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

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.

This prewriting activity helps students focus on developing a character and scene for a story.

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

Young writers practice crafting interesting, well rounded characters for their stories with this character planning template.

What would happen if Baba Yaga had a hoarding intervention? Get to know a famous and eerie Russian folktale with this creative writing exercise.

Get ready to ring in the New Year with a fun writing prompt, all about New Year's resolutions. This is a good way to build paragraph-writing skills.

Get to know your readers with this practice prompt, to help kids learn the importance of writing for an audience.

This Halloween story starter will help your child polish grammar, handwriting and spelling skills. Get into the spooky spirit with a Halloween story starter!

This worksheet is designed to provide additional support for students who need extra practice with the basic revising and editing skills.

The first half of Dotty's story is here, but the second half is missing! Can your child come up with her own ending to complete the page?

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?

Get ready for the next big snowstorm with a plan to stay cozy, safe, and happy!

Students read background information about January as National Hobby Month and then respond to reflective questions.

Get kids thinking about their opinions! This worksheet will help you gain an understanding of how your students organize their ideas prior to crafting a new writing piece. This resource pairs well with the Household Chores writing prompt.

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.

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.

This Easter writing prompt will get your child to think about Easter traditions and then order his thoughts by practicing structured composition.

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

Children learn to recognize how they can write with a certain reader, or audience, in mind, in this hands-on worksheet.

Students read background information about February as National Library Lover’s Month and then respond to reflective questions.

Thanksgiving is a great time to focus on family and be thankful for things in our lives. In the worksheet A Poem with Details from Your Thanksgiving, learners will write an abecedarian poem with details from their Thanksgiving break where the first letter

Get students looking ahead and setting goals for themselves in the new year with this resolutions writing worksheet.

When authors create characters, they think about “inside” and “outside” details. Your students will go through the same process with this writing worksheet. Ask them to create a character and list the things they imagine this character thinks about and fe

What if the monster under the bed was just lonely and shy? Have some spooky fun with this writing prompt to challenge your point of view.

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

Many famous mythical creatures tend to reflect the geography of the land around their country of origin. What does your hometown monster look like?

What would happen if Megalodon and the Loch Ness Monster went head-to-head? Your budding writer can have fun narrating this epic battle!

Good writers also know how to slow down the action at just the right times to build suspense and pull the reader into the moment.

Use this classic poem by Robert Louis Stevenson to introduce students to onomatopoeia.