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The fastest, most effective way to teach students essay writing... Guaranteed!
TRANSFORM YOUR STUDENTS INTO CONFIDENT AUTHORS EVEN IF... |
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Your students are currently struggling with paragraphs. |
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Your students are currently struggling with grammar. |
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You are teaching elementary school. |
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You are teaching middle school students who have yet to find writing success. |
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You are already using a writing program or you don't have a lot of time. |
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You are simply a concerned parent looking to help your child. |
Dear Teachers and Parents,
while back the New York Times published an article saying, "Good writing is good thinking." Is this something you agree with? I sure do.
Unfortunately, understanding how to write well is hard for kids... BUT ONLY WHEN:
- They don't know how to organize their thoughts for their writing. AND
- They don't have a system for starting and finishing their writing assignment.
My name is Paul Barger and I have taught writing for the last fourteen years in both elementary and middle school. Through trial, error, and persistence I have finally perfected a system that I guarantee any teacher, homeschooling parent, or concerned parent can use to bring about true writing success for their children and students, quickly and easily.
I have outlined the system below. Please take a serious look at it. It is a complete writing program that takes students sequentially and incrementally from unorganized sentences to complete essays. It does this naturally, effectively, and in a way that makes sense to elementary and middle school students.
| ...having taught writing to 3rd graders for 17 years, all I can say is that this is the best writing program I have come across. It's child proof, and teacher proof. A+ Mr. Barger!
-G.L., Los Angeles, CA - Teacher |
Who Exactly Is This Writing Program For?
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Beginning writers - Transport your students from sentences to correctly structured essays and reports in just a few months. (Gr. 2-6) |
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Remedial - You will have major breakthroughs with students for whom other methods simply did not work. (Gr. 7-12 and even adults) |
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Homeschool - The kind of thinking and organization that this program teaches will transform your entire curriculum. |
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Kids and adults who just don't get it - You are not alone. If your students (or any adults you may know) don't consistently write in beautiful paragraph form with natural introductions and conclusions... they don't get it. This program will make sure that they do get it! Furthermore, it will be fun! |
Mastering Essay Writing QUICKLY and EASILY!
On the "Writing Success Blog" found below, and in the "FREE WRITING GUIDE" found at the top of the page, along with a variety of articles you will find a video on teaching five-paragraph essays. What is surprising about this video is that it is from Ashworth University and it is designed for high school students.
The woman giving the instruction is very sharp and her five-paragraph essay instruction is very precise. In order to keep up with her… you need to have some pretty organized THINKING. You need a firm understanding of how ideas are put together to form good communication.
This video is for high school students, yet many 3rd graders from the inner city who were taught to write using “Pattern Based Writing: Quick and Easy Essay” could easily keep up with the ideas. In fact, they would be one or two steps ahead of them!
With “Pattern Based Writing: Quick and Easy Essay” students of all ages will understand the structure and the purpose of their communication better than most adults ever will. I am backing this up with a guarantee… so please read below to find out exactly how the “Pattern Based Writing: Quick and Easy Essay” system does all this.
What Are Patterns in Writing for Children?
We all know and teach simile, metaphor, cause and effect... These are patterns. They are just some of the patterns found in good writing. For children... and for the teachers who teach children... these are the fun patterns and the easy ones to teach.
It's all the concepts associated with multi-paragraph writing that bring about the real confusion. They are less concrete... more art. "What is a paragraph?" and "What is an introduction?" bring about confusion because we want to teach our students both the structure and... the art. "Pattern Based Writing" does both of these... quickly, easily, and in a way they will never forget.
Over the last fourteen years what I've learned is that children often look at their own writing and can't see what is going on with it. To them there is no pattern to it. They feel lost in their own writing...
Here is a simple writing program that guarantees your children and your students will feel truly great about the entire writing process!
Systems and patterns are a passion of mine. I have used this knowledge of systems and patterns to make things both simple and clear. Everything in this program ties together both logically and systematically.
"Pattern Based Writing: Quick and Easy Essay" brings about real understanding... and not just compliance.
The best way to teach the complex... is by keeping it simple. You will find true elegance in these patterns... beyond what words can explain.
Putting the Focus on REAL WRITING!
This is not a grammar program. Grammar is VERY important, and I do not neglect teaching it. However, grammar can also be a bit of a trap that prevents students from seeing what the main purpose of their writing is... which is to communicate ideas.
For some kids, too much focus on grammar can be a bit like having a backseat driver. "Turn left! Now turn right!" Whew...it's frustrating!
After using "Pattern Based Writing: Quick and Easy Essay" you will find that half of all your students' grammar errors will simply disappear.
Half? Yes. Real understanding along with real pride of ownership brings about real change!
