Use this example of a persuasive essay to dissect and identify the parts of this genre.

Students will learn that voice is the energy, intention, and tone of the piece and then practice infusing different voices into their writing.

What do your students like about school? Help your students hone their poetry writing skills by writing a list poem about school!

With this printable worksheet, students practice writing transition words and identify strong endings for stories.

Give blossoming authors a chance to practice their creative writing skills with this realistic fiction writing prompt and standards-based rubric.

Great writing is in the details! As students revise their narrative writing, encourage them to use more descriptive details. This worksheet helps students dig deeper and revise their writing to include more adjectives.

With this writing worksheet, challenge students to turn imaginary details into realistic details that could fit into a story.

It's time to brainstorm! Use this worksheet to help budding writers generate a list of ideas and topics for future stories, as well as give students a chance to practice their letter and word spacing.

When students note observations as they read, they gain a deeper understanding of their texts.

In this worksheet, children read an example of a bio poem for jazz musician Thelonious Monk, then use the prompt to create a bio poem for a person of their choosing.

Children learn to plan and organize their compositions with this writing prompt and template.

Use a kid-friendly rubric to help your students peer-review their persuasive essays!

Analogies are a way of describing the similarities between two things by comparing them.

Learn more about your students' favorite school subjects with this engaging opinion writing prompt and rubric. Students will contemplate their favorite subject while they fill out the pre-writing planner, then they'll write out their essay on page two.

Give your students practice bringing their stories to life as they write realistic fiction!

Adding dialogue to writing makes for more entertaining and relatable story-telling. In this activity, young writers will use a fun comic book format to add simple dialogue to their personal narratives.

Show students how vivid a well-written description can be and then let them create imagery of their own.

Children learn to plan and organize their compositions with this writing prompt and template.

Whether students are revising handwritten drafts or work that has been written on the computer, this activity will serve as a resource to help your writers understand some basic word processing tools.

Supporting details make a main idea stronger, and add color and interest to any story. Your early writer will describe your home and add detail to their writing.

This prewriting exercise will help your writers shape their topic and start to generate support ideas.

Share your writing with the world through any of the unique formats from this Writing With Technology Choice Board worksheet!

Have your students think of story elements as ingredients for a delicious narrative! Young writers will consider setting, characters, the problem, and the solution with this fun pre-writing organizer!

Give your child practice with his writing skills with this printable writing worksheet that prompts your child to write about rainbows.

Assess your students’ varying abilities to write in a cohesive and sequential manner.

Here is a great story-starter for more advanced writers. Your student will put his creativity to the test by filling in the blanks to this story!

Give your students practice organizing informational texts into corresponding paragraphs using indentations!

Each inventive activity on the board inspires children to use their imagination while completing an academic task.

Monster footprints in a dark forest sets the scene for a super scary story! This picture prompt will help your child practice creative writing.