Are you ready to make essays fun for your middle-school students and easy for you?
UPBEAT Essays is a 5-day virtual course that will show you how to make essays simple and memorable for your middle-school students.
Before I tell you more about this opportunity, let’s make sure you’re a good fit:
- Do your students groan and roll their eyes when they hear the word "essay"?
- Does grading a batch of essays feel like pulling your own teeth?
- Do you get tired of reading the same old topics, year after year?
- Do you feel like your students keep making the same mistakes, regardless of what you tell them?
- Do you just want essays to be . . . fun?
If you felt yourself nodding along to any of these questions, then yay! You’re in the right place.
You are NOT a bad teacher.
Your students are not “lazy” kids.
It’s just time for a new approach, and clearly you recognize that!
UPBEAT Essays will give you the engaging, stress-free essay experience you’ve always dreamed of.
In 5 days, you will be able to . . .
Pick essay prompts that your middle-schoolers can’t stop talking (and writing) about.
Teach your students the foundation-first writing approach that builds solid essays every time.
Provide detailed feedback without sacrificing your evenings—or your sanity.
Save valuable time with body-paragraph task-batching.
Say goodbye to awkward introduction and conclusion paragraphs for good.
Make the essay-writing process memorable for your middle-school students.
“I loved how simple Olivia made teaching essays! I especially appreciate the PPT presentations and rubrics she provided.”
-Sharon, UPBEAT Essays Alumna (Summer 2023)
“I liked the very tangible strategies Olivia gave to help students write. I had never heard of the QUACK or SLOTH methods, but I think they will be really easy for students to remember.”
-Hannah, UPBEAT Essays Alumna (Summer 2023)
UPBEAT Essays Will Be Your Favorite PD of the Year
Hi! I’m Olivia.
After over a decade in the classroom, I can say without reservation that essays are one of my very favorite things to teach. No, seriously!
Essays do not have to be tedious, boring, or stressful. They can actually be fun.
Let me cheer you on as you make essays your students’ favorite part of the school year.
What’s inside UPBEAT Essays?
Day 1: Engage Your Students with Captivating Prompts
Choose prompts that your students can’t stop talking (and writing) about! 15 engaging essay prompts are included, along with tips for generating and choosing your own unique prompts.
Day 2: Instigate Debate with Powerful Thesis Statements
Teach your students the foundation-up writing method that builds solid essays every time. A student presentation is available for you to share with your class, along with a quick and easy thesis-statement rubric that takes the stress out of grading.
Day 3: Assemble the Paragraph Building Blocks
Simplify body paragraphs with an easy T.R.E.E. acronym, and save time with essay task-batching. Again, student presentations and rubrics are included for you to steal and use with your own students!
Day 4: Eliminate Stress from Intros and Conclusions
Say goodbye to awkward introduction and conclusion paragraphs for good with catchy Q.U.A.C.K. and S.L.O.T.H. acronyms your students won’t soon forget! Engaging presentations and low-prep activities are included for your students, along with more rubrics that will save you tons of time.
Day 5: Watch Your Students' Essays Come to Life
Show your students how to put their essay pieces together and watch their papers poof into existence. It’s that simple!
Jessica S., after using an UPBEAT essay prompt with her students:
“The kids said they'd never worked with such an interesting topic.”
Spectacular in Special Education, after using a bundle of UPBEAT essay resources:
“I love Q.U.A.C.K. [essay hooks]. My students remember it!”
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