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The 826 Boston Writers’ Room at the John D. O’Bryant High School is a collaborative project with Northeastern University’s Writing Program. With Northeastern’s help, the Writers’ Room provides individual and classroom support for writing assignments throughout the school day, in addition to hosting after-school clubs such as slam poetry, a student-run literary journal, Rubix, and journalism club.

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Teachers! Showcase your students’ writing HERE.

We would like our re-vamped Writers’ Room blog to be a place where O’Bryant teachers can showcase the amazing work that their students are producing in class. If you have any student writing that you would like the world to see, email Writers’ Room Coordinator Will Marshall.Continue reading “Teachers! Showcase your students’ writing HERE.”

9May 20179 May 2017

This Summer! College Essay Academy

In this intensive five-day writing program, students will dive into the written aspects of the Common Application and work in…

9May 20179 May 2017

May 25: Author visit by Katie Bayerl

On Thursday, May 25th from 2-3PM Young Adult author Katie Bayerl will visit the Writers’ Room to talk about her new novel…

8May 20179 May 2017

5/11: Visit by author Hala Alyan

Palestinian-American writer and psychologist Hala Alyan will be visiting the O’Bryant Library on Thursday, May 11 for period 4A (10:25-11:20AM).…

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5/30: Dr. Diskant’s Book Release Party!

9 May 20179 May 2017
Celebrate the release of To Serve, Support or Scorn?, a class publication by Dr. Diskant's 10th grade US and World History II class. The party will be held on Tuesday, May 30th…
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Research Tips

24 Mar 20179 May 2017
IMPORTANT: You have access to lots of databases through your school library! Visit https://bpslibraries.org/high-resources to access them and find free scholarly articles to use as sources for your papers and…
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Thesis Statements

24 Mar 2017
A thesis statement should be clear and concise, encapsulate the main argument of your essay, and tell readers right away what they should take away from it. Every paragraph of…
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We’re Back!

27 Feb 2017
Hi everybody!  Hope you all had a fun February break - we sure did here at the Writers' Room!  We even got to see some of you guys at our…
tips for writers…

Writing Prompt!

30 Nov 20168 May 2017
The sun is setting earlier, the snow is teasing its residency, and the space heaters have been put on full blast; WINTER IS COMING. The most dreaded and cherished season…
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Writing Prompt (11/21)

21 Nov 20168 May 2017
What are you thankful for? An obvious question to dwell on this week, as it is the time to give thanks for the good in your life. Maybe your thanks…

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Recipe testing for our nutrition book project at @futurechefs! Thank you for coaching us and letting us use your wonderful space 🍽
Check out our new poster! We've just started our latest book project with 9th grade history students who will be writing about marginalized voices that have traditionally been excluded from US History.
Thank you @pamkrosenberg for leading this afternoon's workshop on professionalism! See O'B students practice their handshakes, making sure to avoid the dreaded DEAD FISH 🚫☠️🐟
WR Fellow Alijah is ready for take-off! ✈️ #826boston
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