Adolescence can be incredibly rough. It’s a time of intense insecurity and social pressure, a time of feeling awkward and confused about how to transition into adulthood, all the while surrounded by ...

When Olivia Vella was asked to explore a topic she was passionate about for her seventh grade writing final, she turned to insecurities. Her poem, which explores the question, "Why am I not good ...

My reaction to the president's chewing his gum in public, especially with foreign dignitaries in China, is to reflect on poetry often recited by my English teacher, Beulah Bratton, of Fort Worth.

For 21-year-old slam poet Diksha Bijlani, English is a language she has no choice but to use. She cannot write poetry in any other tongue. But, just like the Hindi versions of the Disney movies she ...

Want to help your seventh-grader master reading and writing? Here are some of the skills your child will be learning in the classroom in seventh grade. Explain what a story, play, poem, or ...