ADVANCED READING COURSE • GRADES 5–8
A 10-week, live, 1-on-1 course that teaches students the advanced reading skills needed to understand increasingly challenging fiction and nonfiction texts.
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Creator, Advanced Reading Course
As students move through middle school and toward high school, they encounter longer passages, more complex ideas, paired texts, scientific explanations, arguments, and questions that require deeper analysis and stronger evidence.
Students encounter increasingly challenging fiction, science, biography, and argumentative reading throughout middle school and beyond.
Students are expected to compare ideas, analyze perspectives, support conclusions with evidence, and explain increasingly complex thinking.
As students advance through school, teachers expect them to understand difficult passages with less guidance and greater confidence.
The Advanced Reading Course prepares students for these demands before they become reading roadblocks.
Reads fluently but wants stronger reading comprehension
Wants more challenge than classroom reading currently provides
Needs a clearer strategy for approaching unfamiliar passages
Wants to become stronger at analyzing fiction and nonfiction
Wants to improve how they support answers with evidence
Wants to prepare for future standardized reading passages
Is entering increasingly demanding middle-school or high-school coursework
Would benefit from personalized 1-on-1 instruction
The Advanced Reading Course does more than encourage students to read more. It teaches the advanced reading skills needed for increasingly challenging texts.
BEYOND WEEKLY HOMEWORK HELP
Traditional reading tutoring often focuses on the assignment a student needs to complete that week. That support can be valuable, but students may still need the same assistance each time the passage changes. The Advanced Reading Course takes a different approach by teaching advanced reading skills students can continue applying long after a particular assignment is finished.
The goal is not just to help students complete today's passage. It is to teach advanced reading skills that future-proof their reading.
BUILD THE FOUNDATION BEFORE TEST PREP BEGINS
Many test-prep programs begin in Grades 9 or 10 and focus on practice tests, timing, question formats, and strategies for a particular exam. The Advanced Reading Course begins earlier, in Grades 5–8, so students can build stronger reading skills before high-stakes test preparation becomes necessary.
GRADES 5–8
Build advanced reading skills across fiction and nonfiction.
GRADES 9–10 AND BEYOND
Apply those skills to more demanding coursework and assessments.
FUTURE ACADEMIC DEMANDS
Approach test preparation with a stronger reading foundation.
Students build reading skills they can apply across future classes, passages, and assessments.
HOW STUDENTS LEARN
Every lesson follows the same instructional process so students learn how to approach increasingly challenging passages in a consistent, systematic way.
Students learn a specific reading strategy through direct instruction and guided examples before applying it independently.
Students immediately apply each strategy to increasingly challenging fiction and nonfiction passages with teacher guidance.
Instruction focuses on refining thinking, correcting misconceptions, and strengthening strategic reading habits throughout each lesson.
Students master a framework of reading strategies by applying it across fiction, science, argument, and biography.
WHY INDIVIDUAL INSTRUCTION MATTERS
Advanced reading instruction is most effective when lessons can respond to each student's thinking in real time. Individual instruction allows strategies to be modeled, practiced, and refined based on the student's specific strengths and misunderstandings.
Strong reading skills are developed through guided practice and feedback—not by moving every student through the same lesson at the same pace.
Creator, Advanced Reading Course
I earned a B.A. in English (Cum Laude) from the University of California, Berkeley and an M.A. in Philosophy from San Francisco State University. These studies strengthened my understanding of literature, language, reasoning, and analytical thinking—the same skills students develop throughout the Advanced Reading Course.
For more than twenty years, I have worked with students to improve reading comprehension through explicit instruction, guided practice, and individualized feedback. Throughout my teaching career, I have seen that many students struggle not because they lack ability, but because they have never been taught a systematic approach to understanding increasingly challenging texts.
The Advanced Reading Course brings together the instructional framework I have developed over two decades of teaching. Students learn transferable reading strategies that they can continue applying across fiction, nonfiction, and future academic coursework.
English Teacher, Reading Tutor, SAT Prep Instructor
B.A. in English (Cum Laude), M.A. in Philosophy
Specialized instruction in advanced reading comprehension
The goal of every lesson is to help students develop reading skills they can continue applying throughout middle school, high school, and beyond.
The Advanced Reading Course is designed for students in Grades 5–8. Students work with grade-level texts selected for their current reading needs.
Each lesson is 60 minutes long.
Students typically meet once or twice per week, depending on their schedule and learning goals.
Yes, flexible payment plans are available to make the course accessible to all families.
Lessons are conducted online via video conferencing, allowing students to learn from the comfort of home.
The Advanced Reading Course is available in both 1-on-1 and small-group formats. Families can choose the option that best fits their child's learning needs, preferred level of individual attention, and schedule.
Students read a variety of high-quality fiction and nonfiction passages carefully selected to build comprehension skills and critical thinking.
No, the course is designed for all students who want to strengthen their reading comprehension and analytical skills, regardless of current reading level.
Yes, the skills taught in the course directly support success with standardized test reading passages and academic reading in general.
During the free consultation, we discuss your child's reading goals, assess their current level, and determine the best approach for their learning needs.
The Advanced Reading Course provides ten weeks of instruction across fiction, science, argument, and biography.
10-week individualized reading program for students in Grades 5–8
10-week small group reading program for students in Grades 5–8