Children embrace the spirit of the season with this Thanksgiving writing prompt.

Children are invited to plan their ideal Thanksgiving in this creative writing exercise.

Encourage your fourth graders to put their writing skills and imagination to good use by imagining that they are opening up a restaurant and writing about it!

Voice is the energy, intention, and tone of a piece. Students will practice identifying voice in writing, then examine an excerpt from an award-winning text that book with a strong example of voice.

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

Funny story starters, like this one, switch on imagination, and it doesn't feel like the great writing practice that it is!

Is the sleeping dragon a watchdog or a pet? Your fifth grader can write her own story with this fun writing prompt.

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

Get creative with this playful writing prompt that's perfect for Halloween-time or for kids who love the supernatural.

Starting a story can be the toughest part of writing. Help your child flex their creativity by starting the same story in six different ways!

In this biography writing worksheet, kids can find a person they know in real life and find out what heroic qualities this average, everyday person possesses!

Super villain Mt. Crushmore and superhero The Human Shield are battling it out...with sharks! What mighty and menacing things are they saying to each other?

After finishing the novel Anne of Green Gables by Lucy Maud Montgomery, give students a chance to nurture their imaginations with this creative extension activity!

Here's great exercise for writers of any age - building a character with supporting details! In this case, a vampire character.

Easter decorations are full of pastels, pinks and yellows! But why do those colors represent Easter? Help your child write a response to this question.

When students note observations as they read, they gain a deeper understanding of the characters.

Learners will practice identifying supporting details in a short text, then consider three supporting details they might use for an opinion piece of their own.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Summarizing with Sequence Words.

This simple acrostic template for Earth Day makes it easy for kids of all abilities to pen a poem about the planet.

Familiarize with the nonfiction genre by thinking about all the nonfiction you read or see each day.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Summarizing with Sequence Words.

Children practice identifying and writing opinions with supporting details in this appealing worksheet.

Use this graphic organizer with your students to re-imagine story dialogue with characters from another story.

Celebrate Halloween with a spooky reading exercise, where you'll learn all about werewolves! Read up on the history behind these legendary beasts.

Help your students' confidence in writing persuasive essays grow with this tree graphic organizer. Using this worksheet, students will make connections between opinion, reasons, and examples in their persuasive writing.

Your digital native will read four text messages written in “text language” and practice their formal writing skills as they make sense of the messages.

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

Your budding poet can practice rhythm in this worksheet. They'll read two poems by Robert Louis Stevenson and determine their rhythm.

Children write about their favorite summer memory with this writing template, using their five senses to describe what happened.

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.