During or after reading a fictional book, help your learner put their thoughts onto paper with this book or character mind map!

Let future leaders get a taste of American politics with their very own election book!

What's going on in this superhero comic strip? The adventures are up to your learner, as they fill in captions and word bubbles with comic book writing.

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.

Students will use an excerpt from the book The Secret Agent Training Manual: How to Make and Break Top Secret Messages by Elizabeth Singer Hunt to study paragraph structure.

Young writers map out their essays with the help of this graphic organizer.

Use these 24 cards for daily writing exercises, or hand them out to encourage variety in writing!

Use these 24 cards for daily writing exercises, or hand them out to encourage variety in writing!

Use this exercise with your students to pick out facts that would support a paragraph about spring cleaning

This lunch time story is completely out of order! Can your child read each sentence and number them correctly so that the story makes sense?

In an acrostic poem, the first letter of each line spells out a word or message! Give your child a fun challenge with this acrostic "mother" poem starter.

Out of this world! This prospector has begun mining for resources on Mars! Your 4th grade sci-fi lover can write a story about his daily life.

Watch out for this big, bad Bushido! Bushido is a Japanese word meaning "way of the warrior." It's up to your child to write the story of this super samurai.

Does your child need a head start in creative writing? Give her this story starter worksheet, and she'll help Marnie figure out how to bake her muffins!

Students will look at a sample essay and try to pick out the kind of details and big ideas that make an informative essay tick.

Concept maps are versatile and useful for all subject areas. Use this concept map for word work, main idea and supporting details, or to map out ideas.

Readers will reinforce their understanding of key narrative features in this writing exercise.

Help your writers develop a voice with this worksheet. Challenge them to think about ways to express themselves with language, phrases, idioms, similes, and word choice.

Introduce students to this graphic organizer to help them outline their ideas for an essay of their own.

Your fourth grader can practice story sequencing and flex their reading comprehension by putting the paragraphs in order to tell a story beginning to end.

Students will organize and construct the skeleton of an persuasive essay with this engaging activity.

Students will organize and construct the skeleton of an informative essay with this engaging problem-solving activity.

Use this bubble chart to brainstorm your favorite superhero's real strengths.

Students will craft their own essay using this graphic organizer as a helpful way to get started.

When students note observations as they read, they gain a deeper understanding of their texts.

Spin a spooky tale with a creative writing card game, perfect for a dark and creepy Halloween night around the campfire.

Practice composition skills and help the reporter get his review of Delicious Treats bakery together sentence by sentence sequencing his points into order.

There are a lot of parts to a letter. This checklist helps students ensure they have a complete and polished piece of correspondence. It includes the main parts of a letter; conventions; format; and tips for how to choose a closing.

Boost reading comprehension skills with this language arts worksheet. Kids read the story, then use clues from the story to write their own conclusion below.

A.J. and C.K. are at it again! If your child is into comics or graphic novels, they're sure to love this do-it-yourself comic adventure.