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General Ages Preteens and Teens

Build Strong Writing Skills for Academic Success and Creative Fun

Parents! â€‹â€‹Let a professional with over 20 years of experience empower your child to write with confidence.

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Choose from a variety of courses:

  • paragraph

  • essay 

  • story composition

  • poetry

  • descriptive writing​

                                

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Have You Ever Had These Thoughts?

This essay assignment my child brought home looks really hard. 

What exactly is the teacher asking? 

How will I show my kid how to do this reading response? 

My son is asking me how to write stories, but I have no idea what to say.

Should I get a writing tutor for my daughter?

Is there a way to tap into my child's creative writing potential?

I know my kid is only 12, but what about when they are 20 and go into the real world, and they can't put a cohesive paragraph together??? 

Could creative writing possibly be an outlet for my anxious child? 

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Here's the Good News!

You can breathe easy knowing that, through these courses, your child will:

  • ​Learn how to master critical, essential writing skills (specifically in the essay writing courses) foundational to most of the writing he or she will ever do ​

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  • Experience the writing process in a surprisingly fresh and unique way

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  • Feel empowered when completing future writing assignments

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  • Craft artful pieces by using straightforward yet effective techniques to begin, develop, and finalize written work

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  • Work with a savvy teacher who genuinely loves the art of writing as well as each individual student she serves

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  • Experience a cheerful instructor in the teaching videos, available for students to contact anytime via email

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  • ​Discover his or her own voice, style, and preferred writing techniques​​​​​​

Homeschooling Parents and Guardians

Have You Ever Considered Outsourcing?

You juggle a lot as multi-subject teacher, principal, curriculum researcher, and household manager.

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Ease the burden and savor the joy of seeing your child's lightbulb moments as they participate in the skill of writing.​

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From the foundational skills of paragraph and essay writing, to descriptive writing and poetry, there is an abundance here for your student to learn!

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Let Me Introduce... 

Confident Composition

A Collection of Paragraph, Essay, and Creative Writing Courses

Select the topic you like best.

Choose from several options.

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Enroll in the course.

It's easy.

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Begin the course and finish with a well-done piece.

Hang your work up on the refrigerator!

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Each Confident Composition course consists of 1 unique topic, a series of short and engaging pre-recorded lessons, knowledge checks (some of the courses), and the ability to reach out to Kristen via email to ask questions, seek clarifications, or share completed work for feedback. 

 

During the 5-paragraph essay writing courses, the student will be shown, step-by-step, how to create a solid, well-crafted piece using essential, foundational writing skills. Skills learned in any of the essay writing courses specifically apply to all kinds of writing across all subjects: informative, expository, persuasive, narrative, paragraphs, reading responses, creative, research papers, college application essays, professional emails, presentations, website creation, and building businesses.

 

During the non-essay writing courses, students will use some of the essential, foundational skills as they are learning specific strategies applicable to the topic of that course.

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I teach by demonstrating and modeling; as I write my own piece and talk through the process, the student will work on his or her own piece. Upon course completion, students are encouraged to send in their best work for possible posting in The Writers' Room.​​

CLIENT TESTIMONIALS

What Parents Are Saying

Kristen saw my kid as an individual with individual needs and skill level. She started at my son's level and brought him up substantially. I can't teach these things myself, and as I listened to Kristen interact with my son, I knew it was all worthwhile.

Benjamin S. | Parent

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WEEKLY INFO & UPDATES

Hot topics about the world of writing, parent concerns, teaching tips, updates about course developments, Q&A to receive your valuable input, encouragement, and info about various upcoming sales. Also, I will HAVE to include book recommendations as well as I am regularly reading highly engrossing books! 

GREETINGS!

Meet Your Instructor

Hello There! I’m Kristen. My career in education started over 20 years ago when I became a middle school teacher. I've been fortunate to work with students in various settings, focusing on helping them to overcome challenges in the classroom.

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My mission is to show the awesome teens and preteens in this world that writing doesn’t have to be a painful process, but rather a more streamlined, non-cryptic, and even joyful process. I also strive to make life just a little bit easier for parents.

Kristen Masker, tutor and online writing course instructor
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Want to Show Off Your Best Work?

Welcome to The Writers' Room

This is a special place where student pieces are shared with others. As students are working through a course, they are encouraged to email me their best work for possible posting on the website. Students can feel proud of the work they do and have the opportunity to witness others' writing styles and abilities.

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