I wanted to share a great resource site to get your child/student excited about writing. This site is a wonderful teen site, where all the articles are written by teenagers. I encourage you to check it out and let us know your thoughts. We need to speak their language (perhaps not agree with it) bu t try to understand it, if we hope to take them to new heights in the classroom. TEENInk~ A wonderful magazine for teens written by teens.
Books, Magazine and Website Designed for Teens
by Teens since 1989
- Teen INK is a site where young writers can write and submit poetry, fiction and non-fiction to be critiqued and reviewed by other teens
- Teen INK pays teens for articles written by teens for teens and host various writing contest throughout the year
- Read current news articles from Around the World, written by teens
- A plethora of writing samples to read, get ideas from and increase your lexicon
May we continue to seek knowledge in all things,
Denise
Unlock the Teacher 
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I love teen ink. Joined a few days ago and it has been an amazing experience. The best part is you get to meet like minded teens from all over the world. I’m crossing my fingers that some of my stuff gets published.
Thank you Young Novelist for your positive comments! We love to share the good in writing especially for young writers like yourself. We will keep our fingers crossed for you and wish you good luck in getting your work published. Please keep us posted 😉 and we will share it here and send other readers to check out your work.
Continue to dare to dream!
Denise and the entire Unlock the Teacher team