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

After reading Esperanza Rising by Pam Muñoz Ryan, students can reflect on the themes and events of the novel with these writing prompts!

Give your novice writer a fun way to practice sentence writing with these sentence starter prompts.

Organize sentences into complete paragraphs in this worksheet! Help your little writer learn to use inference with this topic sentences worksheet.

Encourage students to use vivid, descriptive imagery with this creative worksheet!

These fun dog-themed worksheets will help fifth graders practice their reading comprehension skills.

In this resource, students will identify sequence words in the summary of a well-known fairy tale. Then they'll read a short story and write a summary with the help of a sequence word bank.

Read through a student’s how-to and tips for touring the Pentagon. While reading, students will decide if they should use a preposition or conjunction in the text.

Use this worksheet to have students write or draw about their reading each day.

Students will practice writing strong leads for their literary essays.

This two-page practice template guides young authors through the process of writing strong hooks, including tips, best practices, and common pitfalls.

You know your first grader would leap at the chance to own a pet dinosaur. Let him explore the possibilities with this fun handwriting exercise!

Learn step by step how to create a report! Research facts about camels, complete the sentences, then use the sentences to create a report about camels.

While playing this fun memory game, students will find a piece of evidence that supports each claim.

Children practice forming and writing an opinion in this simple opinion-writing worksheet.

Give your students some practice writing an informational essay about the American Revolution!

A strong hook will capture a reader's attention and make them want to know more! In this activity, students will identify four different ways to hook a reader into a story.

Children practice reading with a critical eye toward grammar and punctuation in this practice worksheet.

Take a closer look at formatting! Learning how nonfiction text is formatted helps students understand the underlying structure of the information.

Surprise! Young writers are prompted to write a personal narrative about a time they were surprised. Students will practice sequencing and prewriting skills as they use this fun watermelon-shaped graphic organizer to plan out their personal narrative.

Write the story to go along with this series of story illustrations with this fun writing prompt.

After reading Pam Muñoz Ryan’s novel Esperanza Rising, let students use their creativity to model the two main settings from the story!

Students will read a fascinating, informational text about fungus, then follow steps to write a conclusion.

Help your budding writer learn to "show, not tell" with this creative writing exercise.

After finishing R.J. Palacio’s novel Wonder, encourage students to create their own precepts with this creative extension activity!

Learn more about the life of Anne Frank, a tragic, true-life story of a young girl caught up in the horrors of war.

Learners practice their argumentative writing skills with this writing prompt about school dress codes!

Children read about the sun as they identify supporting details in this science and literacy worksheet.

Take mystery and suspenseful writing to the next level with this worksheet! Students can revise sentences and then use this exercise to make their own writing more evocative. Use this worksheet to practice adding vivid details to sentences.

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.