Writing Prompts

All articles have Newsela writing prompts that students can respond to in the Assignment Builder. Teachers can create their own writing prompts by following these steps:

1. On an article, open the Assignment Builder on the right side of the page

2. Locate the Write Prompt item and click 'View' next to it

3. Click 'Edit' to revise the current write prompt 

   1. Alternatively, you can click on the suggested AI generated prompt to add it into the prompt field instead. You can also click Refresh to generate another pre-written prompt and click it to add into the write prompt field

4. Click Save when you are satisfied with the prompt

5. From here you can either click 'Assign' to proceed to the assignment settings page, or hit the back button at the top of the right side panel to navigate back to the Assignment Builder where you can continue to select and edit the activities 

6. When you are satisfied with your activities selection, click 'Assign' to proceed to the assignment settings page.

7. Adjust the assignment settings to your preference, and click 'Create Assignment' to send finalize the assignment creation and send it to your students. They will be able to submit their writing responses by completing the Write activity. 

   

8. Writing prompt responses can be viewed from the Assignments page. Select an assignment to view all articles within the assignment. Students who have completed a writing response will have a "Score Now" in the "ELA Write Prompt" column. You can select a student's name from this page to bring up individual student activity data. If a student has not yet completed their writing response then a dash will be shown under that column.