Freelance Writing

Here are some of the types of projects I’ve worked on. Does it seem like I’d be a good match for the materials you need written? Please contact me if you’d like to discuss a project.

Reading Comprehension Passages

Poetry

Goals

Expose kids to good poetry
Meet readability specs
Provide enough content for required items
Support the assessment of specific standards

Some Types of Poems I’ve Written

Informational poems
Stories in verse
Rhyming poems
Free verse poems
Biography poems
Fairy tale/fable retellings in poems
Funny poems
Poems in various poetic forms
Paired poems and prose
Paired poems

Informational

Goals

Share accurate, interesting content
Provide enough content for required items
Support the assessment of specific standards (chronological structure; compare/contrast structure; implied main idea, etc.)
Meet readability specs

Some Types of Informational Passages I’ve Written

Straight exposition
Recipe
Product review
Museum brochure
Craft
Letter to the editor
Persuasive letter
Biography
Advertisement
Website
Radio broadcast
How-to
Newspaper article
Yearbook page

Literary

Goals

Tell an engaging story
Provide enough content for required items
Support the assessment of specific standards (point of view’s affect on narrative; theme; characterization, etc.)
Meet readability specs

Some Types of Literary Passages I’ve Written

Contemporary stories
Scenes
Reader’s theater
Fable
Tall tale
Fractured fairy tale
Diary entry
Historical fiction
Stories with a lesson
Postcards
Fictional letters

Series Books on Assignment

Goals

Share accurate information or a good story in an engaging manner
Appeal to readers, including specifically identified audiences, such as reluctant readers, ELL students, etc.
Match the other books in an existing series
Support publisher-specified standards

Some Types of Series Books I’ve Written (click on links to see examples)