2015-2016 Essay Prompts | Promoting College Access
We are pleased to share the 2015-2016 Essay Prompts with you. New language appears in italics: Some students have a background, identity, interest, or talent that is so meaningful they believe their application would be incomplete without it. If this sounds like you, then please share your story. The changes you see reflect the feedback and consensus of nearly 6000 individuals who responded to our recent survey.
This I Believe | A public dialogue about belief — one essay at a time
This I Believe Essay-Writing Guidelines
We invite you to participate in this project by writing your own statement of personal belief. We understand how challenging this is—it requires intense self-examination, and many find it difficult to begin. To guide you through this process, we offer these suggestions: Tell a story about you: Be specific. Be brief: Your statement should be between 500 and 600 words. Name your belief: If you can’t name it in a sentence or two, your essay might not be about belief. Be positive: Write about what you do believe, not what you don’t believe. Be personal: Make your essay about you; speak in the first person. For this project, we are also guided by the original This I Believe series and the producers’ invitation to those who wrote essays in the 1950s. In introducing the original series, host Edward R.
23 Of The Most Creative College Essay Prompts From 2014–2015
9/11 Post - Meg Cabot
September 11th, 2013 Every year teachers let me know that this post has become part of their classroom 9/11 curriculum, so I will continue to post it every year. Here it is, for those who weren’t around that day: Meg’s 9/11 Diary 9/11/2001 was one of those rare days where sloth was rewarded. I know several people who are still alive today because they were late to work that morning, or stopped to get coffee to help them feel a little less groggy. I got woken up in my apartment on 12th Street and 4th Avenue by a phone call from my friend Jen. “Look out your window,” Jen said. That is when I saw the smoke from the first plane. I called my husband’s office first thing. “What was happening?” Jen didn’t know. Was he all right? I couldn’t get through to him. It turned out this was due to the massive volume of calls going on in my part of the city that day. But I didn’t know that then. Sirens started up. 9/11/01 was a very, very nice day. Every last one of them would be dead in an hour. “No,” I said.
20 End of the Year Reflection Questions
Here are 20 questions to help you and your students reflect on the school year. You could use these informally for discussion when you have a few minutes or for a more personal reflection experience, take a few of your favorites to use for a survey or as writing/journal prompts. There is also a list of reflection questions for teachers here.What is something we did this year that you think you will remember for the rest of your life? UPDATE: May 2015: I just made these questions into task cards! I recently found out that Laura Candler of Corkbord Connections has posted this terrific freebie called School Year Reflections that could easily be used with the questions on this post. Looking for more open-ended questions to ask your students? Have more to add?
Ways to Build Students' Character Trait Vocabulary - Teaching Made Practical
I was pretty confident – we had created character trait anchor charts, used evidence from the text to identify different character traits, and examined characters in books whose traits had changed over time. I just KNEW my students were going to rock the character trait portion of the practice test. I envisioned myself being praised by my principle, who was telling everybody she knew how this first year teacher she had hired was amazing. My dreams came to a crashing halt as soon as my students took the test. Most of the character trait questions looked something like this: This character can best be described as: a. generous b. brave c. nice d. humble Many of my students couldn’t even read a word like “generous.” here!) The majority of my students chose either “nice” or “brave” as their answer simply because they recognized those words.
Our Seventh Annual Found Poem Student Contest
Photo Easter bonnets and baby birds, new flowers, foods and fashions: Now that it’s spring, we’re celebrating “all this juice and all this joy” — and, as always, looking forward to the return of National Poetry Month. Our Found Poetry Contest is our oldest blog tradition, and one we’re thrilled to see embraced by teachers across the curriculum. No matter what you teach, consider it an invitation to have your students find and closely-read relevant New York Times articles — and have a little fun while they do it. Everything you need to know is below, with links and tips galore. But if you have any questions, please post them in the comments, and we will answer you there. Happy spring! FAQ: Found Poem Challenge Guidelines What’s a found poem? A good nutshell description would be “poems that are composed from words and phrases found in another text.” What are the guidelines for this challenge? – Each poem must be 14 or fewer lines. – You may give it your own original title if you like. Yes!
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