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2nd - 8th Grade Common Core Writing Resources : Page 16

After students read S.E. Hinton&rsquo;s <em>The Outsiders</em>, have them compare and contrast the greasers and the Socs using this two-page novel study extension activity!

Novel Study: The Outsiders: Greasers vs. Socs

Get students thinking and writing creatively with this prompt about a suspicious snowball that zips by while on a walk down the snowy city sidewalk!

Winter Creative Writing Prompt #2: The Suspicious Snowball

Children tap into their natural abilities in this worksheet that invites them to make a persuasive written argument!

Opinion Writing: A Persuasion for the Persuasive 

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.

Recess Opinion Writing

Get familiar with different kinds of poetry with this poetry word search. This poetry word search has your kid honing his spelling and observation skills.

Word Search: Poetry

This graphic organizer is a helpful tool for learners to gather and organize key information as they research an important person of their choice.

Research an Important Person

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.

Read the Word Clues

Unwind the complicated language of the Declaration of Independence with this paraphrasing activity!

Paraphrase the Declaration of Independence

Assess kids' grasp of sequencing and paragraph structure with this sheet.

What's My Order?

This worksheet provides a culminating project for Katherine Applegate&rsquo;s <em>The One and Only Ivan</em>.

Novel Study: The One and Only Ivan: Design a Zoo

Fourth graders can practice writing and storytelling in this creative writing exercise based on a make-believe pet dinosaur!

Creative Writing for Kids: Pet Dinosaur

Get learners&#39; creative juices flowing with this fun leap year-inspired writing prompt!

Leap Year Creative Writing Prompt #3: A Time for Superpowers

A strong hook will capture a reader's attention and make them want to know more! In this activity, students will identify four different ways to hook a reader into a story.

Narrative Hooks

Invite&nbsp;students&nbsp;to think deeply and hone their writing skills with this relatable writing prompt based on a quote by Anne Frank!

Respond to a Quote: Prompt #11

Give your students a chance to think deeply and hone their writing skills with this inspiring writing prompt.

Respond to a Quote: Prompt #9

This worksheet offers fun figurative language practice for young readers and writers.

Common Idioms

What would you get Hedgehog for his birthday? Enjoy a fun story starter with your budding author, a great way for her to exercise her creativity.

Cute Hedgehog

Learners write an argumentative response with this Earth Day-themed writing prompt about plastic bags.&nbsp;

Earth Day Argument Writing Prompt #1: Plastic Bags

Young writers will practice identifying the five parts of an effective argument before writing their own argument.

Argument Writing: Parts of an Argument #2

In this comprehensive two-page worksheet template, young writers will find frames for crafting thoughtful, compelling persuasive essays.

Sentence Frames for Persuasive Writing

On this third grade reading and writing worksheet, kids complete each sentence by writing in the missing quotation marks.

Quotation Marks: Say What?

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

Argument Writing: Match the Evidence

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

Finish the Story: The Forest

Invite your students to practice their creative storytelling&nbsp;with this fun, spring-themed writing prompt about a startling find in the picnic cooler!

Spring Creative Writing Prompt #1: The Puzzling Picnic

Bring poetry to life by reading it aloud with others! Have young readers select one or more of these poems written by Pulitzer Prize winning poet, Robert Lee Frost. Then take turns reading aloud by swapping single lines, couplets, or stanzas.

Reader's Theatre: Poems of Robert Frost

Use this assessment and the corresponding rubric to see how well students write personal narratives!

Writing Review Part 2: Personal Narrative

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

Hook Your Reader!

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

Using Reference Materials

Help your young readers develop this important reading comprehension skill with this handy template that will help them learn to paraphrase any piece of writing by answering a few open-ended questions.

Paraphrasing a Passage

By writing the story themselves, kids can learn to identify larger concepts and ideas in writing.

Finish the Mystery

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