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In 2020, Alison Sloan created “Be You & Become a Better Writer” online courses for learners between the ages of 7-12 who want to embrace who they are while learning to become better at writing. These 8-week courses are offered through live online meetings or as self-paced lessons to meet every learner's need. While providing strategies for improving stories, essays, poems, and personal narratives, Alison's courses allow learners to communicate clearly through writing and share their unique voices. She wants learners to know the potential each one of them has when they put pen to paper (or fingers to keys).

Alison Sloan is a certified K-12 ELA/ESL writing teacher for the state of Texas. She graduated
 from Baylor University in 2011 with degrees in psychology, linguistics, and sociology and got her teacher certification from McLennan Community College in Waco, Texas. From 2012-2019, she taught in the classroom as a 5th & 6th grade English teacher, and since 2020 she has taught online writing classes independently through the platform Outschool.

With over 450 5-star reviews for her online classes, Alison has taught learners from over 35 countries and all but 3 states!

Available Courses

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Be You & Become a Better Writer: Creative Narrative Story Writing

In this creative writing course, learners will write a fiction story by learning different strategies for writing each part of the story. They will then get to publish the story in a digital storybook.

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Be You & Become a Better Writer: Poetry Writing

In this poetry writing course, learners will write 7-8 poems using different poetry structures and figurative language. They will then get to publish their poems into a digital poetry book.

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Be You & Become a Better Writer: Expository Essay Writing

In this essay writing course, learners will write essays by learning how to easily write their introductions, body paragraphs, and conclusions. They will then share the information of their writing essay with a creative presentation.

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Be You & Become a Better Writer: Personal Narratives

In this memoir-style writing course, learners will write about their personal experiences using narrative writing strategies and figurative language. They will then create a digital journal with their entries.

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Be You & Become a Better Writer: How-To/Procedural

In this how-to writing course, learners will write about a topic using a sequence or procedural text structure and the four steps of the writing process. They will then complete video demonstration of their how-to topic.

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Parents interested in enrolling learners in these classes will need to create an account on Outschool. Outschool is an online learning platform that offers a wide range of live, interactive online classes for learners ages 3-18. Alison has been teaching her classes through the Outschool platform since 2020, and it is the only place her courses are offered. When you create an account, Outschool will give you a $20 credit for being a new customer, and you can also use code SLOANAUTHOR30 at checkout for $30 off any of these courses as well!

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