My summer vacation Last summer I had a vacation. I enjoy it. I went to a beach last summer. That is Do Son beach. I went with my friends. We rode motorbikes there. The trip was quite long because we went about 200km. We were there for two day. The next morning we went to the beach and took pictures. At noon, we went to eat at a restaurant and enjoyed a lot of seafood such as crab, squid. That night we went for a walk on the beach. The weather was nice all day. The people there were very friendly and kind. When we left unfortunately that day, the weather was not very nice. but it was okay. We had a great ride. Never fight over trifles It was high summer. A traveler hired a horse and set out on a journey. The owner of the horse was following behind to drive the beast. At mid-day, they decided to take a rest for some time but couldn’t find any shady place around. So, the traveler decided to rest in the shade of the horse. But the owner didn’t let him do so as he himself wanted to sit in its Shadow. The traveler said, “How can you refuse me the shadow? I have paid you money after all.” and retorted the owner “But you have paid for the ride, not for resting in his shadow”. Thus, an argument followed between the two. When the horse saw that the owner and the hirer were busy fighting, he took to his heels and was soon disappear. Friendship is a strong weapon It was a hot summer. A lion went to a pool to drink water. Just then a donkey also came there to quench his thirst. Both of them wanted to drink first. They looked at each other with blood-shot eyes and attacked each other with so much rage that soon they started bleeding. Feeling tired, the lion and donkey stopped for a while to be fresh. By accident, they heard the screams of vultures. They saw that a large number of ants were looking at them with longing eyes. In no time, both the beasts understood that the ants were waiting for one of them to be killed by the other so that they might feed on his dead body. Thus lion and donkey became friends, quenched their thirst and went away. Thus, their friendship saved their lives Taking care of my appearance Outer beauty is an important part of our daily life. In terms of appearance, the most I take care of my skin. Every morning and evening I usually take care of my skin with cleanser, moisturizer and acne cream. Before leaving home, I often apply a lot of sunscreen. Because this is what will protect the skin from UV. Next, I also wash my hair with shampoo and occasionally go to the salon to style my hair. Nowadays, many people choose cosmetic surgery to change their appearance. Besides, cosmetic surgery is a way to take care of yourself. It will help us beautify without any care. However, cosmetic surgery is also harmful to our health. It has many complications and takes a long time to recover. Such, physical appearance and beauty is a way of expressing how we love ourselves Volunteer wor The first reason why many families do volunteer work is that they feel satisfied and proud and get experiences. The feeling of fulfillment comes from helping the community and other people. In addition, volunteering is a significant way for families to have fun and get closer. But many people say they don’t have time to volunteer because they have to take care of their families and work . If that’s the case, try rethinking some of your free time as a family. You could select just one or some projects a year and make them a family tradition. For instance, your family can make and donate gift blankets for the old homeless people on holidays. Your family can also spend only one Saturday morning a month collecting rubbish in your neighborhood.We’ve been publishing our Picture Prompts series four days a week since 2016. Below, we’ve rounded up all the prompts we published for the 2023-24 school year. These short, accessible, image-driven prompts invite students to pen short stories, poems and memoirs; share experiences from their lives; analyze illustrations, graphs and charts; and tell us their opinions on hot-button issues. You can find even more in our roundups for the 2022-23, 2021-22 and 2020-21 school years, as well as in our collections of 125 picture prompts for creative and narrative writing and 25 spooky images for writing scary stories. To learn how you can use Picture Prompts to build literacy skills, promote critical thinking, inspire discussion and foster creativity in your classroom, watch our three-minute tutorial video or our on-demand webinar. For dozens more ideas, see our lesson plan “How to Teach With Our Picture Prompts (and Other Times Images).” If you use this feature with your students, or if you have other ideas for how to use photos, illustrations and graphics to encourage writing, let us know in the comments.A glamorous Louis Vuitton, Gucci or Fendi. A stunning thrift store find. Or perhaps your beat-up old school knapsack? Do you have a favorite bag? The Times’s T Magazine interviewed the Swiss artist