Lovin' the Newsela site for my grades 9 and 10 ELA

My students are studying Conflict and Peace issues right now and we have begun our presentations this week. I'm super impressed by their honesty, research and professionalism. Because we have a short break coming up I wanted an assignment that they could pick from and continue expanding on their oral skills. They also take the quizzes at the end of the article and send me their scores. There are many ways to use this site. Vocabularly, pronunciation, fluency, writing  summarizations, etc.

Check it out. I think you'll like it.

Different states, different responses to English-language divide Word count: 974 By Stateline.org, adapted by Newsela staff Aug. 24, 2014 Grade level: 8