Teach grammar, definitely, but students need to apply it in what they consider to be REAL WRITING.
The more your students become comfortable writing correctly structured essays and reports, the more those grammar errors will simply disappear. As well, the daily school work and homework becomes much easier for them. This improved confidence makes students take more and more pride in all their school work! You will transform your children into accomplished authors!
Why Elementary Writing Errors Become Middle School Writing Errors and...
What the Ashworth University essay video points out is that elementary writing errors soon become middle school writing errors, and then high school writing errors. These misunderstandings and misconceptions about organization and structure don't get any easier to teach after elementary school. In fact, they often become harder to teach because students have been practicing writing (and thinking) the wrong way for so long that they become very set in their bad habits.
With more and more homework and increased writing expectations, many, many middle school students become overwhelmed with both their school work and homework. Needless to say, the national high school dropout rate is a national failure. It does not have to be this way!
You Will QUICKLY Eliminate ALL These Student Writing Errors, Misconceptions, and Poor Writing Habits:
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1. Students fail to answer the essay question or don't follow the directions. They are off topic. |
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2. Students don't understand what a true introduction or conclusion is. |
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3. Students believe "paragraph form" means you simply start a new paragraph every
3-5 sentences. |
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4. Students repeat ideas or paragraphs. The more they write, the more they repeat. |
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5. Students don't want to do prewriting. They don't see the value or purpose of prewriting. They believe prewriting is a waste of time. |
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6. Students write whatever pops into their
minds. The more they write, the more they ramble. |
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7. Students focus on many, many tiny details that go on and on whenever they are writing more than a paragraph or two. |
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8. Students find it difficult to connect their prewriting to their writing. At extremes student prewriting actually seems to prevent students from starting the real writing for which they will be graded. |
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9. Students use inconsistent form within an essay. (Sometimes a paragraph is about one
main idea, sometimes it’s about many.) |
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10. Students use inconsistent structure from essay to essay. (Sometimes they write
correctly, sometimes they don’t.) |
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11. Students don't have a system for getting their work started, and for getting their work finished. |
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12. And many, many more! |
Creating the Practical Writing Skills That Children Need in Order to Become Successful Students
Not only will you eliminate these problem areas, but you will CREATE the SKILLS that will put your students in complete control and mastery over the paragraph, how paragraphs fit together within the essay, and the relationship between paragraphs and the introduction and conclusion. Your students will be able to organize and compose an entire multi-paragraph essay in less than 30 minutes that will be so good no one will believe it is a first draft!
| I’ve taught both 4th and 5th grade for five years. It’s true, in 2 months I was able to get my students writing better than I had been able to in an entire year previously. We have a writing program, but it doesn't teach what this teaches. This program works! Thanks! -M. Lutz, Santa Barbara, CA - Teacher |
Let's Look at the System That Transforms Children into Confident Authors!
Even though it is simple and sequential, individual students have individual needs. I have made sure that when you are teaching "Pattern Based Writing: Quick & Easy Essay Writing" you will never be left without a resource. There are over 147 pages of:
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2. Explicit diagrams |
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3. Step-by-step examples |
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4. Detailed instruction |
Each step of the method is either a "pattern," or "system." The reality is that much of what we teach (and learn) is either a pattern or a system of sorts. We definitely would not teach children to compose music without a strong emphasis on pattern, and I have found that teaching writing is not all that much different.
Patterns in writing make sense to elementary and middle school students. Good writing is not random... and when students understand this there is improved confidence that they will be successful at writing.
The patterns and systems flow sequentially building understanding, skill, and fluency. There is a built in method of evaluation that allows both teachers and students to objectively evaluate student progress. Furthermore, you receive additional sections that contain plenty of sample answers for guidance as well as loads of pacing and implementations ideas.
You may not need every single page and every single pattern in this writing program to get your students writing the way you want them to, but you will have them available. This is a complete writing program where all the gaps have been filled.
The System Outlined for You
Some of what you will see is traditional, and some are true breakthroughs. That being said, even many of the traditional aspects have been updated and brought into the 21st century with various pattern theories found only in some of the most advanced levels of linguistics. All of this made simple and clear for both teachers and students.
Looking over this outline, you might think that I have given away a few of the secrets that make this program so effective. However, it should be noted that what is not included below is the 147-page "student guide/ workbook" that makes this step-by-step system as easy to teach as A, B, C!
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PROVEN METHODS AND A PROVEN SYSTEM THAT WORKS!
