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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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."

Clicking into a meter will present you with your "grows" and "glows" specific to that criterion.

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!

If you lose internet connection, Newsela Writing will store a version of the your essay within your device's local storage. This copy will be available in Version History and can be recovered when you next go online from the same device.

If you go offline and online again within a short period of time, you will see a notification stating that work has been restored automatically. You can undo this sync at any time by going to your Version History and restoring an older version.

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