Scary Good Writing

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  • Tool 1: Sensory Words
  • Tool 2: Adjectives
  • Tool 3: Interjections
  • Tools 4 and 5: Adverbs and Know-Nothings
  • Tool 6: Metaphors and Similes
  • Tool 7: Show Don't Tell
  • Tool 8: CPR and Conflict
  • Tool 9: The Wondrous Whatif
  • Tool 10: Grabbers
  • Tool 11: Naming Characters
  • Tool 12: The Three Howies
  • Tool 13: Revision
  • Reteach Lessons
    • Sensory Words
      • Adjectives
        • Interjections
          • Adverbs and Noisy Know Nothings
            • Metaphors and Similes
              • Movies of the Mind
                • Grabbers
                  • The Wondrous Whatif
                    • CPR and Conflict
                      • Naming Characters
                        • The Three Howies
                          • Revision
                          • The Final Exam
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                                Mr. Butt and Bonefish hope they help your students become better writers!
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                                ScarY Good Writing is going virtual

                                Scary Good Writing has been acquired by Learning.com for their Virtual School Marketplace starting school year 2012-2013. In order to streamline user interface and introduce exciting new programs coming on line for next year, we are developing a new website writebrane.com that will be the access hub for product content and purchase. To read about how this will affect existing members and how they can get a free lifetime membership, click here.

                                Good news: We have just published a full complement of reteach lessons to refresh and reinforce your student's minds about the tools they have learned. Look in the navigation bar under "Tool 13: Revision!"

                                What Teachers are Saying.

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                                "For four years, Scary Good Writing has helped my students achieve high marks on FCAT's Florida Writes. We never scored below 4.2 as a class.But the important thing is that they learned how to think creatively and became better writers because of it. It really works and they loved it!"
                                - Jinny Johnson, 4th grade teacher, West Melbourne School for Science

                                "The 4th grade students, my fellow 4th grade teachers, and of course myself at Frontier Elementary school are delighted with your writing program found at scarygoodwriting.com!  Even students who are reluctant to write were inspired by the comical and clever way you introduce important lessons in the craft of writing, such as adjectives and sensory words (to name a few)!  We look forward to continue learning with you and your incredibly funny characters (they LOVE BONEFISH and even Mr. Butterfield!" 
                                - Monique Desir, 4th grade teacher at Frontier Elementary School


                                let our cast of characters teach your students to write well. then watch their interest in writing (and their writing scores) go up!


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                                “Introducing an online writing course that hardwires the techniques of published authors using the oldest, most effective teaching system known to man—automatically!”


                                reluctant writers love it

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                                Scary Good Writing ™ combines the proven effectiveness of classical storytelling with the ease and interactivity of the Internet to create a timely and timeless teaching tool that builds better writers. AND KIDS LOVE IT!  With just a click on the audio player at the top of each lesson’s webpage, students embark on a proven writing course like no other on the market. 

                                mr. Butt and bonefish to the rescue

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                                Using the mouse or scroll down key, students follow along with Mr. Butterfield and his writing apprentice Bonefish Burrows as they explore the craft of writing in a series of vignettes and stories that teach writing in a unique and memorable way.  These simple but powerful lessons progress from the proper use of adjectives and adverbs to making movies of the mind (this one lesson alone will improve writing skills in a hurry).

                                No Other Program Like it

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                                From a werewolf in need of a body waxing to a salesman that sells adjectives, Scary Good Writing™ uses eccentric characters and outlandish stories to create a learning environment that makes it fun to develop writing skills. The lessons are short and direct and always followed by a chuckle-inducing lesson review that covers the most common mistakes made by students. Scary Good Writing™ makes better writers- GUARANTEED.

                                A Funny Thing Happened...

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                                Studies have found that participants who were exposed to a series of lectures containing course-specific humor demonstrated increased retention of the course-content information as compared to those who received the same material without the infusion of humor. That's why the developer of Scary Good Writing™ injected plenty of funny into the curriculum.  How else do you explain learning about adverbs from two maggots living inside a dead cat?

                                become a member right now!  

                                For a limited time, we are offering a free three month membership. We invite you to give us a test drive and experience the innovative effectiveness and fun of Scary Good Writing. 
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                                Egads! Three Free Lessons!

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                                What students are saying

                                "I got second place in the county writing because of your lessons."
                                - David, 3rd grader 
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                                "Really helped us with our Florida Writes and made our class appear very bright."

                                - 4th Graders, West Melbourne School for Science 
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                                ":I really loved Scary Good Writing."
                                - Hunter, 4th grader.
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                                "Mr. Butt was hilarious."
                                - Emma, 4th grader.
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                                "We are grateful that we did Scary Good Writing and grateful that we passed (Florida Writes)."
                                 - Anastasia, 4th grader.
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                                "Thanks for teaching us how to improve our writing skills. I even placed at school level with my Yellowstone book."

                                - Emma, 3rd grader.
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