; however realizing your weaknesses is critical. A good writer is proactive in improving and learning to be a better writer.
Critical analysis starts with Inferencing in elementary school, which a lot of junior students do not comprehend or ignore. To develop your critical analyzing skills going into high school can be done in many ways including practicing during your reading.
When reading always question and evaluate the strengths and weaknesses in characters, the author and/or the overall text. Comment on the development of characters and the author’s choice of narration and setting. To help think critically ask the following questions: Who is the author and what is their perspective? Who is the targeted audience and how does that influence the way information is presented? What is the moral or main message of the text? Do you agree with the test and why do you agree or disagree? These questions will allow you to dig deeper than just understanding the story but to analyze the certain pieces the author has presented and the purpose of them.
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One of the important introductory college-level composition courses is AP English Language and Composition. Through the help of reading, analyzing, and texts writing they are able to cultivate the understanding of writing and rhetorical arguments. They achieve this through topics such as rhetorical situation, claims and evidence, reasoning and organization, and style.
The focus of AP Literature focuses is mostly on analyzing literature and poetry. On the other hand, AP Language covers a much broader scope. Deconstruction of arguments and rhetorical strategies in mostly non-fiction works are being taught in AP English Language and Composition.
AP Language and Composition is very important because it will motivate you to leave your comfort zone, learn effective time-management strategies necessary and develop critical-thinking skills. All of which are very important for success in college. These challenges build you to be able to handle college courses without much stress later.
How do you study more effectively with our AP Language and Composition Tutoring? The key lies in a good foundation with essay writing and critical thinking skills. Our English tutors in Ottawa teach these lessons, while keeping you on track with your English course work. The best way to enhance your study with our AP Language and Composition Tutoring, is to learn the foundation skills on essay writing, apply that to your major assignments, and get edited by our tutors. We can point out your errors and weaknesses of your draft, so you can polish and enhance them.
When it comes to preparing for AP exam, it is imperative to practice regularly. QE tutors on AP language and composition will teach you the basics, analyzing the passage and answers, so you will have a clear idea on how to target the score. More importantly, you need to practice each week, where our tutors will check your answers and give you comments on your weekly exam practice. The key is to get accustomed to the AP exam scoring mechanism and target your answers towards that.
It is important for you to stay on track on your English work. This means reading all the major literature work assigned by your teacher. With this, you have the background knowledge during the brainstorming session to put forward your ideas. The job of our English tutor in Ottawa, is to guide you and teach you with the proper lessons on essay writing and critical thinking. It is up to you to apply your knowledge.
It is important to draft at least 2 drafts per each of your major essays. Once our English tutors in Ottawa give you the outline, you should begin your writing, and prepare a draft before the next tutoring session. During the next session, our English tutors in Ottawa will read and give comments and areas of improvements, then you can proceed to the next draft. Before the deadline, make sure you have your final draft ready for our tutoring session, so that our tutors can edit them. To make sure this process to go smoothly, you need to find out the due dates for your major writing assignments, notify our tutors and plan out your time. Never attempt your work last minute.
It is important to start practicing for your final exam one or two months ahead. The College Board has posted past 10 years of exams and you should have enough materials to work with. Setup a time limit and treat it as a real exam, with all the stress and pressure. Each time, our QE tutors for AP language and composition will analyze and score your paper, providing you with useful feedback. Jot down these feedback and this will help you to improve on your next practice - until your real final AP exam. You need to iterate this process and you will be ready for the AP exam!
Time management is a key to your success, especially when you enter senior high school grades. The key to time management is to dedicate a time that you can put 100% of your efforts in your studies. We recommend you to use a calendar, so you can visualize your plan.
All our top students do this. You can pencil down a dedicated time, say Mon to Fri 5-6pm, for English, or other subjects. During this time, you take out all the distractions - turn off your phone, wifi, and focus solely on your work. You want to dedicate 100% of your effort to your work. QE English tutors in Ottawa will provide you with homework, plus you get the ones from your school. Therefore, you time in making your own study notes and practice through the homework is important.
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Admitted to: Engineering at Cornell University
QEA student alumni
Admitted to: Neuroscience program University of Michigan
QEA student alumni
If you aren’t performing well in the subject, chances are you have foundation gaps. The first step is really to address your foundation gaps. Typically this is about essay writing and critical thinking. For students in junior high school, it could be sentence structures and grammar (such as run on sentences). Our English tutors in Ottawa do provide lessons on essay writing and if needed, on sentence structures. It is important to learn the basics and build a strong foundation, as you will need your English skills throughout high school (all other subjects and projects) and universities. You need to avoid the mentality of “getting by”, and focus on mastering these skills for long term.
The second advise we give, is to put your 100% effort into this. It means that reading ahead on your Shakespeare or novels, or spend time analyzing the text. Our English tutors in Ottawa will provide you with guidance, and for English your hard work will pay off.
If you are achieving over 80% in English, chances are you are losing marks on the application and thinking portion. Our English tutors in Ottawa will enhance your skills and move your standards up. Good explanation is important for topics such as literary devices and themes. We will provide lessons on critical thinking, an area that most top students need to improve, so that you can achieve a higher grade. The QE English team has a wealth of experience in university level English tutoring, so that we can bring your skill level up, and your standards up to achieve a higher grade.