4th - 7th Grade English Language Arts Resources : Page 104

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Main Idea and Details in Fiction.

Read about exciting early cinema like The Arrival of a Train at La Ciotat Station! Find out how mundane topics entertained and even scared audiences.

This high-flying cartoon wrestler is on the path to lucha libre lore, but it's up to you to decide how he gets there. Color him in and then write his story.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Main Idea and Details in Fiction.

Let your fourth grader dig deep into their imagination to come up with their own adventure for A.J. and C.K., in this fill-in-the-blank comic strip.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Characters and Settings.

What if Friday the 13th really did cause everybody bad luck? Let your creativity jump off from here and write about the worst possible Friday the 13th.

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.

Did you know that in Australia, December 25th is actually during the summer? Imagine if we celebrated Christmas during the summer!

What if Cinderella's sisters stole her magical carriage and ended up in the desert! It's up to your creative writer to decide what happens next.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Differentiating Main Ideas from Details.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Problems and Solutions in Fiction.

Learn some mid-west geography with this cursive capitals page that features Madison, Wisconsin.

What if a pirate went head-to-head with a ninja? Your little writer will decide the ending to this wacky story prompt!

Beware of walking under ladders! Find out the origins of this superstition and why people avoid walking under ladders.

Do you remember your favorite Christmas experience? Get your little writer to practice her creative writing with a fun prompt.

Invite students to reflect on a book character’s words in this writing response worksheet featuring a quote by Tilly from Tilly and the Bookwanderers.

An oxymoron is a figure of speech made up of words with very different meanings. In this creative writing activity, students will put their figurative language skills to the test as they craft a story using some catchy contradictory phrases!

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Discovering Nonfiction Details.

Let’s exaggerate! Hyperboles are a fun way for students to spice up their writing.

Need a little punctuation practice? Here's a great worksheet that will challenge your child's grammar skills, and introduce him to some classic literature!

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: An Introduction to Onomatopoeia.

Engage your students with eggciting wordplay and food puns!

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Sentence Structures for Summarizing.

Help fourth graders brush up on geography and handwriting skills with this cursive capitals worksheet featuring Charleston, West Virginia.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Making Sense of Metaphors.

This worksheet walks students through the three main formatting strategies writers can use when organizing and pacing their narratives.

This adjectives and nouns worksheet is a great way to avoid the summer slide and to reinforce your child's knowledge of the parts of speech.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Personification Practice.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Making Sense of Metaphors.