Writing distinguished by voice, imagination, and impact

it feels comfortable here and the sky is so beautiful

Trees Are Trees

Grade(s):

K

Kindergarten students at The College School in St. Louis, Missouri created a book of poetry, letters and artwork. Each poem about trees is accompanied by a colorful drawing. Students spent considerable time outdoors making observations, drawing, writing and exploring.

some trilobites could roll up into a ball

Get A Clue: Trilobites

Grade(s):

1

First grade students at the Genesee Valley Community Charter School in Rochester, New York created a children’s book as part of a learning expedition on fossils and local geological history.

The first step in stoichiometry is balancing an equation

Stoichiometry Experimental Design

Grade(s):

12

This lab report explores stoichiometry (a mathematical tool chemists use to analyze chemical reactions). Prior to this lab students needed to understand balancing chemical equations, mole ratios, gram to mole conversions, theoretical yield analysis.

No one is good. Just as not a single dying soul is evil.

ELA Writing Challenge

Grade(s):

7

Assignment: Write a Fictional Book on the Problem of Plastic Pollution (Creative Writing)

Write a fictional narrative book about the problem of Plastic Pollution from your own perspective.

 

They have their whole world turned inside out.

Refugee Essay - Hope

Grade(s):

7, 8

As part of the unit, Finding Home: Refugees, students read the novel Inside Out and Back Again, plus another book of their choice, to explain the universal refugee experience. 

it all boiled over one fateful day at lunchtime

This I Believe - Emma

Grade(s):

10

Tenth-grade students at the Springfield Renaissance School in Springfield, Massachusetts, as part of their English Language Arts class, created This I Believe essays.

it is clear that the zero tolerance policy criminalizes youth

Personalized Learning, Not a School to Prison Pipeline

Grade(s):

9

A class of 9th graders at The Met High School in Providence, Rhode Island spent their first trimester learning about different philosophies of justice through watching, discussing and writing about Michael Sandel's Justice lectures, made free online by Harvard University. 

his eyes and his skin were the only things remarkable in a university

This Is Why I Cry

Grade(s):

8

Eighth-grade students at Pioneer Charter School (now Polaris Expeditionary Learning School) in Fort Collins, Colorado created a historical character file as part of a learning expedition on slavery. The process took two months and included multiple drafts of writing and artwork.

There’s oranges, tomatoes and cherries too. Raisins!

Food

Grade(s):

1

A description of the delicious world of food and how the author appreciates it. The author did the writing, illustration and typing herself.

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