Mr. Elliott- High School ELA and Writing Teacher
3 years teaching with students of all ability levels from elementary-remedial to collegiate-advanced.
3 years private tutoring
Graduated from UNT with an english degree and teacher certification for grades 6-12.
A Writing specialist & ESL-certified.
Experienced lesson planner and curriculum designer with a specialty in making lessons engaging for students and concepts easy to understand.
Learn, Grow, Acomplish Your Goals!
Unique to Midwest Abacus and Learning Center, 1:1 sessions with Mr. Elliott are structured solely around student needs. In the first pair of sessions, the student will complete diagnostic practice assignments that Mr. Elliott will use to assess learning gaps and achievements. From there, the student and parents will receive a growth plan detailing which skills are highest-priority targets for remediation or extension. Once classes begin in earnest, Mr. Elliott focuses on specific areas of concern to produce lessons that are unique to the student. Students receive one-of-a-kind feedback and training based on their exact profile of educational strengths and weaknesses. Students receive homework that encourages them to practice self-teaching outside class while looking for real-world examples of topics “in the wild.” Students are given constructive feedback that encourages them to understand their learning identity, strengths, weaknesses, and habits. The goal is not merely to teach them new skills, but to empower them as engaged and self-sufficient learners.
Group Workshops
Murder Mystery
Learning Advanced Reading Skills
- Students practice and put their deep reading skills to the test in this thrilling reading workshop. Designed from the ground up to engage reluctant readers, this experience entertains while cutting to the chase in developing good reading habits.
- This workshop makes it click for students who have not yet mastered the key skills of inferencing, character analysis, and managing complex storylines with unreliable narrators.
How? With students practicing and putting their deep reading skills to the test in this thrilling reading workshop! Designed from the ground up to engage reluctant readers, this experience entertains while cutting to the chase in developing good reading habits. Teacher jargon is replaced with practical terminology students already understand.
Save Your Planet
Persuasive Writing Workshop
- Students break up into groups and form the defense councils of several fictional home planets. The intergalactic imperial menace is planning to destroy all but one of these planets, and each council has been tasked with convincing the imperial senate that their planet, and theirs alone, should be saved.
- Students work in three modes: learning theory, strategizing with peers, then applying their ideas to text in the form of an argumentative essay. Students will write paragraphs individually explaining what one key point they believe to be the most likely to secure their victory.