Analogies are a way of describing the similarities between two things by comparing them.

Students read background information about April as National Volunteer Month and then respond to reflective questions.

Students can practice finding transition words using a sample text about the popularity of soccer that’s chock full of transitions.

This two-page practice template guides young authors through the process of writing strong hooks, including tips, best practices, and common pitfalls.

Flex your superhuman writing abilities with a fun prompt! If you could be a superhero, what power would you want to have?

Students will choose one of two writing prompts focused on analyzing the author’s use of language and literary devices in this literary response worksheet.

Invite students to practice their argumentative writing skills with this leap year-inspired writing prompt!

Get your learners thinking and writing creatively with this exciting, summer-themed prompt about a strange encounter at a local carnival!

Learners will write an original song for planet Earth in this fun songwriting prompt.

Teach young writers to spice up sentences with adverb phrases in this engaging activity.

Is your student a budding novelist? Start her career off on the right foot with this short story writing worksheet.

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

Up, up and away! Your comic book enthusiast will have a BLAST with this super comic book writing project.

Upper grade students will practice using transition words to craft clear and cohesive writing.

Students will read a fascinating, informational text about fungus, then follow steps to write a conclusion.

Being a fish might be fun! Your young writer can write their own under the sea story with this creative writing prompt.

Engage readers with a colorful artistic extension activity to go along with The Giver by Lois Lowry!

Assess your students’ proficiency in genre writing!

Children learn about Día de los Muertos as they practice finding and supporting the main idea in this nonfiction comprehension worksheet.

With this worksheet, students will read a short text about Malala Yousafzai's fight for girls’ rights to education in Pakistan, and then answer questions about the importance of standing up for what they believe in.

Write your own Declaration of Independence in this creative writing worksheet!

Your student must put her creative writing skills to the test to complete the parts of the story that are missing.

The structure of a paragraph becomes clearer when you think critically about the choices a great author made and try to recreate them.

Students will practice writing hook questions and then write their own introduction to an informational text about animals that echo.

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

In this worksheet, children read about the March on Washington, the ideals that inspired it,  and the people who attended it.

Choose your literary nonfiction response prompt! Students will choose one of two writing prompts focused on analyzing the impact of an author’s word choice.

For little private eyes everywhere, here's a chance to play detective! Your child will use writing and drawing skills to finish this fun and furry comic strip.