A flexible, seven-unit program based on the real-world writing found in newspapers, from editorials and reviews to personal narratives and informational essays.
This special unit acknowledges both the tumultuous events of 2020 and their outsize impact on young people — and invites teenagers to respond creatively.
This teaching guide, the second in our seven-unit writing curriculum, includes daily writing prompts, lessons based on selected mentor texts, and the announcement of a new personal narrative essay contest.
An invitation for students to write about food and fashion, movies and music, books and buildings for a global audience. Featuring writing prompts, mentor-text lesson plans and a culminating contest.
In this unit, students explore a kind of composing that may be new to them but which draws on skills they’ve practiced all year. The sequence culminates in a creative challenge they can do from home.
Questions that invite students to tell stories, describe memories, make observations, imagine possibilities, and reflect on who they are and what they believe.
Scroll through this list of questions that touch on every aspect of contemporary life — from social media to sports, politics and school — and see which ones most inspire you to take a stand.
Varya Kluev, a winner of our 2019 Personal Narrative Contest, tells us why metaphor is her “go-to tool” whenever she wants to add flair to her writing.
We invited teenagers to share what they were feeling, noticing and wondering about the shocking and chaotic events as they unfolded. Here is what they had to say.
