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

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

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!

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?

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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.

Children are invited to reflect on the ways adversity can lead to gratitude in this thoughtful writing prompt.

Let your fourth grader dive into this fill-in-the-blank comic adventure of A.J. and C.K.

Help your students plan a well-supported persuasive letter with this planning document.

Kids imagine what they would do if a scarecrow showed up for Thanksgiving dinner in this creative writing exercise.

Do Christmas angels play hockey? Use your imagination to elaborate on this wacky winter scene!

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.

Select a topic that interests you, then learn about it from a variety of sources, such as books, websites, and articles.

Nobody knows much about the Secretive Celestial. It's up to your young author to decide who this superhero is. Let the imagination run wild.

The elegant and simply style of renga is the perfect way to introduce your child to the rhythm and style of poetry.

Try rewriting a childhood favorite, Peter Pan, as if Pan was the bad guy and Captain Hook was the good guy!

In Greek mythology, it was believed that trees had souls called dryads. These female spirits would watch over the forest.

Children write about how they would care for a pet turkey in this creative writing exercise.

Did you ever get bad luck from seeing a black cat cross your path? Maybe the superstition is not as scary as you thought!

Use your imagination to decide what you would do if you had a million dollars! Write about it in this creative writing exercise.