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- English
- Reading
- Creative writing
- English Literature
- Modern Literature
- Poetry
English Tutor with Experience, Published Writer/Poet/Editor - Manchester - Didsbury, Chorlton, Withington
- English
- Reading
- Creative writing
- English Literature
- Modern Literature
- Poetry
Lesson location
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at your home or in a public place : will travel up to 5 km from Manchester
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About John-Paul
I am published writer, editor and teacher with a passion for education. At The Manchester Writing School I have studies under Carol Ann-Duffy, Michael Symmons-Roberts and Andrew MacMillan, among others. I have completed an intensive course as part of the MA in Teaching Creative Writing and was also given the honour of winning the MMU Student Award for Outstanding Contribution to the Arts & Humanities.
I'm a Head Editor of aAh! Magazine (MMU), leading the Creative Section. In this role I edit the written creative submissions (essays, poetry, short stories etc.) and select the visual art submissions for publication. I have regularly contributed to the magazine writing pieces on Manchester Art Gallery, the history of music and editorial pieces. I have also published an essay with 3:AM Magazine, a leading online art and politics journal.
I usually tutor English Literature and English Language at all levels, though I also have experience in Media/Film Studies and French up to GCSE.
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About the lesson
- Primary
- Secondary
- GCSE
- +8
levels :
Primary
Secondary
GCSE
AS Level
A Level
BTEC
Adult Education
Undergraduate
Masters
Diploma
Doctorate
- English
All languages in which the lesson is available :
English
For me education is all about switching people on - illuminating a subject as well as grasping its content. I believe that if I can help a student to be interested in the topic at hand, then I’ve done something for them as people as well as for their academic success. I try to do this by incorporating broader ideas from the arts & humanities within my lesson plan. I’m a reliable and well organised worker used to professional practices and working with young people.
My approach is to try and involve the student in the shared experience of the learner. We are all learners, no one ever 'arrives' at knowledge. I try to show students the value of learning as an ongoing process, throughout life by presenting myself as one such learner and our sessions as opportunities for discovery.
I usually start with the close reading of a text. We each read it aloud, one then the other. By asking the right questions, I encourage the student to discover a certain thing the text does - a technique or quality it has - which will form the focus of the day's lesson. I will then go on to name these techniques or qualities which we will proceed to try and identify in a second text. The session will end with a creative writing exercise in which both me and the student will try our hand at what we have discovered. The student will then redraft this for the next session and think about how the technique or quality has been employed in their own work. The next session will open with the student explaining this to me.
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Rates
Rate
- £20
Pack prices
- 5h: £100
- 10h: £200
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