Young writers will write a persuasive letter in response to a formal letter.

Motivate students with this authentic persuasive writing experience! Students will brainstorm and choose two products before planning a persuasive essay.

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

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

Children learn to recognize how they can write with a certain reader, or audience, in mind, in this hands-on worksheet.

With this worksheet, students will read a short text about Malala Yousafzai's fight for girls’ rights to education in Pakistan, and then answer questions about the importance of standing up for what they believe in.

When students finish reading Jim Murphy’s The Great Fire, help them think about cause and effect with this graphic organizer!

Challenge students to come up with arguments and counter-arguments for a controversial topic, whether they agree or not.

Invite learners to practice their argumentative writing skills with this writing prompt about giving middle school students access to recess!

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

Help your students' confidence in writing persuasive essays grow with this tree graphic organizer. Using this worksheet, students will make connections between opinion, reasons, and examples in their persuasive writing.

Helping your students support their opinions with thoughtful reasons will prepare them to write strong persuasive texts.

This handy checklist helps your students identify all of the necessary components of an effective persuasive letter.

Invite students to practice their argumentative writing skills with this leap year-inspired writing prompt!

Children learn to recognize how they can write with a certain reader, or audience, in mind, in this hands-on worksheet.

Assess your students’ grasp on writing norms and style within the opinion writing genre.

Get to know your readers with this practice prompt, to help kids learn the importance of writing for an audience.

Help your students plan a well-supported persuasive letter with this planning document.

Learners hone their argumentative writing skills with this writing prompt about Valentine's Day candy consumption!

Practice strategic reading and allow children to monitor their own thinking and make connections between texts and life.

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.

Prepare students for reading A Night to Remember by guiding them through this anticipation guide as a pre-reading activity.

Should schools be limited to a certain number of snow days? Learners write an argumentative response to this winter-themed writing prompt!

In the worksheet Blog Template: Listicles, young blog writers create a list of suggestions or ideas and provide a brief description of each with a bullet point.

In this exercise, your young writers will write a persuasive letter to a person of their choice.

Assess your students’ proficiency in genre writing.

All writing needs support! Give your young writer some structure with this supporting statements activity.