Essay Writing Resources

What is a Narrative? Key Features

In this activity, students will consider the key features of a narrative, such as plot, setting, rising action, and characters.

4th grade

Reading & writing

Worksheet

Informational Writing Graphic Organizer

Worksheet

Informational Writing Graphic Organizer

Use this resource to help your students get organized. The labeled sections will guide them to follow the proper informative essay structure.

3rd grade

Reading & writing

Worksheet

Favorite Food Opinion Writing

Worksheet

Favorite Food Opinion Writing

Let your students work up an appetite for writing with this opinion writing prompt. First students will consider their favorite food while they fill in the structured pre-writing planner, then they can use the second page to write their opinion essay.

2nd grade

Reading & writing

Worksheet

Thanksgiving Writing Ideas

Worksheet

Thanksgiving Writing Ideas

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

3rd grade

Reading & writing

Worksheet

Write Your Essay

Worksheet

Write Your Essay

This worksheet will help your writers begin to craft their essay by walking them, step-by-step, through paragraph writing and structuring their ideas.

4th grade

Reading & writing

Worksheet

Persuasive Writing Assessment

Worksheet

Persuasive Writing Assessment

This language arts assessment will illustrate your students’ writing abilities within the persuasive writing genre.

4th grade

Reading & writing

Worksheet

Journal Writing Task Cards #1

Worksheet

Journal Writing Task Cards #1

Use these 24 cards for daily writing exercises, or hand them out to encourage variety in writing!

5th grade

Reading & writing

Worksheet

Crafting Your Persuasive Letter

Lesson plan

Crafting Your Persuasive Letter

Knowing how to write an effective persuasive letter is a powerful tool. Students will learn how to advocate for their ideas by planning and drafting a well-supported persuasive letter on an issue of their choice.

5th grade

Reading & writing

Lesson plan

Opinion Writing Check-Up

Worksheet

Opinion Writing Check-Up

Use this resource to assess your students’ writing skills when it comes to responding to opinion writing prompts.

3rd grade

Reading & writing

Worksheet

Informational Writing Check-Up

Worksheet

Informational Writing Check-Up

Use this resource to assess your students’ writing skills in responding to an informational writing prompt.

3rd grade

Reading & writing

Worksheet

Argument Writing: Parts of an Argument

Worksheet

Argument Writing: Parts of an Argument

Introduce your students to the five parts of an effective argument.

4th grade

Reading & writing

Worksheet

What is a Narrative? Kinds of Narratives

Worksheet

What is a Narrative? Kinds of Narratives

In this activity, students will explore different kinds of narratives.

4th grade

Reading & writing

Worksheet

Informative Essay: Mixed Up Essay

Worksheet

Informative Essay: Mixed Up Essay

Students will organize and construct the skeleton of an informative essay with this engaging problem-solving activity.

4th grade

Reading & writing

Worksheet

Argument Writing: Match the Evidence

Worksheet

Argument Writing: Match the Evidence

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

4th grade

Reading & writing

Worksheet

The Best Food

Worksheet

The Best Food

Second graders love food! Help your young writer share their opinion about the best kind of food using this helpful paragraph organizer. Fair warning, this activity might make you hungry!

2nd grade

Reading & writing

Worksheet

Outline an Informative Paragraph

Worksheet

Outline an Informative Paragraph

Use this sample paragraph and outline to help students write their own informational paragraphs.

5th grade

Reading & writing

Worksheet

Argument Writing: Counter-Arguments

Worksheet

Argument Writing: Counter-Arguments

With this exercise, students will practice writing counter-arguments and rebuttals.

4th grade

Reading & writing

Worksheet

Recess Opinion Writing

Worksheet

Recess Opinion Writing

Encourage your second graders to develop a well-reasoned argument about the length of recesses with this writing prompt and rubric. Students can use the pre-writing planner to develop their argument, then they'll write out their opinion on page two.

2nd grade

Reading & writing

Worksheet

Favorite Subject Opinion Writing

Worksheet

Favorite Subject Opinion Writing

Learn more about your students' favorite school subjects with this engaging opinion writing prompt and rubric. Students will contemplate their favorite subject while they fill out the pre-writing planner, then they'll write out their essay on page two.

2nd grade

Reading & writing

Worksheet

Journal Writing Task Cards #2

Worksheet

Journal Writing Task Cards #2

Use these 24 cards for daily writing exercises, or hand them out to encourage variety in writing!

5th grade

Reading & writing

Worksheet

Map Your Essay

Worksheet

Map Your Essay

This graphic organizer will help your students map out their essay.

4th grade

Reading & writing

Worksheet

Superstitions: Ideas for Writing

Workbook

Superstitions: Ideas for Writing

No need to knock on wood, this book just takes a page from common superstitions to give kids great writing practice! They can consider some origins as they read and write about different beliefs.

4th grade

Reading & writing

Workbook

Narrative Story Organizer

Worksheet

Narrative Story Organizer

Second graders love telling stories! Help them plan their own small moment stories using this handy graphic organizer.

2nd grade

Reading & writing

Worksheet

Argument Writing: Parts of an Argument #2

Worksheet