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    Writing, Reading, and Presenting - Leiden and Online

    Writing can be hard work. You know what you want to say, but when you try to write down your ideas, your brain starts to hurt. Sometimes you don't know how to get started, or you get stuck. Perhaps you've toiled away, trying to capture your idea, only to realize your paragraph seems horribly dull.

    Most writers wrestle with these issues but learn ways to make the writing process less painful. I can help you pick up a few tricks of the trade, so you too don't have to suffer (as much).

    Learn how to take notes, make outlines, give presentations, craft clear sentences, compose focused paragraphs, draft stories and essays, and edit. Next time you are faced with a writing assignment, you’ll know the little steps you need to make for the task to be much more manageable.

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    Please see the listings for my online classes at Tumbleweed Writers:

    How to Be a Writer
    How to Be a Book Dragon
    Essay Writing 101
    Keeping a Commonplace Book

    Location

    Online via webcam
    At teacher's location: Leiden, Netherlands

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    suitcase iconSkills:
    English as a second language (esl), English for adults, School
    Age:
    Preschool children (4-6 years old)
    Children (7-12 years old)
    Teenagers (13-17 years old)
    Adults (18-64 years old)
    Seniors (65+ years old)
    Student level:
    Beginner
    Intermediate
    Advanced
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    The class is taught in:English

    About Me

    Rippy is the fearless captain of Tumbleweed Writers, offering classes in literature, writing, and public speaking. She also dotes on libraries. As her children were growing up, she wondered if there was a way she could continue spending her days reading the mountain of books she had collected during their homeschooling years. In a burst of creativity, she designed several classes she believed would benefit and delight young people.

    Genuinely, she wants to help a new generation of thinkers, readers, and writers. Imagining tumbleweeds jiggling, wiggling, and possibly even giggling as they fly across empty fields, she named her company after this thistle when she realized it could be a metaphor for writers who are often a bit clumsy and wild with ideas and words before finally tumbling freely and ferociously. Rippy creates a safe and inspired space for her students, who she nicknames 'tumbleweeds', where she brightly engages them in online classes.

    Education

    Bachelor of Arts, Honors Anthropology
    University of Alberta, Canada

    Master of Arts, International Politics of Development (unfinished)
    Queen's University, Canada
    Awarded full scholarship and completed all course work with honours
    Incomplete thesis

    Experience / Qualifications

    Educator
    Tumbleweed Writers

    Substitute Teacher
    American School of the Hague

    Desk Editor
    Brill Publishing

    Teaching Assistant
    Queen's University

    Education Consultant
    Global TESOL College

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