Keep your students reading and writing this summer

Keep your students reading and writing this summer with this contest:

Every Friday from June 12 through Aug. 14 we’ll pose the same question: What interested you most in The Times this week?

Anyone 13 to 19 years old from anywhere in the world can post an answer, and contestants can choose from any Times article, essay, video, interactive or photograph published in 2015, on any topic they like.

To learn more, click on the above hyperlinked text. (from The New York Times)

A writing contest for your students

The YES! National Student Writing Competition demonstrates how teachers can use YES! Magazine stories as the basis for thought-provoking writing, and gives students an opportunity to voice their opinions and show off their exemplary writing. Each quarter, students will have the opportunity to read and respond to a selected YES! Magazine article. (from the YES! Magazine website)



To read more, click the above hyperlinked text.