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You will write a “soundscape” poem filled with familiar sounds of your neighborhood or home.
Songwriters are powerful storytellers. Their lyrics can connect us, uplift us, and even heal us. In this lesson, you’ll identify a story of your own and turn it into original song lyrics.
Students recall “last times” in their lives and revisit the depth of their experience through writing.
In this lesson, you will hear about the life and art of Reginald Dwayne Betts and write a poem that captures a meaningful moment from your everyday life.
A pair of prompts that invites students to consider how time, location, and dialogue can be used to construct a scene and build meaning.
In this Spark, students will learn more about voice: what it is exactly, and how to name the elements of it.
In this Spark, students will explore the many ways you can connect to a poem.
In this lesson, you will learn about Rev. Dr. Jacqueline Lewis’s life, an idea she calls “fierce-love,” and the importance of learning to love yourself.
You will write a “soundscape” poem filled with familiar sounds of your neighborhood or home.
Songwriters are powerful storytellers. Their lyrics can connect us, uplift us, and even heal us. In this lesson, you’ll identify a story of your own and turn it into original song lyrics.
In this lesson, you will hear about the life and art of Reginald Dwayne Betts and write a poem that captures a meaningful moment from your everyday life.
Stories can bridge our past to our future—but only if we build them. In this lesson, you will reflect on a story from your personal history that you think others could learn from.
In this lesson, you will learn about Rev. Dr. Jacqueline Lewis’s life, an idea she calls “fierce-love,” and the importance of learning to love yourself.
Part letter, part long-form poem, "For Every One" offers reflections and courageous words about unraveling and rebuilding one's dreams.
National Ambassador for Young People's Literature and NYT Bestselling Author, Jason Reynolds, joined 826 students for a conversation on his video project, "For Every One."
Students will write a personal narrative where they describe themselves as a place. Not a specific place, but all the things a "place" consists of.
Why does kindness count? In this lesson, students will consider acts of kindness they’ve experienced or witnessed and reflect on the difference that kindness makes in the world.
In this twist on a classic game, students will practice intentional inclusivity with their classmates, as well as brainstorm other ways to continue building community throughout the school year.
After writing about their personal and social identities, students discover that sometimes what makes us unique is what brings us together.
Students write similes to express what their emotions feel like and build plans to treat others with kindness and empathy.
This lesson encourages students to consider and write about the myriad ways to include someone, stop bullying before it starts, and make a difference.
Students write two stories focused on the power of inclusion with this downloadable, printable, DIY publishing kit.
Children's book author and 826michigan staffer, Kinyel Friday, shares a social emotional learning prompt that uses personification to bring emotions to life.
Writer and teaching artist with 826NYC, Amy Dupcak, shares a memoir writing prompts that helps students use specific sensory language to describe a place they love.
Journalist and 826 MSP staffer, Cristeta Boarini, shares a poetry prompt that walks students through using shapes to convey meaning.
826CHI Teaching Artist, Robin Reid Drake, shares an original writing prompt that encourages students to borrow lines from their favorite pieces of writing and then remix them into something new.
Writer and 826michigan staffer, Eli Sparkman, shares stories about some of his favorite personal objects and encourages students to write down their own.
Writer and 826michigan staffer Denise Ervin writes alongside students to show what feelings sound like.
Writer and staffer at 826DC, Sarah Richman, shares an original writing prompt that will help you get aquainted with your new characters.
Poet and teaching artist with 826NYC, Amanda Dettmann, shares a simple and fun writing prompt that asks the question, "How Did You Get There?"
