Explore the major themes of your reading assignment by making a book poster. Don't forget the tagline!

In this activity, your child will get the chance to adapt a favorite book for the stage or screen.

Give students the opportunity to share their opinions and preferences regarding school-related topics with this fun back-to-school anticipatory activity!

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

Discover what the school year ahead has in store for you with a paper fortune teller!

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.

Send a letter to your future self with this back-to-school writing prompt!

Inspire your learners' creative writing with this fun writing prompt about an end-of-school-year class trip!

First thing's first: if your kid has a reading assignment, start by stating just the facts on this essential-info sheet.

After reading Jim Murphy's novel The Great Fire, allow students to engage with the book with this thoughtful letter-writing extension activity!

After reading Jim Murphy’s The Great Fire, help learners make connections between the book and their community with this engaging extension activity.

After completing Jim Murphy’s book The Great Fire, give students a chance to reflect on the major themes and events of the story with these response prompts.

Hook your students with this cookie-themed exercise that will teach the basics of strong persuasive writing.

Up, up and away! Your comic book enthusiast will have a BLAST with this super comic book writing project.

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

Present your dad with this do-it-yourself book of Father's Day recipes!

Prepare students for reading The Great Fire by facilitating a picture walk through the first chapters’ images, pictures, and maps.

Write about a mysterious message with this fun prompt!

What unusual item could your character find in the library? Find out with this fun writing activity!

Year-round school: yay or nay? Use your persuasive writing skills to make a case.

When students finish reading Jim Murphy’s The Great Fire, help them think about cause and effect with this graphic organizer!

If you could have music class with any famous musician, who would it be? Write about it with this creative writing prompt!

Inspire your learners' creative writing with this fun writing prompt about a mysterious message in a yearbook!

Inspire your learners' creative writing with this fun writing prompt about a surprise discovery!

Paraphrasing means putting another's writing into your own words. This is an important skill for middle school children to master.

Think about what you want to improve about yourself as you start the new school year with this writing prompt!

Every story has a turning point or two, and this worksheet encourages your kid to examine the main event in a book up close.

Get to know your students and allow them to get to know each other with this fun back-to-school worksheet! 

Children are invited to come up with a new ending to a book they have read in this inventive fan fiction worksheet template.