Show your fifth-grader it's possible to make your own comic rather than just read them. He'll work on creative writing while he's at it!

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

In this activity, students will consider different strategies for coming up with titles, and practice crafting them for various pieces of text.

Get your fifth grader to polish his writing chops with this write-it-yourself comic.

Students will read a complex sentence and then break it down into bite-size chunks in order to practice rewording vocabulary in this reading fluency worksheet.

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.

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

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?

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

Celebrate Halloween with a spooky reading exercise, where you'll learn all about werewolves! Read up on the history behind these legendary beasts.

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.

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

Students will put their persuasive skills to work with this worksheet. They will plan and write a draft of a persuasive paragraph on whether or not to buy an electronic device of their choosing.

Students read about Yousafzai's life, then answer a series of thoughtful questions about both education and the issues they care about.

Peter Pan says what? Your child adds to the famous story with his imagination in this fun writing exercise.

What are they saying? Write the dialogue for the scientist and robot!

You decide what's happening on the page by drawing and writing it in!

This printable game is a walk in the park! Get fired up for figurative language with this fun and creative metaphor game.

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.

What's going on here? What are these two saying? This scene could use your child's creativity to be complete!

Students will practice creating sentences using both like and as, filling in the blanks with figurative language of their own.

How would the story of the Frog Prince go if it was told from the perspective of the other frogs in the pond?

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

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

Calculating caterpillars and capricious crayfish! Your child will be laughing as he learns some new vocabulary and practices using alliteration.

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

Practice identifying advanced formatting features found in nonfiction, including titles, headings, and subheadings.

Collect and organize your thoughts in preparation for a reading response letter with this graphic organizer.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Main Idea and Supporting Details.

By writing his own story in this worksheet, your child can learn to "fill in the blanks" of reading comprehension.