Young writers learn to develop strong narrative voices by getting in touch with how they express themselves given a variety of situations.

Give your students practice in catching the reader's attention by using a strong hook in their writing!

Stretch those writing skills with this "stretch a sentence" activity! Young writers will learn to expand on an idea by adding more details to a sentence.

Learn the secret ingredient to a well-organized paragraph in this fun writing exercise!

Children learn to identify and use common time and sequence words in this grammar and vocabulary worksheet.

Young writers discover strategies for creating compelling introductions that capture a reader's interest in this writing worksheet.

Analyzing what a character says and does in a story can help determine their personality or character traits. This resource gives students practice in harnessing this important reading comprehension skill.

Learners practice editing dialogue for punctuation in this appealing grammar worksheet.

This worksheet helps young writers see the difference sensory words can make by asking them to compare sentences with sensory words and without.

Students will use transition words to support understanding of comparing and contrasting.

Unwind the complicated language of the Declaration of Independence with this paraphrasing activity!

Introduce your third-grade writer to sensory words with this worksheet about sorting adjectives under the correct senses.

Use this resource to give your students practice identifying characters and their dialogue.

Students will review and play with three basic sentence structures to liven up their writing.

The use of transition words helps make writing smooth and connected. Use this exercise with your students to teach them to use linking words to connect ideas within their writing.

When writing dialogue, it's important to know where to place quotation marks and other punctuation. Get some practice with this passage from The Secret Garden.

In this grammar and punctuation worksheet, children learn guidelines for when to use quotation marks, and when not to use them.

Take mystery and suspenseful writing to the next level with this worksheet! Students can revise sentences and then use this exercise to make their own writing more evocative. Use this worksheet to practice adding vivid details to sentences.