Assignments from your teacher will be waiting within your Newsela Writing account.

To access Newsela Writing directly:

Once you access your Newsela Writing account, you'll see the assignments on your main page.

Alternatively, you can also access Newsela Writing assignments by clicking on the assignment link that your teacher shared with you. Upon clicking the assignment link you'll be asked to log in to Newsela first. If you are already logged in to your Newsela account, you will get redirected straight to the specific assignment within Newsela Writing.

Once logged in you can immediately start writing and receiving feedback.
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The textual feedback that you receive when asking Luna (the space person) for feedback is delivered as streaming text. As soon as the feedback is available via the OpenAI API, we start streaming the answer.

You can use the 'Submit' button to submit your work for teacher review. When work is submitted you can no longer edit the work. Teachers have the ability to re-open the work for you to continue editing and re-submit.

Students can use the styling menu located at the top of the page:

The Newsela Writing checklist reviews the types of sentences you need to include for a given assignment and determines which ones are present or missing. Newsela Writing can help you create each type of sentence by offering tips, examples, and explanations. As you write you can request feedback from Newsela Writing and you’ll see sentences highlighted with labels, designed to help you understand your progress. The Newsela Writing checklist is not available when the assignment is defined as a Narrative writing.

See the Understanding Newsela Writing’s Labeling article to learn more!

Rubric meters help you track your progress to meet the goals of the selected rubric. Example meters with corresponding rubric sections may include "Reasoning and support" or "Organization."

Yes. You can locate the Rubric's title at the top left corner of the assignment and click it to view. The rubric will open in a new tab.

Yes! Using the Version History tab, you can view older versions of your writing assignment and even restore them!

Currently, you must have a Newsela Writing assignment created by your teacher to use the program.