Write your own Abraham Lincoln biography using a simple essay template.

Working on figurative language skills? Assess student understanding of simple hyperboles with this writing exercise. Your kids will be hyperbole hotshots when they've finished this worksheet!

Introduce this graphic organizer as a way to help students compose opinion pieces.

A strong ending is a key part of creative writing! Have your second graders flex their fiction comprehension muscles with this activity. Students will consider problem, solution, characters, and detail as they answer questions after reading a short story.

Dialogue moves narratives along and can add much-needed drama to otherwise stagnant writing. In this worksheet, students get a chance to practice writing dialogue to add to their personal narratives.

This resource gives your students practice creating an outline of an informational paragraph.

Have your students think of story elements as ingredients for a delicious narrative! Young writers will consider setting, characters, the problem, and the solution with this fun pre-writing organizer!

Follow Chuck on vacation by looking at the pictures he took! What is he doing in each picture? Use your imagination and creativity to write captions for each.

Students can start a personal narrative with a clear problem and solution by using this activity to organize their story. This handy graphic organizer will have students consider various aspects of their problem and solution, and how it made them feel.

Who doesn't love a good checklist? This handy worksheet can help budding letter writers make sure they include all the parts of a friendly letter.

Looking for an alternative activity to ignite the imaginations of your reluctant writers? Use this fun comic book template to introduce creative writing to your students. Novice writers and artists alike will delight in the chance to create their own comi

Your students will flesh out their personal narratives using this brainstorming guide.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Map a Story.

Kids strengthen their pre-writing skills and learn about character development with this planning worksheet.

What did you do this summer? Your kids will love sharing about their favorite summer activity while you assess your students' abilities to write a personal narrative.

Students will write an expositional essay about second grade with this end-of-year informational writing assessment. Use the included rubric as a jumping off point to assess student writing for proper grammar, structure, and content.

Exaggeration in storytelling is no big secret. Help your child write a story about himself with this exercise in telling tall tales.

Use this worksheet to help students write sentences about the first African American women to enter space, Mae Jemison.

Teaching kids what's recyclable and what's not is more important than ever. Give your kids the recycling lowdown with this activity-packed printable.

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

Have any good ideas for recreational resources? The term "recreational resources" has to do with the activities we do for enjoyment and the places that we go.

Does your little one need a gift for Dad this Father's Day? Look further than this cute lesson in letter-writing!

Being able to write a strong conclusion is an essential skill for all story-tellers. With this activity, budding writers will practice this skill by writing two types of endings for their personal narratives.

Learners will write an original song for planet Earth in this fun songwriting prompt.

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

Help your students develop and prepare a well-reasoned argument with this handy organizer! First students will choose a topic that they feel strongly about, then they'll explain the reasons for their opinion and practice writing a concluding statement.

Your students will get to practice their writing and oral reading skills while learning more about their classmates with this fun questionnaire.

Adding dialogue to writing makes for more entertaining and relatable story-telling. In this activity, young writers will use a fun comic book format to add simple dialogue to their personal narratives.

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.