Teach students to slow the pace of the story by pausing to take stock of what’s happening around the character and inside the character's heart and mind.

Have you ever heard of a half-horse, half-fish? In old Mediterranean folklore these mythical beasts are quite common!

Give your child a fun way to polish his writing skills with a Halloween story starter. Hell get to make up his own scary story and get a creativity boost.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Story Hooks.

Engage your fourth grader in another comic strip writing exercise with the third installment in the Adventures of A.J. and C.K. series.

Imagine if the classic Christmas story, The Nutcracker, was actually a Halloween story! How would that change the way the story was told?

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Story Hooks.

There's more than one way to hook a reader! Help your students reinforce their understanding of captivating story starters with this Goldilocks-themed matching worksheet.

Can your fourth grader write their own comic strip? Let them give it a shot, with this fill-in-the-blank adventure featuring A.J. and C.K.

The best type of introduction makes you want to learn more! Help your second graders hook their readers as they practice writing new and improved introductions using this grabby worksheet.

This organizer helps writers state their opinion and organize their reasons.

What if you woke up on Christmas morning and time had stopped! What would happen next?

This worksheet will guide students through writing more thoroughly supported opinion essays.

A.J. and C.K. are at it again! If your child is into comics or graphic novels, they're sure to love this do-it-yourself comic adventure.

Help your students to show their understanding of operations within word problems.

What was a time in your life when you were surprised? Use this prompt and worksheet to help students plan a personal narrative on this topic.

Help students organize their ideas and structure their written responses with the PEEL strategy!

Introduce friendly letter writing to first and second graders with this labeling worksheet!

Practice your letter-writing skills with this creative worksheet!

Tell about your summer escapades in this bright worksheet!

Recount an exciting springtime experience with this letter-writing worksheet, created for first and second graders!

Describe a wintertime adventure with this first- and second-grade letter-writing worksheet! 

Learn to write more efficiently with this inviting worksheet!

Become a more powerful writer with this worksheet about sentence structure created for third and fourth graders!

Enhance your writing by revising sentences in this third- and fourth-grade grammar worksheet!

Write concise, engaging sentences and eliminate repetitive words with this helpful handout!

Channel your inner superhero with this fun writing worksheet created for fifth through eighth graders!

Reminisce on a fun summer with this second-grade writing worksheet!

Analyze a friendly letter with this second-grade reading worksheet!