Build empathy by reading personal narrative examples in children's books, including picture books and middle grade books. In other words, read someone's authentic memoir based on their life experience ...

The following are actual responses to some of our recent submissions to the Online Writing Lab, although the names have been ... shouldn't spend time repeating the events of the story. The second part ...

The introduction of a narrative essay sets the scene for the story that follows. Interesting introductions—for any kind of writing—engage and draw readers ... into the story immediately, as shown in ...

Imaginative or creative writing absorbs readers in an entertaining ... The only thing you shouldn't do is swap the narrative point of view during the story - don’t start with 'I' and then ...

For middle school grades, the “Viewing Guide” reproducible can be adapted by reducing the number of clues students analyze in detail and/or writing ... follow a similar narrative structure.

Submit in words, images, audio or video, from Oct. 2 to Nov. 4. By Katherine Schulten Starting Sept. 10, we’re inviting teenagers to reflect on their civic and political values, beliefs and ...

and increase narrative coherence—your understanding of who you are, how you became that person, and where you are going. 1. Very short writing times are helpful—as brief as two minutes at a ...

an anthology with writing samples from all of the students and professional contacts in the literary world. Smith Precollege Programs are open to students entering 9th–12th grade in the fall of 2025.

Elmo Kelley, a second-grade teacher at Fontana’s Cypress Elementary School, has published two poetry collections and last ...

T celebrates four talents across music, art and fashion who, through patience and perseverance, have transformed the culture.

It was 2014 and I’d spent the last six months discovering body positivity and writing about the fat acceptance movement ... which had kept me in a cycle of self-hatred and low-esteem since second ...