Pipilotti Rist about her collection of over 2,000 bags Rist believes that the bag was one of the first human tools. With a bag, she says, “you have what you need and are independent — and you’re always ready for a possible escape.” But Rist, 61, also considers a bag to be many things besides: a good friend, a portrait of its owner, a universe unto itself and a vessel — similar to the human body. At its heart, Rist says, her collection is “a phenomenological investigation into how many bags come together when a 60-something-year-old Central European woman doesn’t throw anything away.” What’s your reaction to Ms. Rist’s collection of bags? How many bags do you own? Would you want to own 2,000? What do you look for in a bag? Color? Style? Brand? Practicality? How important are bags to you? Do you agree with Ms. Rist that a good bag is like a good friend? ell us in the comments, then read the related T Magazine article to learn more about Ms. Rist’s fascination with bags. Students 13 and older in the United States and Britain, and 16 and older elsewhere, are invited to comment. All comments are moderated by the Learning Network staff, but please keep in mind that once your comment is accepted, it will be made public and may appear in print. Find more Picture Prompts here.176 Writing Prompts to Spark Discussion and Reflection Here are all of our Student Opinion questions from the 2023-24 school year. Each question is based on a different New York Times article, interactive feature or video. Share full article 1 An illustration of a red airplane flying in a pink sky with white clouds. The plane is pulling a large, green banner that says “I love you.” In one of the many Student Opinion questions from this school year, we asked students about the small ways they show love to those they care about.Credit...Laura Edelbacher By The Learning Networ June 19, 2024 Each day of the school year we publish a Student Opinion question inviting students to share their own opinions and experiences in response to New York Times stories on the news of the day. To introduce each question, we provide an excerpt from a related Times article, interactive or video as well as a free link to that piece. The 176 questions we asked during the 2023-24 school year are available below and in this PDF. The prompts are organized into three sections: questions that lend themselves well to persuasive writing, questions that encourage narrative writing, and additional Student Opinion forums Teachers can use these prompts to help students practice narrative and persuasive writing, start classroom debates and even spark conversation between students around the world via our comments section. For more ideas on how to use these Student Opinion prompts in your classroom, you might consult this comprehensive teacher’s guide, which includes practical strategies from a dozen educators Questions for Narrative and Personal Writin Imag A group of children wearing yellow vests and hard hats, with some pinching their noses. Related Student OpinionCredit...Natalie Keyssar for The New York Times How Did You Grow and Change This School Year? 3. What Accomplishments Are You 4. Have You Ever Been Injured? Tell Us the Story. 5. Where in the World Would You Most Like to Travel?6. Who Is Your Hero? 7. How Well Do You Get Along With Your Siblings? 8. What Is Teenage Bullying Like Today? 9. Are You a Joiner 10. When Have You Felt That You Mattered 11. How Hard Is It to Wake Up in the Morning 12. What Have You Learned From Failure 13. Where Is the Line Between Helping a Child Become More Resilient and Pushing 174. 13 Conversation Starters Inspired by ‘Being 13 175. 15 Questions About Your Life in School: A Special Forum for Students and Teacher 176. The Israel-Hamas War: A Forum for Young People to Reac Questions for Debate and Persuasive Writin Imag In a colorful illustration, a giant clock barges down the hallway of a school, knocking kids out of the way with its swinging hands. Related Studen OpinionCredit...Pete Gamlen Based on the definition and example provided, write a sentence using today’s Word of the Day and share it as a comment on this article. It is most important that your sentence makes sense and demonstrates that you understand the word’s definition, but we also encourage you to be creative and have fun.If you want a better idea of how haptic can be used in a sentence, read these usage examples on Vocabulary.com. You can also visit this guide to learn how to use IPA symbols to show how different words are pronounced. You can find even more Student Opinion questions in our Prompts for Argumentative Writing, 445 Prompts for Narrative and Personal Writing, Writing Prompts About Food, Family and Culture and 15 Prompts for Talking and Writing About Friendship. We also publish daily Picture Prompts, which are image-centered posts that provide space for many different kinds of writing. You can find all of our writing prompts, added as they publish, here.