Top Rated English Tutoring in Westborough & Shrewsbury

We start with a free consultation to learn about your child’s goals, school requirements, personality, and learning style. Based on that, we match your student with a tutor who has the right ELA expertise and a compatible approach. After the first session, we check in and can adjust the plan or tutor if needed to make sure the fit is right.

Elementary students focus on phonics, fluency, vocabulary, reading comprehension, and sentence writing. Middle school students work on text analysis, summarizing, inference, grammar, and paragraph and essay structure. High school students focus on close reading, literary analysis, thesis development, timed essays, research papers, and editing. We also support college essays and adult learners who want to improve reading and writing for school or work.

Yes. We align sessions with the Massachusetts Curriculum Frameworks for ELA and with your child’s current class texts, rubrics, and assignments. We are familiar with the expectations in Westborough, Shrewsbury, Northborough, Grafton, Worcester, and nearby districts, and we tailor lessons so classwork and tutoring reinforce each other.

We identify the root cause and then teach clear, repeatable strategies. For reading, we use annotation, context clues, text structure, and question stems to build understanding. For writing, we break the process into planning, drafting, and revising, with models, sentence frames, and rubrics. We give targeted practice, immediate feedback, and short wins that build momentum.

Yes. Our tutors adapt pacing, materials, and strategies to each learner and can align with IEP or 504 accommodations. We use multi-sensory reading and writing techniques, build in movement and breaks when helpful, and coach executive functioning through our X-Skills approach, which supports organization, time management, and planning.

We set clear goals at the start and use short skills checks, reading responses, and writing rubrics to measure growth. Families receive session reports after each meeting that explain what we covered, progress made, and next steps. We adjust the plan as needed so gains show up in classwork, grades, and confidence.

Yes. We offer one-to-one tutoring in your home across Westborough, Shrewsbury, Northborough, Grafton, Worcester, and surrounding areas, as well as online. Online sessions are recorded so students can rewatch before quizzes and essays. Scheduling is flexible with after-school and weekend options, and we keep the same tutor whenever possible.

Yes. We prepare students for MCAS ELA, SAT Reading and Writing, ACT English and Reading, and AP English Language and Literature. We use released practice, teach timing strategies, review grammar and rhetoric, and build evidence-based reading and writing skills that also support success in class.

Our tutors are carefully vetted for ELA expertise, teaching experience, and strong communication skills. They complete background checks and are trained to personalize lessons to each student’s goals and learning style. Many have taught or tutored across grade levels and understand local curriculum expectations.

We start at the right level to create quick wins, choose texts and prompts that match your child’s interests, and keep tasks clear and manageable. We celebrate progress, not just grades. We also coach X-Skills habits like planning and time management so schoolwork feels doable. As confidence grows, effort and results follow. National results show only about 36 percent of fourth graders are proficient, which is why a supportive, personalized approach matters.

Yes. A local parent shared that both of their children began with us in October 2024 and saw a huge boost in confidence and ELA grades. Families in Westborough and Shrewsbury tell us they value the right tutor match, flexible scheduling, and the steady progress they see in reading and writing.

It starts with a free consultation where we learn about your goals and recommend a personalized plan. We then match your child with a tutor and schedule the first session in-home or online. To get started, contact Tutor Doctor Westborough & Shrewsbury to book your consultation and we will take care of the rest.