A cinquain poem is a five line poem that does not rhyme. Your students can read an example of a cinquain poem, then try writing a few of their own.

What ten essentials would you pack in case of an emergency? Help kids think about disaster preparedness from zombie apocalypse point of view!

How well do you know your siblings? Give your writer a fun activity, where they'll answer questions about their big or little brother!

Here's great exercise for writers of any age - building a character with supporting details! In this case, a vampire character.

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

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

This worksheet helps underscore the importance of sequencing as students learn to structure their writing.

Zombies always have such a bad rep. Imagine a day in the life from the point of view of a zombie kid!

Look out, a twister is headed this way! This tornado writing prompt is sure to trigger a creative story from your young writer.

What lurks inside this spooky house? Your 5th grader can invent her own scary story based on this haunting illustration!

How hard could it be to get rid of a cursed treasure chest? Your fifth grader will enjoy making up a story to go along with this illustration!

In this worksheet, children read an example of a bio poem for jazz musician Thelonious Monk, then use the prompt to create a bio poem for a person of their choosing.

This worksheet offers useful practice for students learning about this figurative language device.

Kids imagine what they would do if a scarecrow showed up for Thanksgiving dinner in this creative writing exercise.

Young writers will reflect on what the holiday season means to them with this seasonal writing prompt.

This worksheet will help your students determine whether they can construct a solid argument around a claim they have made about a story.

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

Young writers practice crafting thoughtful, compelling paragraphs with this persuasive writing worksheet.

Children use their creative writing skills with this Thanksgiving prompt.

Children reflect on the significance of this holiday with this thoughtful writing prompt.

In this writing exercise, children write a descriptive paragraph or two about the colors that surround them in autumn.

In this creative writing Halloween prompt, young writers will use their imaginations to dream up their very own Halloween potion.

Children are invited to reflect on the ways adversity can lead to gratitude in this thoughtful writing prompt.

If you're stuck at home this summer, try these fun pretend postcards instead for an exercise in creative writing!

Encourage your child to turn his verbal creativity into a creative writing activity by penning a short story incorporating a few of his trademark expressions.

Try a Chinese poetry style called wu-yan-li-shi, which hopeful immigrants wrote while waiting on Angel Island in California to be admitted to the U.S.