You've never heard a ghost story like The Phantom Knight of Vandal Camp! Discover the scares, if you dare, behind this tale before writing the ending.

There's life on Mars! It's the Molten Martian! This curious character can be a springboard to a story by your 4th grader. Let him take off into his imagination.

Enjoy a sweet writing response page all about Valentine's Day. Kids will get to reflect on an important person in their life.

In this activity, students will consider different strategies for coming up with titles, and practice crafting them for various pieces of text.

Young writers can elevate their writing through wise word choices!

Jump into a comic strip with this creative writing prompt. Tell a story about your life as a superhero!

It's a bird, it's a plane, it's a ... flying baby? Your imaginative young writer can come up with a story for this unlikely superhero.

Students will read a complex sentence and then break it down into bite-size chunks in order to practice rewording vocabulary in this reading fluency worksheet.

Students will then popular upper grade novel titles and determine the strategies those authors used to grab readers' attention.

Students will use this worksheet to write about their thinking as they discuss their ideas!

Did you know that kids all over the globe know of the boogeyman? This cautionary tale is told in almost every country!

With this exercise, your students will master the art of revision using standard editing marks.

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

Students will put their persuasive skills to work with this worksheet. They will plan and write a draft of a persuasive paragraph on whether or not to buy an electronic device of their choosing.

Students read about Yousafzai's life, then answer a series of thoughtful questions about both education and the issues they care about.

This printable game is a walk in the park! Get fired up for figurative language with this fun and creative metaphor game.

Research your favorite author, then map out biographical details on an idea web.