Description
THE NEW YORK（NY） TIMES WRITING CONTESTS
Students must be age 11- 19
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Available Contests ☟
Make a one-pager in response to any article published in The New York Times in 2022 or 2023.
Explain a complex and interesting science, math, engineering or technology concept to a general audience, using the Science Times column Trilobites as a model.
Produce a 15-second video about the meaning of one of our Words of the Day.
Write an editorial on an issue that matters to you.
Make an original podcast of five minutes or less that informs or entertains listeners.
Tell us what you’re reading in The Times and why. Each Friday for 10 weeks we post a new invitation like this one, and you post a comment in response.
Ustar Prerequisites
1.All students will take a entrance writing assessment.
A personal narrative writing (200 words) is required and needs to be submitted to teachers@loveustar.com Each submitted writing will be graded and evaluated by Ustar Writing Team.Students will be assigned to NY prep classes or NY contestant classes based on their writing assessment placement.
2、$25 admission fee is required.
NY Prep Class Plan
What students will learn in this class:
All necessary writing skills
Students will be trained based on The New York Times contests rubrics and rules.
20 lessons per session
No deadline
NY Contestant Class Plan
What students will learn in this class:
Students will be trained based on The New York Times contests rubrics and rules.
1st and 2rd classes: Teacher breaks down rubrics and rules of all contests, teacher helps students choose the fittest contest to apply.
3rd and 4th classes: Teacher breaks down awarded sample writings with students and analyzes why and how they won. .
5th and 6th classes: Teacher helps students settle down on topics and forms of writing and works with students on outlines and structures. Teacher assigns first draft.
7th class: offline draft one writing+teaching grading (google doc)
8th class: zoom meeting
9th: offline draft two writing+teaching grading (google doc)
10th: zoom meeting
11th:offline draft three writing+teaching grading (google doc)
12th: zoom meeting 13:offline draft four writing+teaching grading (google doc)
14: zoom meeting
15: offline final draft+ teaching grading
● 备战队课程安排 ●
1 zoom class 讲解所有竞赛规则和写作要求
2 zoom class 学生选题
3 zoom class 往届得奖作品学习
4 zoom class 学生练习+老师指导
5 zoom class 学生定选题和写作形式
6 zoom class 老师确定第一稿内容和要求
7 offline +学生当天写完交第一稿。
8 zoom class： 老师第一稿指导
9 offline:当天交第二稿。
10 zoom class： 老师第二稿指导
11 offline 当天交第三稿。
12 zoom class： 老师第三稿指导
13 offline 当天交第四稿
14 zoom class： 老师第四稿指导
15: offline 当天交第五稿。 结课。
Total 15 lessons Five drafts completed
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