Students will then popular upper grade novel titles and determine the strategies those authors used to grab readers' attention.

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

Mix history and fiction and write your own story about what would happen if Captain Hook of "Peter Pan" and Captain Blackbeard met!

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.

Use this classic poem by Robert Louis Stevenson to introduce students to onomatopoeia.

Use a kid-friendly rubric to help your students peer-review their persuasive essays!

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

What would happen if Megalodon and the Loch Ness Monster went head-to-head? Your budding writer can have fun narrating this epic battle!

Students learn how to support an opinion by addressing opposing viewpoints.

A letter is found in an attic. There's a mystery ahead! Your young author can use their imagination to create a fictional story based on this writing prompt.

Does your kid think he knows how to write a haiku? How about draw one? Let him try it out with this haiku worksheet. Inspiration is a blank canvas!

Assess your students’ varying abilities to write in a cohesive and sequential manner.

Select a topic that interests you, then learn about it from a variety of sources, such as books, websites, and articles.

In this worksheet, children read the article and circle each misspelled word, then correctly spell each one.

What if your child were President? Get your learner's political mind pumping with a writing activity about what they would do as President of the United States.

Successful peer conferences are a breeze with this narrative writing checklist! Students will review their own writing and a partner's writing, checking for correct punctuation, capitalization, complete sentences, and staying on topic.

Uh oh! Either way you're in trouble with this scary and thrilling creative writing prompt.

Did you spill the salt? Step on a crack? Do you even care? You decide what, if anything, causes bad luck. Get the juices flowing for some creative writing.

In this brief questionnaire, students will think about who their audience is and what they believe.

A diamante poem is a diamond shaped poem. Show your students an example of this type of poem and invite them write their own diamantes!

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Map a Story.

One of the most popular genres is fiction. Learn what this genre is, who some of its most famous authors are, and try to write some yourself!

Learners hone their argumentative writing skills with this writing prompt about Valentine's Day gift exchanges!

Use this resource with your students to challenge them to reflect on the year and determine a person whom they should thank. Your students will write a thank you note to that person.

Traditions are an important part of a family’s culture. They signify what they think, how they behave or do something, and they are passed down from generation to generation. Does your learner know all about their family traditions? Use this worksheet to

Little Easter Bunnies, get out your creative thinking caps and delve into this Easter writing prompt. Can you think up the best Easter egg hunt?

This 3-page worksheet about opinion writing for kids provides a topic and poses questions to help them organize their thoughts and write their opinion.