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MP1

Narrative Writing

K-8 SCHOOLS:
09/09/2025 - 11/14/2025

Grade 4: Jared to the Rescue

Grade 4: Jared to the Rescue Continuation

Grade 4: Jared to the Rescue Alternative Ending

Grade 4: Act Your Age

Grade 4: MVP

Grade 4: Arriving at Emerald City

Grade 4: The Rescue of the Tin Woodman

Grade 5: Angelo-Continue the Story

Grade 5: Angelo-A Pigeon’s View

Grade 6: The Homecoming

Grade 6: Coming Up

Grade 6: The Emperor’s New Clothes

Grade 7: Big Finish

Grade 7: Big Finish-A Prequel

Grade 8: Button, Button

Grade 8: All Summer in a Day by Ray Bradbury

Grade 8: All Summer in a Day, the Prequel

Grade 8: The Gift of the Magi

HIGH SCHOOLS:
09/04/2025 - 10/17/2025

Grade 9: The Odyssey Penelope and the Suitors

Grade 10: Excerpt from the Pearl by John Steinbeck

Grade 11: Continue Reverend Tanimoto’s Story in Hiroshima

Grade 12: College Essay: Facing Obstacles

Grade 12: College Essay: Personal Growth

Grade 12: College Essay: Personal Identity

Grade 12: College Essay: Reflection and Gratitude

 

MP2

Literary Writing

K-8 SCHOOLS:
11/24/2025 - 02/04/2026

Grade 4: Comparing Settings in “A Spectacular Ride” and “The Lighthouse Lamp”

Grade 4: Lesson Learned in “A Spectacular Ride” and “The Lighthouse Lamp”

Grade 5: Freedom Crossing by Margaret Goff Clark

Grade 5: Theme in Just Like Home and Life Doesn’t Frighten Me

Grade 5: Tone and Mood in Just Like Home and Life Doesn’t Frighten Me

Grade 6: Point of View in Flying Blind and Nighttime in Texas

Grade 6: Theme in A Strange Day on the Highway and Giving Thanks

Grade 6: Character Motivation in A Strange Day on the Highway and The New Girl

Grade 7: Point of View in Closure in Darkness and Climbing Cadillac Mountain

Grade 7: Character’s Motivation in Closure in Darkness and Climbing Cadillac Mountain

Grade 7: Theme in Snowball and The Middle School Dance: Three Dansas

Grade 8: Point of View in The Fox and the Horse and The Stars Between Us

Grade 8: Theme in The Stars Between Us and Presence

HIGH SCHOOLS:
11/17/2025 - 12/23/2026

Grade 9: Comparing Love Poems

Grade 10: Whitman and Hughes “America” Poems

Grade 11: Comparison of Two Poems: Marlowe and Raleigh

Grade 12: Comparison of Two Poems: Wordsworth and Herrick

MP3

Persuasive/Argumentative Writing

K-8 SCHOOLS:
03/02/2026 - 04/15/2026

Grade 4: Entrepreneurship

Grade 5 Prompt 1 Weeks 1-5: Refugee Influence on the Lives of Children

Grade 5 Prompt 2 Weeks 1-5: Challenges Refugees Experience

Grade 6 Prompt 1 Weeks 2-5: Climate Change Is Negatively Impacting Our World

Grade 6 Prompt 2 Weeks 6-7: Negative Impact of Social Media on Teenagers

Grade 7 Prompt 1 Week 2-5: Power of Meditation

Grade 7 Prompt 2 Weeks 6-7: Cell Phones and Schools

Grade 8 Prompt 1 Weeks 2-5: Stereotypes Have a Negative Impact on Society

Grade 8 Prompt 2 Weeks 6-7: Genetically Modified Food and Animals

HIGH SCHOOLS:

GRADES 10 & 11:
02/03/2026 - 03/13/2026

Grade 10: Americans Required to Vote

Grade 11: Role of Citizens in a Democracy

HIGH SCHOOLS:

GRADES 9 & 12:
02/03/2026 - 03/19/2026

Grade 9: Tyranny of the Majority

Grade 12: Was Life in the US Better in the 1900’s or in the 2000’s?

MP4

Various Genre Writing

K-8 SCHOOLS:
04/16/2026 - 06/05/2026

(Opinion) Grade 4 Prompt 1: Should Students Do Activities to Improve Schools?

(Opinion) Grade 4 Prompt 2: Should Schools Have a Later Start Time?

(Narrative) Grade 4 Prompt 3: Sofia and Rosa Get Their New Cat

 

(Opinion) Grade 5 Prompt 1: Should Students Do Activities to Improve Schools?

(Opinion) Grade 5 Prompt 2: Should Schools Have a Later Start Time?

(Narrative) Grade 5 Prompt 3: Sofia and Rosa Get Their New Cat

 

HIGH SCHOOLS:
04/16/2026 - 06/12/2026

(Informative) Grade 9: Research Paper

(Informative) Grade 10: Research Paper

(Informative) Grade 11: Research Paper

(Informative) Grade 12: Research Paper