Students read background information about August as National Sandwich Month and then respond to reflective questions.

Assess your students’ informational writing skills with this standards-based rubric for seventh grade!

Introduce your students to words and phrases that will strengthen their argument writing.

Students will sort sentences into topics and then write paragraphs to help them understand the organizational structure of writing.

In this exercise your students will color code the key components of an example informative paragraph.

Untangle the strands of a story with this spider web graphic organizer!

In this worksheet, children will learn about a few common resource materials and how to search for information in them alphabetically.

Give your students practice in catching the reader's attention by using a strong hook in their writing!

Get your thoughts organized with this handy graphic organizer! Kids can use this template to deconstruct any story they're working on in school.

After reviewing the different parts of a persuasive paragraph, your fourth graders will outline their own persuasive paragraph.

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.

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.

What foods do you like to eat in the winter? Answer this question and more with this writing exercise that allows you to practice sentence writing.

This prewriting activity walks students through making an outline of a narrative essay, from the central ideas to the important details.

Hold on to your extra eyes and slimy green ooze -- this isn't your average creative writing prompt!

With this prewriting organizer, students will brainstorm and visualize details of their fictional story.

This prewriting exercise will help your writers shape their topic and start to generate support ideas.

Read about the westward expansion of the United States and respond to questions about the informational text.

Young writers respond to three relatable prompts in this three-page nonfiction writing exercise.

Students compose a persuasive paragraph stating their opinion, including an introduction, three supporting arguments, and a conclusion, with the help of this worksheet template.

Personal narrative writing is all about you! Get kids thinking and writing about their personal experiences and how they felt about them.

Students will study effective hooks and have the option to craft some hooks for their own writing.

If your child likes to rhyme, have him try this fun style by using the format of poet Edward Lear.

Students practice sequencing story events with this worksheet. Cut out the sentences into strips and then build your story by arranging them in the best order.

This worksheet asks students to find the transition words and to use them in their own sentences.

There are many ways to figure out the meanings of unknown words. Through this worksheet, students record unknown words and find out their meaning using a variety of strategies.

Your student must put her creative writing skills to the test to complete the parts of the story that are missing.

This volcano writing worksheet is a great story starter and provides a different approach to composition, perfect for research-based writing.

Help your student practice story organization with this exercise, where they'll identify the supporting details that properly support the main idea.

Give your students a chance to voice their opinion and practice their writing skills with this fun “would you rather” writing prompt!