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 ...

A whopping 97 percent of respondents in a recent survey say they ‘frequently’ or ‘sometimes’ use ChatGPT to write lesson plans. Likewise, 93 percent of teachers say they use the AI platform to grade ...

To introduce students to close reading poetry and using writing to understand reading; to prepare them to write a 4-6 page essay on a single poem Students have read selected poems and the chapter on ...

Having interviewed more than 30 bestselling authors over the past year on my podcast, I’ve learned a lot about how they overcome distractions and mental blocks and get down to work each day. I like to ...