The ability to paraphrase is a valuable skill! Help your child learn to put informational text in her own words, with this passage about the Nile River.

After reading Esperanza Rising, get students thinking about point of view with this creative novel study extension activity!

Give blossoming authors a chance to practice their creative writing skills with this realistic fiction writing prompt and standards-based rubric.

Prepare students for reading Suzanne Collins' The Hunger Games by having them complete this pre-reading activity!

Use this pre-reading discussion guide to prepare students for reading The Giver by Lois Lowry.

After reading Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl, students reflect on the major themes and events of Anne’s story with these response prompts.

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

Students choose one of two writing prompts focused on analyzing the interaction of different story elements in this literary response worksheet for middle school!

Help children hone their creativity and critical thinking skills while providing hands-on experience with design planning, reflection, and writing process.

Keep this study aid handy during homework time, or keep a copy in the back of your binder for classroom reference.

Students will choose one of two writing prompts focused on analyzing characters’ points of view in a story in this literary response worksheet for middle grades.

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

Use this inspirational personal narrative prompt and standards-based rubric to help middle schoolers hone their narrative writing skills.

Develop your students' writing skills with this character and setting worksheet!

Integrate writing and science with this research graphic organizer in which students research and record information about an invasive species in their local region.

Explore setting by creating a travel brochure for the setting of your book.

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

Children learn about the traditional Chinese Zodiac calendar — then get creative and design a calendar of their own, including a brief description of why they chose each animal.

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

In this creative writing exercise, students will rewrite sentences to make them more interesting and practice adding vivid adjectives and adverbs to their writing.

This pre-reading activity is a great way to prepare students for reading The Giver by Lois Lowry.

Invite your students to practice their creative storytelling with this fun, spring-themed writing prompt about a peculiar find at the beach following a storm!

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Writing About Math Expressions.

Use this resource with your students to practice identifying relationships between words. As your students complete the analogies, they will notice synonym relationships.

This graphic organizer will help your young writers organize and explain their supporting evidence.

Applicable to most nonfiction texts, this worksheet has students choose one of two writing prompts focused on determining and analyzing the author’s purpose in a nonfiction text.

Cite your sources correctly with these bibliography guidelines, which show how to properly cite sources like books, magazines, and web articles.

Use this picture prompt to provoke creativity in student writing.

A soccer ball flies toward the goalie, but what happens next? Let your budding writer create his own story, using this picture prompt as a starting point.