Letter

What’s bothering you? Who could do something about it? What could you say to persuade that person to care or to make change? How could you make us care, too?Those are the questions we posed to teenagers for our new Open Letter Contest this spring, inviting students to write public-facing letters to people or groups…

Now think about how this might work in an open letter. Some employ that same kind of insider knowledge. For instance, many of the open letters to Taylor Swift on the internet riff off the titles of her songs, allude to moments from her past or scatter the kinds of “Easter eggs” — or secret…

2. After watching, think about these questions:What questions do you still have?What connections can you make between this film and your own life or experience? Why? Does this film remind you of anything else you’ve read or seen? If so, how and why?3. An additional challenge | Respond to the essential question at the top…

What story could this image tell? Use your imagination to write the opening of a short story or poem inspired by this illustration. Post it in the comments, then read the related article to find out what this image is all about. Find many more ways to use our Picture Prompt feature in this lesson…