Use these vocabulary flashcards with the EL Support Lesson: Understanding Main Ideas and Supporting Details.

Voice is the energy, intention, and tone of a piece. Students will practice identifying voice in writing, then examine an excerpt from an award-winning text that book with a strong example of voice.

Imagine if Count Dracula had an advice column! What kinds of zany advice would he give out?

Starting a story can be the toughest part of writing. Help your child flex their creativity by starting the same story in six different ways!

Use this Halloween story starter to encourage your child to hone their creative writing skills and write imaginative tales all about this beloved fall holiday! This worksheet includes a place for young authors to write and illustrate their story.

Got a video game enthusiast on your hands? Give them a fun alternative with this creative writing sheet, where they'll get to make up their own video game!

The incredible Kid Wizard and Ninjastar are about to face off with their arch-nemesis! But how will things end?

Good writers also know how to slow down the action at just the right times to build suspense and pull the reader into the moment.

Have you ever wanted to be someone new? In this fun worksheet, students can apply to the job of the Easter Bunny!

If your child has ever fantasized about being a pro athlete, he'll enjoy this writing assignment! Characters have stats and stories have supporting details.

Get your fifth grader to polish his writing chops with this write-it-yourself comic.

Put a fun spin on the typical "Dear Santa" letter. Your child must use persuasive language to convince Santa to bring her the presents she wants!

What's going on here? What are these two saying? This scene could use your child's creativity to be complete!

Students will practice creating sentences using both like and as, filling in the blanks with figurative language of their own.

What if Bigfoot and the Abominable Snowman were stranded on a desert island together? It's up to your creative writer to tell the rest of the story.

Convince reluctant writers to pick up their pens with this fun write-it-yourself superhero comic.

Super villain Mt. Crushmore and superhero The Human Shield are battling it out...with sharks! What mighty and menacing things are they saying to each other?

Keep creativity alive this winter break with a creative writing prompt, inspired by the spirit of Christmas giving!

Put a little imagination into writing practice! Kids will imagine up a new animal species and write a descriptive paragraph about it.

A.J. and C.K. are at a baseball game! Let your fourth grader use their big imagination to fill in the speech bubbles in this comic strip-writing adventure.

Show your fifth-grader it's possible to make your own comic rather than just read them. He'll work on creative writing while he's at it!

Is your child "stuck" without a good story starter? Behold the Awful Epoxy, a sticky super villain.

Did you know that in Australia, December 25th is actually during the summer? Imagine if we celebrated Christmas during the summer!

Calculating caterpillars and capricious crayfish! Your child will be laughing as he learns some new vocabulary and practices using alliteration.

Children will enjoy dreaming up their dream Valentine's Day gift in this simple drawing and writing prompt.

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

What if you woke up on Christmas morning and time had stopped! What would happen next?

What is real and what is imaginary? Give your students practice differentiating between realistic and imaginary details.

Encourage your fourth graders to put their writing skills and imagination to good use by imagining that they are opening up a restaurant and writing about it!

Get in the spirit of Christmas with a writing prompt about your favorite Christmas gifts! Your child can use descriptive language to make a paragraph.