(The Five Finger Essay is part of THE FIVE FINGER PARAGRAPH© family of products)

Do you know...

How to write a

Five Paragraph Essay

for the the SAT or ACT Exam?

I DIDN'T!! 

 

I couldn't write an essay that would pass the guy at the front desk until I was 24 years old!  But once I "cracked the code,"  I never made less than an "A" on an essay or term paper -- ever again!!

To explain that, let's ask the questions that a normal investigative reporter would ask -- Who, What, When, Where, and Why.

 

 

 

WHO WROTE THIS? 

    I DID!  My name is Johnnie W. Lewis and as the author/illustrator of The Five Finger Paragraph© method of writing paragraphs and essays, I've also written The Five Finger Essay©, aimed specifically at teenagers who need to be able to write an essay when they take the SAT or ACT exam.  This "Kit" in ebook form is 80+ pages FULL of instructions, tips, practice worksheets/charts, self-grading checklists, Quick Guide Cards™, bookmarkers and more. 

    You won't find FREE SAMPLE ESSAYS on this site.  Having a copy of a good essay in front of you only shows you that someone else can write a good essay.  It doesn't show YOU how to write a good essay for yourself.  But The Five Finger Essay© will!

    The SAT (College Board) now requires students to write an essay during a 25-minute segment of the test.  The ACT makes it an option.  Knowing how to write a qualifying Five Finger Essay© will:

• relieve a student's stress during the testing situation.

• help raise a student's test score.

• provide a good foundation for writing essays during Freshman English classes in college.

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WHAT IS IN THE KIT?

The Five Finger Essay©Kit gives students:

• A more solid basis for organizing the five paragraph essay.

• Ancillary Materials (WallCharts to be used in writing practice, bookmarkers and Quick Guide Cards^™) that help reinforce what's being taught.

• Illustrations that provide visual learners with the inspiration needed to:

  • see how to learn the information.

  • see what they need to remember and to take into the testing situation.

• Numerous opportunities to "look it up in the dictionary," words they will probably see on the test.  This activity will help them expand their vocabulary.

• Bonus Parents' Edition that will give parents a "helping hand" if they feel the need to help their student.  Lesson plans included along with helpful hints.

• Helpful hints for test day.

• Quick access to the materials in digital form (ebook) so you can download them now.

• Price for the Kit is $29.95.  You'll receive an email after your payment processes containing:

  • your link to download your copy of The Five Finger Essay©.

  • your password for the file.

Want a free sample of The Five Finger Essay©Kit?  Click here!

 

MY STORY

    When I was 24-years-old, married with a baby girl, I started back to college.  I'd almost failed English when I originally began college, because I couldn't write an essay! And I was failing again during my first quarter back in school.  It wasn't until my English term paper was returned that the light bulb finally "came on" inside my head at 1000-watts.  The teacher used me as an example, in front of the whole class, by saying "Johnnie, you can't have a 10 page paragraph!"  In the middle of our in-class essay that day, I suddenly "cracked the code" and used that "a-HA" inspiration to finish writing the essay.  Made a "B" in the course, instead of failing it. 

 

Since then, I have taught thousands of students "how to write paragraphs and essays without the battles!"  Here are some comments from actual users:

• "Mom made me take the SAT twice because I made a '4' on the essay part the first time.  I thought I'd be wasting my time to read her book The Five Finger Essay© 'cause I thought I knew how to write an essay and the people giving the grades were just stupid.  Now, I gotta admit I was wrong.  I made a '9' on the essay the second time I took the SAT.  That stuff she taught me really works!  And now, it really helps in my college English class, too." Trevor Lewis, college freshman

• "Well, it helped me a lot with essays because it made me have to think out the points I was trying to make and to develop them.  It helped keep me on track and not drift off topic."  Kristen Nothstein, college freshman

And an expert's words:

    When a student enters a classroom or a testing situation is the answer.  At that entrance, he/she is faced with having to write an essay in only 25 minutes and at time has (at least) two fears:

FEAR #1:  What am I going to say?

FEAR #2:  How do I put it down on paper in only 25 minutes?

    Admittedly, there's little I can do from my chair here to help students with Fear #1.  If they haven't been exposed to enough knowledge through books, newspapers, magazines, or even comic books or television before they enter the testing room, being able to organize their non-existent thoughts won't help much. 

    But!  For those students who have something to say, yet don't know how to organize their thoughts, The Five Finger Essay© most assuredly will help alleviate their fear (Fear #2) of the testing situation.

    2 - 1 = 1.  With half of his fears relieved before he walks into the room, half of the battle is won.  Your student can focus all of her energies on developing the essay and writing it in the 25 minutes allowed instead of

• panicking for 10 minutes

• floundering around for 5 minutes more

• then hurriedly writing an incomplete essay in the last 15 minutes.

    In the College Board website store, they sell some really good products for test practicing, but even they only include sample essays, not specifics on how to write the essay.