How to Get the Best Essay Help
Throughout your life, you’re going to be asked to explain things in your own words, summarize information, describe it to the best of your ability, and justify it with evidence. This is especially true in high school. Oftentimes, this will have to be done through writing, which can seem a bit jarring, but it doesn’t have to be!
UPchieve coaches are here to help you develop that skill set so you can write great essays! Our coaches offer two types of essay help: essay planning and essay feedback.
Essay Planning
In an essay planning session, coaches will help you research topics, generate content ideas, outline, and develop a strong thesis. You should choose this option if you need help before you’ve written your essay.
In these sessions coaches will help you:
Gather information. Guide you in research, help you make sense of texts, or find evidence to support your thesis
Generate content ideas. Use questions to help you think through what you want your main point to be including a strong thesis!
Select an outline. Did you know that papers have different outline templates based on your type of writing? Feel free to check out some of our examples! Your coach will help you select and/or create the right outline for your assignment!
Complete an outline. From identifying main points to organizing your thoughts, your coach will guide you through completing your outline and get you ready to put it all into full sentences :)
Essay Feedback
In an essay feedback session, coaches will help you clarify or change content, or structure of your essay and ensure proper grammar, punctuation, mechanics, citation, etc. You should choose this option if you need help after you’ve written your essay or reviewing your parts of your work.
In these sessions, coaches will help you assess and strengthen your writing by using our general revision checklist! They can help you learn how to strengthen your thesis, refine the flow of your essay, or even figure out how to add more details to support your main point!
If there’s time in your session, they’ll help you identify grammatical errors and guide you through how to correct them (remember they’re not allowed to do the edits for you!)
What you won’t see is an option to help you write your paper. Coaches are there to help and encourage you on your writing journey, not to do the work for you!
You’ll see if you ask them to “rewrite this sentence” or provide “a starting paragraph” you’ll be met with helpful questions to empower you to do the hard work necessary to become a great writer instead.
Here are some materials that you should bring to your session:
Prompts, rubrics, or anything else about your assignment
Links to articles, summaries, or resources your coach might need for context (they will spend about 5 minutes reviewing these resources so make sure you point them to the most relevant one first!)
Your work to copy and paste into the document editor
Final Thoughts on Essay Help with UPchieve
UPchieve coaches are here to help you! Writing skills develop over time, and it takes a lot of work to make sure that you find your voice in your writing. Don’t be afraid to reach out for academic help when you need it. You got this!