In teaching writing by using increasingly complex, teacher-created prompts we tend to leave students' actual thoughts and voices out of the process, says Ariel Sacks.

175 Writing Prompts to Spark Discussion and Reflection. Here are all of our Student Opinion questions from the 2024-25 school year. Each question is based on a different New York Times article ...

A typical writing prompt I used back then might have been, “Write about a time you were surprised.” For some students, the prompt drew blank stares and even tears as they struggled to think of ...

175 Writing Prompts to Spark Discussion and Reflection. Here are all of our Student Opinion questions from the 2024-25 school year. Each question is based on a different New York Times article ...