After reading Jim Murphy's novel The Great Fire, allow students to engage with the book with this thoughtful letter-writing extension activity!

Here's a great activity to get your second grader's mind going and creativity in action! He'll write a story to go with the picture and even get to color too.

Use words from street signs and billboards to create poetry. Pick four words, use one word per line in a four-line poem. Don't be afraid to get creative!

Practice creative writing, storytelling, and dialogue skills as you create a dialogue in this comics activity.

Learners practice their creative writing with this suspenseful, Halloween-themed writing prompt about a visit to a haunted house!

What if Peter Pan and Alice of "Alice in Wonderland" met? Your child gets to decide what happens next and write a story based on this fun coloring page scene!

The legend of Robin Hood was passed down through ballads. After reading about him, you and your child can try writing a ballad of your own!

Use this template to plan and create an original comic.

Characters are at the very center of any story, and learning how to create dynamic characters is essential for budding writers. Your students can use this handy organizer to plan rich character development in their creative writing.

Young writers will reflect on what the holiday season means to them with this seasonal writing prompt.

A letter is found in an attic. There's a mystery ahead! Your young author can use their imagination to create a fictional story based on this writing prompt.

Let's write a pretend newspaper article! Here's a silly way for your child to look at telling a story the way it might be written for a newspaper.

The Somebody-Wanted-But-So-Then strategy is a great tool to help students identify and understand story elements. In this fun brainstorming activity, budding writers will use the format to start generating a story of their own!

You've never created a haiku like this before! Write a haiku and then draw a picture that brings your words to life.

What lurks inside this spooky house? Your 5th grader can invent her own scary story based on this haunting illustration!

The elegant and simply style of renga is the perfect way to introduce your child to the rhythm and style of poetry.

With this prewriting organizer, students will brainstorm and visualize details of their fictional story.

Kids strengthen their pre-writing skills and learn about character development with this planning worksheet.

Use this chart to categorize your chosen superhero’s real and supernatural strengths.

Would you rather travel through time or travel through space? Explore limitless frontiers while writing science fiction.

This fun acrostic poem for kids reviews simple sight words about the one place they're most familiar with besides home...school!