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Confident Composition
Course Offerings

EXPOSITORY ESSAY
$50

Explain why Mars IS or IS NOT a great place to live.

  • Focus on the essential skills

  • 5 paragraphs in length (intro/3 body paragraphs/conclusion)

  • We will use our imaginations when coming up with pros and cons of living there ​

DESCRIPTIVE ESSAY
$30

Share what you love about your favorite season.

  • Focus on descriptive language and the essential skills

  • 3 paragraphs in length (intro/ body/conclusion)

PERSONIFICATION & ONOMATOPOEIA

$15

(Figurative Language)

Learn how to step-up your writing with these two awesome and fun tools.

  • See the magic and wonder of these two literary devices

  • We take a more advanced (and fun!) look at these two common writing tools

  • Check out 2 poems - one with and one without these devices

  • Student will not create a written piece but finish the course equipped to use these tools within their writing

  • Student WILL be encouraged to write examples of sentences using these tools and send me their best few sentences for feedback and possible posting on the website

  • Student CAN ALSO use these tools within a poem or creative piece they write, and send me that piece as well

FREE VERSE POETRY WRITING
$30

Follow this easy method for writing poetry.

  • Descriptive language

  • How to generate ideas

  • How to start and complete a poem

  • Lines, stanzas, punctuation, capitalization, tone

WHO I AM IN CHRIST
$20

Who are you? How has He made you? What does scripture say about the importance of who you are in Christ?

  • Focus on crafting a well-written piece using essential elements.

  • Suggestions will be given with what to do with this beautiful piece the student will create

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FREE SAMPLE CLASS
Peanut Butter & Jelly Challenge
FREE for LIMITED TIME

In one paragraph, describe the perfect pb&j creation so that the reader will HAVE to make your sandwich.

  • Focus on creating a well done and organized paragraph using the essential skills 

  • Also focus on using descriptive language

  • Critique 3 separate prewritten paragraphs - good, better, best

  • Then, write your own "best" paragraph

EXPOSITORY ESSAY
$50

Write about someone you admire - a character from a story or movie, a famous person, or someone you know personally.

  • Focus on the essential skills

  • 5 paragraphs in length (intro/3 body paragraphs/conclusion)

CHRISTMAS
PARAGRAPH WRITING
$30

Learn how to start and complete a paragraph with ease.

  • Focus on creating a well done and organized paragraph using the essential skills 

  • 3 separate paragraphs will be written with 3 different topics (having to do with Christmas)

    • one tradition 

    • a happy memory

    • lights and scenery (focus on descriptive writing)

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HOW TO WRITE A STORY
$50

Create your outline with a graphic organizer including elements like characters, setting, rising action. 

  • Focus on plot structure, character, setting, theme

  • Use a graphic organizer to structure ideas

  • Student will not write an entire story during the course, but will create the outline, basic plot, and story elements so he/she can continue writing and finish their story after completion of the course

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THE ART OF IMAGERY
$15

Learn how to step-up your writing as you use vivid language to appeal to the reader's 5 senses

  • See vivid descriptions in action during Kristen's presentation

  • Learn how to harness the power of "descriptive" verbs

  • Check out 2 poems - one dazzling poem with lots of imagery and one without it

  • Also check out a reading response - one with imagery and one without.

  • Student will finish the course equipped to use these tools within their writing

PERSUASIVE ESSAY
$50

Write your principal a letter, and convince him or her to add an elective class of your choosing.

  • Focus on the essential skills

  • 5 paragraphs in length (intro/3 body paragraphs/conclusion)

  • Use persuasive language

CONCRETE POETRY
$30

Create your outline with a graphic organizer including elements like characters, setting, rising action. 

  • Focus on elements of plot and elements of story

  • Use a graphic organizer to create your outline

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GRATITUDE JOURNALING and DESCRIPTIVE WRITING
$20

Infuse the two and deepen your walk with Jesus.

  • Focus is on Jesus! And on using descriptive language, mainly imagery

  • Example of what a person might have on their list: I'm thankful for my home, food, my aunt. Here is the list using descriptive language: I'm thankful for the sunshine that blazes into my room every morning to wake me up, for the drippy cheese pizza loaded with tomatoes and onions that my dad surprised me with, for the big smiles and big hugs my aunt gives me as she squeezes me tightly 

Coming Soon

REAL-WORLD APPLICATION OF SKILLS
$30

Are you ready to take the challenge?

Can you apply the skills to 3 assignments?

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  1.  Identify essential skills within an article​​​

  2. Read a short article and respond to a prompt

  3. Read another short article and respond to a prompt

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  • Timed! See if you can do each of the 3 writing tasks in 20 minutes or less

  • Recommended to take a 5-paragraph essay writing course beforehand

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Coming Soon

HOW TO WRITE A COLLEGE APPLICATION ESSAY
$30

Follow the format to create something excellent.

  • If student does not know the essential elements of writing and how to use these elements in essay writing, I highly recommend taking a 5-paragraph essay writing course first. They need to know these things BEFORE taking this course. This course directly uses those skills.

  • Student will be shown how to write a college application essay step-by-step.

  • Student will learn exactly what colleges are looking for in student essays.

  • Student will learn how to communicate their voice, beliefs, and personality within their essay.

  • Student will take the skills they learn in this course and apply them to the particular topic or prompt of which they are responding to for their college application essay.

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Coming end of Nov

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