Use these 24 cards for daily writing exercises, or hand them out to encourage variety in writing!

Analyzing what a character says and does in a story can help determine their personality or character traits. This resource gives students practice in harnessing this important reading comprehension skill.

Encourage learners to engage in research by offering them this Research Graphic Organizer to help guide their explorations and record their findings.

This pre-reading activity is a great way to prepare students for reading The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate.

Use this sample paragraph and outline to help students write their own informational paragraphs.

Get students thinking and writing creatively with this prompt about a walk in the woods that takes an unexpected turn when the trail disappears beneath the snow!

Young writers map out their essays with the help of this graphic organizer.

In this worksheet, learners will practice planning and writing a compelling persuasive paragraph on the topic of social media.

Get to the point with this worksheet about the main idea and how supporting details help it make sense.

This fun, fantastical writing prompt is a great way to practice persuasive writing, an important part of upper-elementary composition.

Have students step into the role of a journalist with this engaging newspaper-themed writing activity!

Students will practice identifying the supporting details for three different main idea statements.

In this thoughtful opinion-writing worksheet, children will describe the season they like best, and why.

Encourage students to use vivid, descriptive imagery with this creative worksheet!

Get your learners thinking and writing creatively with this suspenseful, summer-themed prompt about hearing a rustling noise from the woods at summer camp!

Kids learn how to "show" instead of "tell" in their writing.

After completing R.J. Palacio’s novel Wonder, help students connect to the novel with this acts of kindness activity.

Challenge your outspoken learner to put their opinions down on paper, and practice writing persuasive text while they're at it.

Help plan and research a biography with this helpful graphic organizer!

This worksheet offers an engaging, meaningful framework for young writers as they learn to build and write compelling arguments.

Use this bubble chart to brainstorm your favorite superhero's real strengths.

In this paragraph editing page, kids will have a great time editing this love letter from a Victorian gentleman.

This worksheet will help your writers begin to craft their essay by walking them, step-by-step, through paragraph writing and structuring their ideas.

This activity will afford your fourth graders the chance to think about the claim they want to make in their literary essays and give them practice writing an intro paragraph.

Help your students write letters to a pen pal, faraway relative, and others! This letter template gives students practice writing formal letters — like persuasive or business correspondence — and friendly, informal letters.

Help students cover proper punctuation, capital letters, grammar and spelling with this editing checklist as they edit their peer's work.

These example literary responses model how to cite and explain evidence to support a claim.

Learners practice editing dialogue for punctuation in this appealing grammar worksheet.

After reading Esperanza Rising, get students thinking about point of view with this creative novel study extension activity!

The Analyzing a Poem graphic organizer supports students with specific questions to help them understand a poem.