Looking for writing lessons that will engage your students? Student Writing Lessons from YES! Magazine may be just what you are looking for. The lessons are based on thought-provoking YES! articles ...

Editor’s note: A version of this article originally appeared on The Character Tree’s blog. When we were just a couple weeks into distance learning, I started to really miss writing workshop time. Over ...

The YES! Magazine article, “Growing Up in a Kenyan Slum Taught Me the Real Value of Stuff,” by Simon Okelo, is a story about learning to live with less in the midst of abundance. Students will use ...

Hold a short discussion about whether or not they liked the article read for homework so they have an opportunity to air their opinions. Ask each student to sum up their initial "gut" reactions to the ...

This online resources helps middle school students improve their literacy. The site provides games and 120 hours of supplemental resources. Teachers can access free digital lesson library online to ...

No prior reading is necessary, though a selection of legal writing (memo, brief, or opinion) could be helpful to their understanding. Discuss the general structure of legal writing: This exercise will ...

A client wants to work for a top magazine and showed me a draft of his cover letter. I offered the following suggestions, which could be of value to anyone, whether writing an important email, a ...

Anne Vilen is a writer and school coach for EL Education and an author of Learning that Lasts: Challenging, Engaging, and Empowering Students with Deeper Instruction (2016). Previously, she taught ...