Students will look at a sample essay and try to pick out the kind of details and big ideas that make an informative essay tick.

Children will practice sequencing a simple story in this hands-on writing process worksheet.

Use these 24 cards for daily writing exercises, or hand them out to encourage variety in writing!

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

Boost reading comprehension skills with this language arts worksheet. Kids read the story, then use clues from the story to write their own conclusion below.

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

Students will organize and construct the skeleton of an persuasive essay with this engaging activity.

Take your pick from this packet of writing prompts which focus on one scene that has lots of possibilities. Is your young storyteller ready?

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.

Evaluate your arguments with this fourth-grade persuasive writing assessment!

Add some spice to your writing by varying sentence patterns with this two-page writing worksheet for sixth graders!

Kids learn how to "show" instead of "tell" in their writing.

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.

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

In this activity, kids provide evidence by paraphrasing and selecting direct quotes from an informational text.

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

Concept maps are versatile and useful for all subject areas. Use this concept map for word work, main idea and supporting details, or to map out ideas.

Help your third grader stretch their writing muscles by selecting sentences that support a main idea, then penning a few of their own.

This exercise gives your students practice using a graphic organizer to record the main idea and supporting details of a short text.

Get to the point with this worksheet about the main idea and how supporting details help it make sense.

Learn about story progression and story organization with this ladder graphic organizer.

Students will practice identifying the supporting details for three different main idea statements.

Help your students write letters to a pen pal, faraway relative, and others! This letter template gives students practice writing formal letters — like persuasive or business correspondence — and friendly, informal letters.

Practice composition skills and help the reporter get his review of Delicious Treats bakery together sentence by sentence sequencing his points into order.