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Sixteen-year Educator, Ph. D Shares proven, color-coded, & interactive Essay Writing System that improves Middle, High, & College Drafts.

In the 2000s, I was taken aback as a full-time high school English teacher when 55 percent of my ninth graders drafted deficient essays. After grading disappointing mid-term papers, I was absolutely desperate to find a method of freeing these learners from churning out pedantic, predictable, and lifeless drafts. Soon, I set a new SMART goal to transform the writings of my students at this 2600+ student mega high school in Miami-Dade County, Florida. Yet, these learners’ difficulties were not solely isolated to our diverse and dynamic population. I witness them in MDCPS for 14 years and three more in Michigan; this was a nationwide concern! According to the Center for American Progress (2016) “In the United States, research shows that anywhere from 40 percent to 60 percent of first-year college students require remediation in English, Math, or both” (Jimenez et al, 2016, p. 1). Over the next seven years, my very own writing system called G.R.E.A.T. Burger Essay Workshop was gradually created to inspire vivid, entertaining, and prolific essays. By getting back-to-basics: reviewing grammar often overlooked in the middle years, and bell ringers, games, quizzes, authentic prompts, and drafting practice. This simpler, color-coded, and motivational writing guide will produce fantastic results in your learners and others who need further help; personally tested it for three years in my classroom. That’s how I know it works!