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78 Scholarly & Creative 7th Grade Writing Prompts

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Ready to ignite your students’ imaginations and sharpen their writing skills? With these engaging 7th grade writing prompts, students will dive into a world of self-expression. They’re literary detectives, diving into research and using evidence to create well-organized essays.

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What do teachers want to see in automated writing evaluation systems?

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Revising in response to formative feedback is a cornerstone of effective writing instruction. Providing substantive comments on stacks of student essays, however, is highly time-consuming for busy teachers. Despite the potential of AWE systems to support writing instruction, they have not been widely adopted by schools or teachers.

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Writing Strategies for an Extended Essay in the IB Program

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Many students dread IB essays. Read how to draft an IB extended essay below Writing Strategies for an Extended Essay in the International Baccalaureate Program IB is a rigorous two-year project for personal and academic development. One of them is the extended essay. So, right off the bat, avoid this pitfall.

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Low Tech? No Problem. Here are 3 Alternative Ways to Help Distance Learning Happen.

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The tests will be device-agnostic, meaning students will be able to complete them at home using computers, tablets or mobile phones , or even write their responses by hand and take a photo of them to submit. That’s the approach the College Board is taking this spring with its adapted AP exams.

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Educators: Hold Onto Humanity With Both Hands. Let Students Show You How.

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My Twitter threads this year on distance learning or group facilitation methods or leadership and privilege in one way or another all circle back to a similar message: Let’s observe with honesty, dare to raise questions and truly prioritize care. We’re exhausted and vulnerable.

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Rosetta Stone Announces Winners of the Emergent Bilingual Educators of the Year Award Program

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Machado was nominated by the Bilingual Department Chairperson Brian Donovan who submitted an essay describing how Machado helps his students. Runner-up McGrath wrote in his essay , “Parent-Teacher Conferences are a big part of our school year. I learned Spanish several years ago (started out with Rosetta Stone!!!)

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Should Educators Put Disclosures on Teaching Materials When They Use AI?

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It’s a fair question given the widespread concern in the field about students using AI to write their essays or bots to do their homework for them. To Jane Rosenzweig, director of the Harvard College Writing Center at Harvard University, whether or not to add a disclosure would depend on the way a teacher is using AI.

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