Academic Writing

Mrs. Patterson brings over 15 years of experience as a published journalist and copy editor, helping students develop their writing skills and perfect their ability to communicate. She works with young students who are learning the basics of sentence structure and paragraph development as well as college and graduate students who need assistance developing their thesis and research papers. In addition to working directly with students, Mrs. Patterson assists a variety of educational consulting firms along the East Coast and abroad as a copy editor for their clients’ admission essays. She pulls from a multitude of sources, including her formal training with The Writing Revolution, to customize writing programs for students in need of support.

• Sentence Structure, Grammar, and Punctuation

• Paragraph Development and the Five Paragraph Essay

• Descriptive, Narrative, Persuasive, and Expository Writing

• Boarding School, College, and Graduate School Admission Essays

• Academic Research Papers and College Thesis Papers