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

Students will read passages and compare the traits of two characters.

Children read a passage from L. Frank Baum's classic The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, then answer a series of questions in this reading comprehension worksheet.

Take mystery and suspenseful writing to the next level with this worksheet! Students can revise sentences and then use this exercise to make their own writing more evocative. Use this worksheet to practice adding vivid details to sentences.

Make writing magical with metaphors! Beginning writers can practice creating their own metaphors with this sheet as a guide.

In this creative writing prompt, students will imagine what it would be like to turn into a werewolf at the stroke of midnight every Halloween. 

Are there monsters in the closet? Your 5th grader will use her imagination to create a fun story based on this illustration!

How well do you know your siblings? Give your writer a fun activity, where they'll answer questions about their big or little brother!

A day of fishing is interrupted by a giant sea monster! What happens next? This writing prompt will help your student stretch his imagination.

Look out, a twister is headed this way! This tornado writing prompt is sure to trigger a creative story from your young writer.

How hard could it be to get rid of a cursed treasure chest? Your fifth grader will enjoy making up a story to go along with this illustration!

In this worksheet, children will draw from a word bank of synonyms for the adjective "happy" to complete 10 sentences.

Get to know more about your family's meaningful traditions with this fun interview activity.

Help students improve both their communication and social-emotional skills with this emotions-themed grammar worksheet!

This ghostly worksheet will help your young writer learn to use adjectives to help tell a colorful story! She'll fill in the blanks to set the mood.

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

Children are invited to reflect on the ways adversity can lead to gratitude in this thoughtful writing prompt.

Students practice writing original sentences describing food using a list of food-related adjectives in this helpful grammar worksheet!

Children will use their creative writing skills to continue the story in this fiction writing exercise.

In this summer writing prompt worksheet, children will describe their favorite place to spend time during summer.

Help students learn and remember key types of figurative language with this convenient handout!

Learners practice their creative writing with this suspenseful, Halloween-themed writing prompt about a visit to a haunted house!

Students hone their ability to spot literary devices with this fun, winter-themed figurative language maze!

Identify the correct relative pronouns in this autumnal grammar worksheet for fourth and fifth graders!

Get your learners thinking and writing creatively with this fun, summer-themed writing prompt about finding something mysterious buried in the sand!

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

Get your learners thinking and writing creatively with this exciting, summer-themed prompt about a strange encounter at a local carnival!

Learners practice their creative writing with this suspenseful, Halloween-themed writing prompt about a particularly eerie night of trick-or-treating!