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When it comes to children's education, time is valuable! You have the right to know that the educational materials you are using have been TESTED and PROVEN by REAL teachers and in REAL classrooms! As such, my credential is viewable at the "California Commission on Teacher Credentialing" website. |
This is standards based instruction implemented in a creative way that works with all elementary and middle school students. You will now get the results in a matter of months that you had only DREAMED of getting over the course of an entire school year! Better results and better understanding in one-third the time!
 What do students think?
Enthusiasm spreads like wildfire! It is so exciting to see a choir of students looking at the writing they had written just months before and exclaiming, "Mr. Barger, I can't even read what I had written before. It doesn't make any sense." |
All the terms are used alongside the traditional writing vocabulary. (Topic Sentence, main idea, paragraph, introduction, body, conclusion etc.) Students must know all these terms when it's time for a test and I make sure they learn them!
However, most agree that when it comes to writing well, neither students nor adults really think about "terms." Good writers are in sync and in rhythm with the natural patterns of good writing, along with what they wish to communicate. That is what this program focuses on.
| Wow! I was a little skeptical at first when I saw a few of the patterns. But what I had used for my older child had not worked that well. I wanted something more direct. This program has the goal in mind when you start it. I taught my 3rd grader to write complete essays in a fraction of the time that it had taken me before, and it was fun! -Fran W. |
MY Guarantee to YOU!
I guarantee that this program will bring about better results, faster than any writing program available for all grades 2-6, as well as when used remedially in grades 7 and above. I guarantee that all teachers, homeschooling parents, and even concerned parents will be able to implement this program and get the same results that I have gotten.
Why Am I So Certain That You Will Be Thrilled? The "Pattern Based Writing" Story...
The heart of this "PATTERN BASED WRITING" program started with a 3rd grade class that had experienced well over 55 teachers and substitutes throughout the school year.
I took over the class on my off-track time for the final months of their school year. I had taught 3rd grade and I knew the level that this class should be at. It wasn't. Based on what I saw, it seemed to me that the entire school year had been lost.
Teaching writing had always been a passion of mine, but I was at a loss for how to get this class writing correctly. I already had a great methodology for teaching writing, but in this situation... I had to get creative... and I did!
A few weeks into presenting these "creative ideas" I was taken by complete surprise when all of a sudden one student after another started exclaiming, "I can't even read what I was writing before!" I had never seen anything like it.
Thirty-seven days later this class was able to write the best complete essays of any class I had ever taught. I insisted the principal take home the students’ before-and-after timed writings and look them over. When she came to return them her eyes welled up as she asked, “You mean these are first drafts?!” I replied, “Yes. That’s an objective TIMED WRITING, 25-minutes from start to finish.”
Many nice words followed, but for me… the principal’s eyes had said it all.
Over the next few years I built on and perfected the system in both elementary and middle school classrooms. Now the effectiveness of the program is all bottled up within these amazing patterns and systems.
Let me say... there are struggles along the way. After all, can truly transformational growth happen without at least a little "spinning of the mind?" No, this program is not as simple as snapping your finger... but it is as easy as A, B, C.
This "Pattern Based Writing: Quick & Easy Essay System" is the missing manual for what makes sense to kids!
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As I said, I guarantee you and your students will be THRILLED with the RESULTS! If at any time during the first 8 weeks, you are not completely thrilled simply drop me an email (you will have my direct email address) and I will gladly refund your money. There are no hidden fees or funny loopholes! 100% guarantee means 100%.
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How Much Easier Will Teaching Be When Your Students Can Organize and Compose a Complete 5-Paragraph Essay in Less Than 30 Minutes?
Your students will write with natural consistency, confidence, and control!
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This is a 100 Percent Risk-Free Opportunity to Get Your Elementary School and Middle School Students Writing Excellent Essays & Reports Fast and Effectively!
Wishing you total writing success! Sincerely, Paul Barger P.S. Remember, because of the easy to follow step-by-step nature of these fun patterns and systems, any teacher, homeschool parent, or concerned parent can bring about true writing success for their elementary and middle school students and children. It's as easy as A, B, C! P.S.S. Parents, this is a program where the writing success is built into the patterns. You teach the fun patterns, your kids will get the great results! |
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Not only did this program bring my son's (8th grade) writing under control, but it gave me a system for looking over his work and immediately being able to determine if there are any major problem areas. Basically, he got control over his writing, and I did as well! Thank you Mr. Barger!-S. Kirby - Houston, TX - Parent |
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This is an excellent writing program. I'm a home schooling parent and I got great results really fast. My kids liked it, and I thought it was interesting, too. You think a little differently after this program. Most important the organization and writing skills transfer over to almost all the writing my children do. I should warn people, this is real writing instruction, and it does need to be taught. It's not just a lot of cutesy ideas or writing prompts. That's one reason it works so well.-L. S. – Florida Homeschool Parent |
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