There are many ways to spice up personal narratives. From dialogue to pictures, this worksheet teaches students the benefit of adding descriptive elements to their writing.

Use this worksheet to help evaluate student summaries of texts or other presentations.

Use details and imagery to capture this long holiday in writing.

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.

This exercise will challenge your child's powers of recollection as well as his communication skills. It also provides an introduction to the research process.

In this worksheet, students will write a story about their recent history using important storytelling words like first, next, after, and finally. Challenge your students to write an interesting ending!

Grab a quill and ink ... it's time to write Santa a Victorian letter! Give your child a dose of history with this festive writing prompt.

Allow your child to dream about what goes on high over her head with this story starter worksheet that encourages your child to think about life in space.

Once students have completed their first draft of opinion writing, use this handy checklist to guide them through the peer review process. Students will look for a clear opinion, supporting reasons, a conclusion, and correct spelling and punctuation.

This handy checklist will be useful when editing all kinds of writing! Have your students use this helpful writing aid to make their writing even better as they check for correct capitalization, punctuation, neatness, and more.

What is this tennis player doing? Help your second grader build his creative writing skills with this beginning sentence writing worksheet.

Challenge your students to form a well-reasoned argument with this writing prompt (and rubric!) that's sure to evoke some strong opinions. Students will think about how much homework second graders should be given and make their case in essay form.

Got a curious kid at home? Help him discover more about the kangaroo, the national animal of Australia and a favorite of zoo-goers everywhere.

Assess your students’ proficiency in genre writing. Standards-based rubric included.

This cat looks crafty, but how does the story end? Give your child a head start writing a creative story with this fun coloring page.

Polish your writing skills with this spooky Halloween writing exercise! Your child will use his imagination to build a scary story from this prompt.

Children will draw an Easter picture, then write about their picture on the lines, in this sweet writing and drawing prompt.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Finding the Key Details.

Practice letter-writing basics with this cut-out Mother's Day card template!

In this spooky-slash-silly writing prompt, kids can write about what kind of music, if any, might repel a zombie.

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

Assess your students’ grasp on writing norms and style within the opinion writing genre.

If your child prefers scaly and slithery to soft and fluffy, here's a worksheet on the goanna, a large lizard that lives in Australia.

This worksheet will help your students determine whether they can construct a solid argument around a claim they have made about a story.

It's time to put on your creative writing caps! Your students will enjoy writing their own endings to this unfinished story!

This Halloween story starter will help your child polish grammar, handwriting and spelling skills. Get into the spooky spirit with a Halloween story starter!

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

Encourage young writers to create a story using tools like figurative language, adverbs, and adjectives.

Let your first grader brag a bit about his best skills and enjoyable, after-school activities.