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Mentor Texts

Demystifying the writing process via examples students can learn from and emulate.

Demystifying the writing process via examples students can learn from and emulate.

  1. Want to Create Your Own Podcast? Here’s Advice on How to Get Started.

    In these three short videos, two Times producers and one student contest winner share tips on how to plan, script and record meaningful podcasts.

    By The Learning Network

  2. How Teachers and Students Use Our ‘Authentic, Powerful and Unafraid’ Student Editorials

    Twelve teachers and five students tell us how these texts, written by teens, have inspired their own ideas.

    By Katherine Schulten

  3. Annotated by the Author: ‘Collar the Cat!’

    Abel John, a winner of our 2020 Student Editorial Contest, shows us how to skillfully embed evidence to support an argument.

    By The Learning Network

  4. Annotated by the Author: ‘How Animal Crossing Will Save Gen Z’

    Ananya Udaygiri, a winner of our 2020 Student Editorial Contest, explains why it’s important to write about something you are passionate about.

    By The Learning Network

  5. How Have You Used Our Student Editorials as Mentor Texts? An Invitation to Teachers and Students

    Ahead of our popular annual Student Editorial Contest, we want to hear how you’ve taught — or learned — with the work of our winners.

    By The Learning Network

  6. Annotated by the Author: ‘New York Penn Station: Incoherent Urban Calamity’

    Henry Hsiao, a winner of our 2019 Student Review Contest, tells us how he writes with his audience in mind.

    By The Learning Network

  7. Annotated by the Author: ‘Lizzo in Concert: A Dynamic Reminder of the Power of Self-Acceptance’

    Elizabeth Phelps, a winner of our 2019 Student Review Contest, tells us why going to a Lizzo concert is like going to church.

    By The Learning Network

  8. 100-Plus Mentor Texts for Documenting Your Life in 2020

    Work by teenagers and adults, in a variety of mediums and genres, that can inspire your own account of this extraordinary year.

    By Katherine Schulten

  9. Annotated by the Author: ‘Cracks in the Pavement’

    Adam Bernard Sanders, a winner of our 2019 Personal Narrative Contest, tells us why he likes to keep his conclusions “purposefully open-ended.”

    By The Learning Network

  10. Annotated by the Author: ‘Pants on Fire’

    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.

    By The Learning Network