Lesson of the Day: Are We Making Progress as a Planet? Teaching With The...
2. What was the goal, promise or prediction explored in the article? Who made it and why?3. What actually happened? In what ways were the goals or promises met? In what ways did they fall short?4. What obstacles or challenges were met in trying to reach the goals?5. What quote, image or detail from the…
Making Vocabulary Instruction Active With Language Field Guides
One of my former students, Michelle Kirchner, is a Ph.D. student in entomology and biology at North Carolina State University. Her specialty is ants.Whether 70 feet up in a tree or digging a hole to find them, Michelle learns about ants by taking careful notes in her field notebook, building a record of her discoveries…
Making Summer Special: The Week 7 Winner of Our Summer Reading Contest
WinnerAaron Kim, 16, from Tacoma, Wash., chose an article from the Well section headlined “How to Make a Staycation Feel Like an Actual Break” and wrote:It’s late July already. But, for so much of the summer, it felt like it had not even started. Each day of my break had been so much like the…
Ask a Journalist: Making a Compelling Argument
Nicholas Kristof, an Opinion columnist, joins us in March to talk to teenagers all about opinion writing. Post your comments and questions by March 15.
