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Rob
MA English, University of Calgary • Author and filmmaker
More than 2,600 tutoring hours, including IB English, TOK, Extended Essay and Internal Assessment support.
IB English A • Literature & Language and Literature
IB English Tutors for Literature and Analysis
IB English rewards precise interpretation supported by choices in language, form and structure. Students often know what a text is about but need help turning an observation into a defensible analytical argument.
No advance payment
Pay monthly for sessions already taught
No long-term contract
No prepaid packages or subscriptions
Fewer than 2% accepted
Of tutor applicants to Hack Your Course
CAD $90/hour online across Canada. CAD $120/hour in person in Vancouver and Toronto, subject to availability.
- Courses
- Literature and Language & Literature
- Levels
- English A HL and SL
- Delivery
- Online across Canada
Tutors work with the texts and assessment tasks selected by the student's school. They model close reading, question development and organization while keeping all assessed interpretations and writing the student's own.
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English assessments and skills
Support is matched to the exact course, texts and assessment calendar rather than using generic essay templates.
- Close reading of literary and non-literary texts
- Paper 1 planning, analysis and timed writing
- Paper 2 comparative argument and text selection
- Individual Oral preparation and extract analysis
- HL Essay planning, research and revision habits
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Turning evidence into analysis
The tutor helps the student notice meaningful choices, name their effects and connect them to an argument. The goal is not a list of devices but an explanation of how the text constructs meaning for an audience.
- Move from observation to interpretation
- Use short, purposeful evidence
- Organize paragraphs around claims rather than quotations
- Compare texts through a shared line of inquiry
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Feedback that preserves student authorship
Tutors may teach writing skills, question a claim and identify patterns in a draft. They do not rewrite passages, supply an interpretation for submission or repeatedly polish assessed work into their own voice.
- Planning and thesis-development instruction
- Feedback on clarity, evidence and organization
- Practice with unrelated extracts before assessment
- No ghostwriting or line-by-line replacement editing
Relevant team experience
Examples from our tutor network
Tutor availability changes. These profiles illustrate relevant team experience; we confirm the proposed tutor's current availability and exact course fit before a family commits.
C
Constantine
MA English • B.Ed. • 15+ years teaching
Experience in high-school and university English, creative writing and IB curriculum demands.
M
Moira
English Literature doctoral candidate • SSHRC scholar
Academic and one-to-one teaching experience focused on close reading, argument and the writing process.
A clear starting point
How we build stronger English analysis
- 1Review one marked response and the teacher's feedback.
- 2Model a close-reading process on a fresh extract.
- 3Plan and write one timed analytical paragraph.
- 4Track the smallest number of recurring improvements each week.
In their own words
IB English and HYC service reviews
Selected Google review excerpts, published on Trustindex, for Hack Your Course, which manages IB Tutors Canada.
5 out of 5 starsIB English
“I highly recommend Rob at Hack Your Course for IB English tutoring. He helped my daughter significantly improve the structure and clarity of her writing, as well as her literary analysis skills. As a result, her confidence in both writing and speaking grew noticeably throughout their sessions.”
Jason Gee1 of 16
Pay monthly for sessions already taught
Tell us what the student needs
Tell us Literature or Language & Literature, HL or SL, the texts or assessment needing support, and preferred times with your time zone. We confirm relevant course experience and current availability before proposing a tutor.
- No advance payment
- No long-term contract
Tutoring rates
- Online across Canada
- CAD $90 / hour
- Selected in-person sessions in Vancouver and Toronto
- CAD $120 / hour
One rate for every tutor and subject within each format. No prepaid packages, subscriptions or client processing fees.
We confirm the tutor, format and available times before sessions are arranged.
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Call 888-717-2533Questions from families
Frequently asked questions
Do you support both IB English Literature and Language & Literature?
Yes. Tell us the exact course and level so the tutor can match its texts, assessment tasks and terminology.
Can tutoring help with the Individual Oral?
Yes. A tutor can teach extract analysis, organization and delivery through practice, while the final ideas and assessed oral remain the student's own.
Will a tutor rewrite my HL Essay?
No. Tutors provide educational feedback and teach revision skills, but cannot replace the student's analysis or writing.
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