This persuasive writing prompt asks kids to write a position statement about whether students should or should not have homework over summer vacation.

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

Did you spill the salt? Step on a crack? Do you even care? You decide what, if anything, causes bad luck. Get the juices flowing for some creative writing.

Use this prewriting activity to help students organize their writing and reinforce transitional language.

Students read background information about February as National Library Lover’s Month and then respond to reflective questions.

Voice is the energy, intention, and tone of a piece. Students will practice identifying voice in writing, then examine an excerpt from an award-winning text that book with a strong example of voice.

Invite learners to practice their argumentative writing skills with this writing prompt about spring break homework requirements!

In this exercise, we'll practice expanding upon general concepts.

Give your students the questions and organizer to evaluate creative work. Use this worksheet to guide student evaluations of their partner’s creative products.

Invite students to reflect on a book character’s words in this writing response worksheet featuring a quote by Tilly from Tilly and the Bookwanderers.

Give learners a chance to think deeply and hone their writing skills with this relatable and inspirational writing prompt, featuring a quote by Booker T. Washington.

Give learners a chance to think deeply and hone their writing skills with this inspiring writing prompt, featuring a quote by Abraham Lincoln.

Give students a chance to think deeply and hone their writing skills with this inspiring writing prompt, featuring a quote by author Gail Tsukiyama. 

Give students a chance to think critically and hone their writing skills with this reflective writing prompt, featuring a quote by late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.

After finishing Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl, students explore the role that resistance played in the Holocaust.

Give your students a chance to voice their opinion and practice their writing skills with this fun “would you rather” writing prompt.

Give your students a chance to voice their opinion and practice their writing skills with this fun “would you rather” writing prompt.

Give your students a chance to voice their opinion and practice their writing skills with this fun “would you rather” writing prompt.

After reading Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl, reflect on some of Anne's heartfelt and meaningful quotes in this post-reading activity.

Invite students to reflect on a book character’s words in this writing response worksheet featuring a quote by Christopher Robin from A.A. Milne’s Winnie-the-Pooh.

Give students a chance to think deeply and hone their writing skills with this relatable writing prompt featuring two quotes about friendship.

Invite students to reflect on a book character’s words in this writing response worksheet featuring a quote by Charlotte from E.B. White’s Charlotte’s Web.

After completing Jim Murphy’s book The Great Fire, give students a chance to reflect on the major themes and events of the story with these response prompts.

Prepare students for reading The Great Fire by facilitating a picture walk through the first chapters’ images, pictures, and maps.

After finishing Walter Lord’s A Night to Remember, give readers a chance to act as a reporter in order to share the story with the public!

Help students organize their ideas and structure their written responses with the PEEL strategy!

Invite students to reflect on a book character’s words in this writing response worksheet featuring a quote by Anne Shirley from L.M. Montgomery’s Anne of Green Gables.

After finishing the book The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind by William Kamkwamba, students explore the world of nonrenewable and renewable energy.

Invite students to reflect on a book character’s words in this writing response worksheet featuring a quote by Thorin Oakenshield from J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit.

Invite students to reflect on a book character’s words in this writing response worksheet featuring a quote by Sirius Black from the Harry Potter series.