Tag: writing
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Help Students Discover Issues That Matter to Them
NYTimes.com posted 300 Questions and Images to Inspire Argument Writing, https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/01/learning/300-questions-and-images-to-inspire-argument-writing.html, and having used a few of the prompts I find them intriguing. Complex to work on in this pandemic, teaching virtual environment, but worthwhile to consider.
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650 Prompts for Narrative and Personal Writing
This is an amazing PDF of all 650 prompts from this NYTimes article! Every school day since 2009 we’ve asked students a question based on an article in The New York Times. Now, seven years later, and in honor of the Oct. 20 National Day on Writing, we’ve collected 650 of them that invite narrative…
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Did a Human or a Computer Write This?
If an Algorithm Wrote This, How Would You Even Know? LET me hazard a guess that you think a real person has written what you’re reading. Maybe you’re right. Maybe not. Perhaps you should ask me to confirm it the way your computer does when it demands that you type those letters and numbers crammed…