How a Teenager Found Her Writing Voice
But as much as I tried to imitate the winning pieces, my draft sounded neither razor sharp nor sincere enough, and that frustrated me immensely. It wasn’t until I analyzed every word, comma, and sentence of their pieces that it hit me: I had it backward. Their writing didn’t make their voices shine. Their voices…
Lesson of the Day: ‘Teenager, an Aspiring Detective, Returns $135,000 He Found’
In this lesson, you will consider what Mr. Nuñez’s actions, and the community’s response to those actions, say about him and about our larger society.Warm UpImagine you are walking down the street and you see a wallet. You open it and it has an ID but no money. Would you return it? What if it…
A Day in the Life of a Teenager
Students share their average and not-so-average daily routines.
