Writing distinguished by voice, imagination, and impact

we smashed the basil and turned it into little pieces

Beautiful and Yummy

Grade(s):

1, 2

First and second grade students from the College School in St. Louis, Missouri created a cookbook about pesto as part of a sustainability and local foods.

The students who wrote the introduction described their process.

how could we tactfully say that the ending needed to be changed?

Reflection as a Writer

Grade(s):

8

This end-of-year written reflection was created by a female student as a final class assignment, reflecting on her work as a writer across the course of the year.

This court is in session for the case of bear vs. raccoon.

Panda Classification Comic Strip

Grade(s):

7

After learning about DNA, students had to explain if the giant panda was a closer relative to bears or to raccoons by creating a comic strip.

it's a pop rock explosion of glitter

A Handful of Candy

Grade(s):

10

This album review was written as a response to a prompt at the Write the World website and was the winning review in this competition.

mistakes of your youth are hard to escape

A Misleading Truth for a “Missing” Phone

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. 

the people most affected by the pollution were the factory workers

Chemistry and Conflict: Carbon

Grade(s):

10

Tenth grade students at High Tech High in San Diego, California created this book as the final product from a cross-disciplinary project combining chemistry and history.

the colonists got mad and that’s how the Boston Tea Party started

Tea in the Harbor

Grade(s):

3

A 3rd grade student at Alice B. Beal Elementary School in Springfield, Massachusetts authored this essay as part of a learning expedition on the Revolutionary War. The assignment was to write a first-person narrative of the Boston Tea Party. This is a first draft, unedited work.

"I've been motivated by my coworkers to finish college so I can make a difference in my community."

Rheannon: College Essay

Grade(s):

12

A personal essay written for college applications. Most colleges, and the Common Application, requires a length of about 250 - 650 words; most students work to be close to the maximum length.

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