Assess your students’ proficiency in genre writing.

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!

After reading Jim Murphy’s The Great Fire, help learners make connections between the book and their community with this engaging extension activity.

Does your child need a head start in creative writing? Give her this story starter worksheet, and she'll help Marnie figure out how to bake her muffins!

This worksheet walks students through the three main formatting strategies writers can use when organizing and pacing their narratives.

Children embrace the spirit of the season with this Thanksgiving writing prompt.

What ten essentials would you pack in case of an emergency? Help kids think about disaster preparedness from zombie apocalypse point of view!

For kids just entering the world of research and report-writing, here's a handy reference guide on how to write a bibliography.

If your kid loves the book Bridge to Terabithia, he might enjoy its movie adaptation. He'll have fun reading and watching while honing his analytical skills.

The elegant and simply style of renga is the perfect way to introduce your child to the rhythm and style of poetry.

Kids imagine what they would do if a scarecrow showed up for Thanksgiving dinner in this creative writing exercise.

Inspire creative thinking this Earth Day with a nature-themed reflective writing prompt.

The legend of Robin Hood was passed down through ballads. After reading about him, you and your child can try writing a ballad of your own!

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.

Get ready to ring in the New Year with a fun writing prompt, all about New Year's resolutions. This is a good way to build paragraph-writing skills.

What if you came upon a monster in the woods? Have your little writer use their imagination to create a story based on this scene!

Assess your students’ proficiency in genre writing. Standards-based rubric included.

Assess kids' ability to support opinions with this writing prompt.

This fun worksheet will expose your learners to important musicians in the African American community.

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!

Try a Chinese poetry style called wu-yan-li-shi, which hopeful immigrants wrote while waiting on Angel Island in California to be admitted to the U.S.

This worksheet walks students through an example of how the dialogue between two or more characters can help writers change the pacing of a narrative.

The first half of Dotty's story is here, but the second half is missing! Can your child come up with her own ending to complete the page?

Budding writers can find their inner zen and build creative writing skills by practicing some haiku poetry.

Assess your students’ proficiency in genre writing!

Invite students to think creatively—and eco-consciously!—this Earth Day with this writing prompt.

Children reflect on the significance of this holiday with this thoughtful writing prompt.

Is spilling salt really bad luck? Read about the origins of this food superstition; it may not be as odd as you think!

Imagine you are a reporter in the midst of a zombie outbreak! Bring some spookiness to your child's daily writing journal with this fun prompt.

Children are invited to plan their ideal Thanksgiving in this creative writing exercise.