My writing prompt for today appeared magically in my inbox — a quarantine recipe exchange from my neighbor! This is what I sent along: Quick…
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My writing prompt for today appeared magically in my inbox — a quarantine recipe exchange from my neighbor! This is what I sent along: Quick…
This one is our weekly New York Times Learning Center writing prompt, but it’s also a HUGE question on the minds of teachers and students…
Read more Day 24: Should schools change how they grade during the pandemic?
Debate writing day again! I promise, Intro to Comm’s day is coming. In Lincoln-Douglas, our philosopical style of debate, all of our arguments are based…
I promised Real World Writing’s day was coming 🙂 Today’s prompt comes alongside a Fortune article, How to job hunt during the coronavirus pandemic. Though…
I’m taking a freewrite day to record some memories/insights of life outside of school during our time apart. We’ve been in quarantine for nearly six…
(Another writing prompt brought to you by the New York Times Learning Center — check out the article & full prompt here!) Life in the…
Read more Day 18: Does quarantine lead to more conflict at home?
I’m so glad Tuesday is a freewrite day – – today was one for the record books! Curriculum meetings, schedule troubleshooting, grocery runs for two…
I’m taking a writing prompt today from Debate’s weekly assignments — we’re in Week 3 of our philosophical debates, and starting to work through an…
This “reading three books at a time” thing is HARD. I was able to find my favorite three lines from them so far, though! Justice:…
In Debate, we’re starting our philosophical Lincoln-Douglas Debate unit by considering Phillipa Foot’s Trolley Problem. Today, I’m adding in a twist to the classic question…