Writing Curriculum

Highlights

1. PhotoThe Writer’s Retreat,” originally published in The New York Times Book Review in 2014."/>

   Our 2020-21 Writing Curriculum for Middle and High School

   A flexible, seven-unit program based on the real-world writing found in newspapers, from editorials and reviews to personal narratives and informational essays.

2. PhotoThe Tech That Will Invade Our Lives in 2020,” just one of many articles we’ve used in this unit."/>

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   Unit 4: Informational Writing

   We invite both STEM and humanities teachers to consider ways to inject more life into what is perhaps the least-loved genre of academic writing.

   By The Learning Network

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   Unit 5: Argumentative Writing

   Writing prompts, lesson plans, webinars, mentor texts and a culminating contest, all to inspire your students to tell us what matters to them.

   By The Learning Network

4. Photorecent edition of the Modern Love podcast featured stories of how listeners were coping during the coronavirus outbreak. This and other Times podcasts can offer inspiration for our latest student contest."/>

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   Unit 6: Writing for Podcasts

   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.

   By The Learning Network