Summer Reading Contest Week 3: What Got Your Attention in The Times This Week?
“Black trans lives matter!” “Black trans lives matter!” “Black trans lives matter!” “So let me tell you something: Voguing has always been a protest. The dance itself, in all of its campy glory, has always been about, ‘Look at me. I’m here. I matter, and look what I can do.’ So doing it on the…
Summer Reading Contest Week 8: What Got Your Attention in The Times This Week?
Our 11th Annual Summer Reading Contest enters its eighth week!This contest is open to students 13-19 from anywhere in the world. To participate, submit a response by 9 a.m. Eastern on Aug. 7 that answers the questions “What got your attention in The Times this week? Why?”If you are 13 or older and live in…
Unit 7: Independent Reading and Writing
Welcome to our seventh and final writing unit of the school year. Below, you will find a description of each element and an invitation to put them together to help guide your students to learn on their own now, during the summer, or even in the fall when a new school year — whatever it…
Summer Reading Contest Winner Week 2: On ‘One Woman’s Journey Through Chinese Atrocities’
WinnerKevin Shi, 14, from Palo Alto High School in Palo Alto, Calif., chose an Opinion piece by columnist Nicholas Kristof headlined “One Woman’s Journey Through Chinese Atrocities” and wrote:During the last few months of this school year, my history teacher told my class the story of World War II. It was at the same time…
Summer Reading Contest Winner Week 5: On ‘Tesla Says Autopilot Makes Its Cars Safer....
WinnerSai Bommineni, 17, from Centennial High School in Frisco, Texas, chose an article from the Business section headlined “Tesla Says Autopilot Makes Its Cars Safer. Crash Victims Say It Kills.” and wrote:After saving up for years, my dad finally broke down and bought his dream car last summer: a shiny blue Tesla with a sleek…
Summer Reading Contest Winner, Week 5: On ‘Hamilton Review: You Say You Want a...
WinnerAva Hyde, 16, from Dell Regional High School in Oradell, N.J. chose an article headlined “‘Hamilton’ Review: You Say You Want a Revolution” and wrote:Because I was once one of *those* kids back in 2016, you know, the kid who knew the entire Hamilton soundtrack by heart and dressed as Thomas Jefferson for Halloween (which…
Summer Reading Contest Winner, Week 6: On ‘The Phantom Handbag’
Hexuan, 15, from The Governor’s Academy in Byfield, Mass., chose an article from the Style section headlined “The Phantom Handbag” and wrote:Even in my most distant memory, Mama always carried this one bag. Covered in black and tan stripes, the Burberry tote looked more like a lunch box than a handbag. I hated it. For…
Summer Reading Contest Winner Week 5: On ‘One Small Step for Democracy in a...
WinnerDaniel Wei, 15, from Marvin Ridge High School in Waxhaw, N.C., chose an article from the U.S. News section headlined “One Small Step for Democracy in a ‘Live Free or Die’ Town” and wrote:What happened in Croydon, N.H., is happening all over America — people are realizing how little their voices matter. My civic literacy…
Summer Reading Contest Week 4: What Got Your Attention in The Times This Week?
The United States is one of the most unequal countries in the developed world. People who aren’t wealthy have less chance of success and less chance for their children to succeed. When you talk about fixing these things, though, people freak out. Taxing the rich? Helping the poor? To many Americans, that smells like socialism.…
Summer Reading Contest Week 1: What Got Your Attention in The Times This Week?
Our 12th Annual Summer Reading Contest begins!This contest is open to students 11-19 from anywhere in the world. To participate, submit a response by 9 a.m. Eastern on June 18 that answers the questions “What got your attention in The New York Times this week? Why?”If you are 13 or older and live in the…
