Characters are at the very center of any story, and learning how to create dynamic characters is essential for budding writers. Your students can use this handy organizer to plan rich character development in their creative writing.

Use this fun exercise to help your students add descriptive details into an eerie narrative.

There are many ways that writers can add voice to their writing, including dialect, emotion, word choice, and ALL CAPS.

Use this mid-year assessment to get a glimpse into your young writers and their skills when it comes to writing narratives.

Practice your super strong writing skills to defend your opinion about who the best superhero is.

Help your students develop and prepare a well-reasoned argument with this handy organizer! First students will choose a topic that they feel strongly about, then they'll explain the reasons for their opinion and practice writing a concluding statement.

Sink your teeth into some vampire history and lore with this playful Halloween worksheet!

It’s fun to think about the future! In this activity, students write a persuasive paragraph about what they need to learn in order to make their dreams come true.

Jump into a comic strip with this creative writing prompt. Tell a story about your life as a superhero!

Assess your students’ knowledge of the revision process and its role in the writing process.

In this exercise, your young writers will write a persuasive letter to a person of their choice.

What's your favorite thing about the rain? This writing prompt encourages your child to use their descriptive powers to write about what happens on rainy days.

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

Got a case of writer's block? One great way to get started is to draw a picture!

Help students gain phonological knowledge and an understanding of one-to-one correspondence by spelling words one letter at a time in this fun hands-on activity!

Give your students practice in using editing symbols for punctuation and capitalization.

Young writers practice crafting interesting, well rounded characters for their stories with this character planning template.

Use this creative prompt to peek into your young writer’s imagination and cultivate their writing skills.

Students will look over a sample reading response letter and identify important elements in the text.

A strong ending is a key part of creative writing! Have your second graders flex their fiction comprehension muscles with this activity. Students will consider problem, solution, characters, and detail as they answer questions after reading a short story.

Encourage your writers to use this graphic organizer worksheet when writing an informative essay. Fill in the bubbles for topic, main ideas, and supporting details.

This prewriting activity helps students focus on developing a character and scene for a story.

Your students will break down a complicated sentence and practice rewording new vocabulary in this worksheet.

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

Up, up, and away! Kids love to explore new places! Use this awesome travel writing template as a launching point for your students to hone their writing and editing skills.

How cool would it be to have a pet dragon! Have fun with this "what if" writing prompt, and spin a fun story about the adventures you'd have.

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.

What's going on here? Your child can decide what's happening and where these characters might go next, using this writing prompt as a start.

Imagine you spent a day in the life of a snowflake. What winter wonders would you see? Have some fun with this creative writing prompt.

In this activity, students will look at how to use quotation marks and and where they should go in a sentence.