writing

The Junior Research Paper is the culmination of a yearlong process designed to enable students to create a thesis-driven research essay. Students choose their specific topic but it must be grounded in a global, or non-U.S., context.

For this task, each student plays the role of an intern at a public radio station who has been asked to write a story for one of their podcast shows. This could be someone else’s story (students would interview them and then write the story) or a personal story. The story could be humorous or...

In this task students will answer the following essential question: How can you make Romeo and Juliet’s theme and characters relevant to a modern audience? After reading Romeo and Juliet and studying various performances, the students will select a key scene to transpose for a...

In this task, students will be asked to write an article about how the cost of education has increased over time.

Students will be required to create scatterplots and graphs that demonstrate their knowledge of linear equations to use in their article. They will also be turning in their...

In this module middle school students analyze a famous work by Mark Twain to determine if it is a satire or humorous work.

This module works well with a unit on genres or American literature. It offers an opportunity teach thinking about content, putting that thinking into writing, and...