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

In this thoughtful opinion-writing worksheet, children will describe the season they like best, and why.

If your writer needs help organizing to write that big essay assignment, give them a helpful cheat-sheet full of tips on making an outline.

This activity will afford your fourth graders the chance to think about the claim they want to make in their literary essays and give them practice writing an intro paragraph.

Encourage children to reflect on the First and Fourth Amendments to the U.S. Constitution with this multi-page worksheet.

These example literary responses model how to cite and explain evidence to support a claim.

Looking for an opinion graphic organizer for your learner? Check out this worksheet template that helps your child list an opinion, reasons, and conclusion.

This rubric for sixth-grade argument writing covers all of the major Common Core standards in the argument writing strand, including introduction, support, transitions, style, and conclusion.

Give your students a chance to voice their opinion and practice their writing skills with this fun “would you rather” writing prompt!

In this summer writing prompt worksheet, children will describe their favorite place to spend time during summer.

Help your fourth graders organize the structure of their literary essays with this graphic organizer.

Should all people have a right to internet access? Argue your stance in this argument writing prompt worksheet and rubric for middle school!

Learners practice their argumentative writing skills with this writing prompt about school dress codes!

Students compose a persuasive paragraph stating their opinion, including an introduction, three supporting arguments, and a conclusion, with the help of this worksheet template.

Use this graphic organizer to help students build critical thinking skills as they plan an argumentative essay about whether people or organizations should be allowed to do certain things.

Prepare students for reading A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle by guiding them through this anticipation guide as a pre-reading activity!

Encourage your second graders to develop a well-reasoned argument about the length of recesses with this writing prompt and rubric. Students can use the pre-writing planner to develop their argument, then they'll write out their opinion on page two.

Using this template, young writers will draft their topic sentence, reasons, and concluding sentence.

Your students will be ready to share their opinions and evidence when answering high interest persuasive writing prompts.

Use this resource to assess your students’ writing skills when it comes to responding to opinion writing prompts.

Young writers practice forming and defending an opinion in this engaging three-page persuasive writing template.

Hook your students with this cookie-themed exercise that will teach the basics of strong persuasive writing.

In this comprehensive two-page worksheet template, young writers will find frames for crafting thoughtful, compelling persuasive essays.

Introduce your students to words and phrases that will strengthen their argument writing.