This worksheet walks students through an example of how the dialogue between two or more characters can help writers change the pacing of a narrative.

Use this graphic organizer with your students to re-imagine narratives with characters from their favorite stories.

Your students will flesh out their personal narratives using this brainstorming guide.

Help students practice generating titles for book names in this creative exercise.

No more abrupt “The End”s! Students will organize and reflect on their narrative’s problem and solution as they work toward a strong ending.

Your students will have fun developing the setting of a story with this graphic organizer.

Dialogue moves narratives along and can add much-needed drama to otherwise stagnant writing. In this worksheet, students get a chance to practice writing dialogue to add to their personal narratives.

Students will use a comic book format to organize conversations within their personal narratives and practice the writing process.

This worksheet walks students through the three main formatting strategies writers can use when organizing and pacing their narratives.

Being able to write a strong conclusion is an essential skill for all story-tellers. With this activity, budding writers will practice this skill by writing two types of endings for their personal narratives.

In this three-page template, students will follow the prompts to create a story map about a memorable moment of joy in their life.

Imagine you find a time machine that sends you 200 years into the future—what would you tell your present-day self?

Students identify noun phrases that describe character and setting.

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

Assess your students’ proficiency in genre writing. Standards-based rubric included.

Students will look for noun phrases in a familiar story!

Students will study effective hooks and have the option to craft some hooks for their own writing.

What is it like to be an ant? After reading Two Bad Ants by Chris Van Allsburg, your students will know!

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.

Good writers also know how to slow down the action at just the right times to build suspense and pull the reader into the moment.

Students can use this versatile graphic organizer to order events in fiction or nonfiction texts.

Learn to identify first, second, and third person perspective in writing!

In this simple reading comprehension exercise, learners will learn the difference between realism and fantasy, along with clues for spotting each.

Can you tell the difference between fact and opinion? Hone writing skills by identifying opinion vs fact.

In this reading exercise, students answer literal and interpretive questions about a classic text.

Get caught up in the drama of "Casey at the Bat" with this reader's theater script.

Children will use their imaginations to write a fanciful holiday story in this creative writing worksheet.

Young writers get some hands-on character development practice with this epic writing prompt.

Children will discover how figurative language can enliven writing in this fun cut-and-paste worksheet.

Young writers will enjoy responding to an imaginative prompt about a pet dinosaur.