Use the game Two Truths and One Lie to help your students research facts about Martin Luther King, Jr. Learners will decide which two statements are true and which is a lie.

Defend your favorite film with this persuasive writing worksheet for seventh and eighth graders!

This worksheet walks young writers through the steps of adding conjunctions and adverbs to simple sentences.

Channel your inner film critic by writing about movies and TV in this middle-grade appositives worksheet!

Serve up a persuasive argument about your favorite meal with this writing activity for seventh and eighth graders!

Convince your classmates to read your favorite book with this persuasive writing practice for seventh and eighth graders!

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Finding the Details and Asking for Answers.

Get to the point with this worksheet about the main idea and how supporting details help it make sense.

Learn to edit like a pro in this writing worksheet!

Learn how to bring your characters to life with this fifth-grade writing worksheet!

Uncover the ways that fables can communicate themes with this creative-writing worksheet!

These post-reading writing prompts ask students to reflect on the characters, themes, and events from The One and Only Ivan.

Help students learn how to recognize the beats in a poem with this worksheet.

After reading the classic Aesop fable, "The Tortoise and the Hare," students will use their imaginations to compose their own introductions using one of the most common story hooks (fact, question, description, statement, or sound).

Use this reading strategy to help your students along in their reading comprehension skills. Students will respond to literature with Stop & Jots, with or without sticky notes.

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.

This worksheet provides a culminating project for Katherine Applegate’s The One and Only Ivan.

Students design a pet rock and use rhetorical appeals to convince their class to choose it as a mascot!

Invite students to reflect on a book character’s words in this writing response worksheet featuring a quote by Tilly from Tilly and the Bookwanderers.

This pre-reading activity is a great way to prepare students for reading The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate.

Invite students to reflect on a book character’s words in this writing response worksheet featuring a quote by Ivan from The One and Only Ivan.

Third person narrative is one of the most common techniques used in storytelling. Help your young writer understand when to use "it" or "they" as they endeavor to write a personal narrative using the singular and plural forms of third person pronouns.

Children are guided through the process of writing clear, well supported arguments with this writing template.

If your family owns a cat, this is a perfect time to make the furry family member the star while your child practices penmanship (without even knowing it).

Your child can write a short story about the family dog (or make one up) while perfecting his penmanship!