Newsela in 90: How to Customize Assignments

February 20, 2026

Video guide

Tailor Newsela assignments to your lesson goals

See how to customize Newsela assignments with writing prompts, activities, graphic organizers, and reading-level options that fit your classroom.

What to Watch For

1 How can teachers tailor writing prompts to lesson goals? Edit default writing prompts to align with your standards or essential questions, or explore additional ideas generated by Luna.
2 Which activities and graphic organizers can teachers add? Choose quizzes or checks for understanding, preview quiz questions, and add or print one of eight AI-generated graphic organizers.
3 How can teachers set reading levels for an assignment? Lock one reading level for the whole class or use Newsela’s recommended level to adapt the text for each student.

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Newsela in 90: How to Customize Assignments

February 20, 2026

Video guide

Tailor Newsela assignments to your lesson goals

See how to customize Newsela assignments with writing prompts, activities, graphic organizers, and reading-level options that fit your classroom.

What to Watch For

1 How can teachers tailor writing prompts to lesson goals? Edit default writing prompts to align with your standards or essential questions, or explore additional ideas generated by Luna.
2 Which activities and graphic organizers can teachers add? Choose quizzes or checks for understanding, preview quiz questions, and add or print one of eight AI-generated graphic organizers.
3 How can teachers set reading levels for an assignment? Lock one reading level for the whole class or use Newsela’s recommended level to adapt the text for each student.

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Featured voice Kailey Mixer

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