When authors create characters, they think about “inside” and “outside” details. Your students will go through the same process with this writing worksheet. Ask them to create a character and list the things they imagine this character thinks about and fe

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

Students read about Yousafzai's life, then answer a series of thoughtful questions about both education and the issues they care about.

Upper grade students practice using transitions to craft clear and cohesive writing.

Students will look over a sample reading response letter and identify important elements in the text.

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

It's an alien invasion! How will the story end? Young writers and use their imaginations to write their own comic strip.

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

Students will use real nonfiction texts to search for transition words and then consider how they are used to connect ideas.

Assess your students’ proficiency in genre writing.

Students will learn that voice is the energy, intention, and tone of the piece and then practice infusing different voices into their writing.

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.

Encourage your child to turn his verbal creativity into a creative writing activity by penning a short story incorporating a few of his trademark expressions.

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.

Students will put their persuasive skills to work with this worksheet. They will plan and write a draft of a persuasive paragraph on whether or not to buy an electronic device of their choosing.

Students will practice creating sentences using both like and as, filling in the blanks with figurative language of their own.

Calculating caterpillars and capricious crayfish! Your child will be laughing as he learns some new vocabulary and practices using alliteration.

This printable game is a walk in the park! Get fired up for figurative language with this fun and creative metaphor game.

In this activity, students will consider different strategies for coming up with titles, and practice crafting them for various pieces of text.

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.

Show your fifth-grader it's possible to make your own comic rather than just read them. He'll work on creative writing while he's at it!

You decide what's happening on the page by drawing and writing it in!

Get your fifth grader to polish his writing chops with this write-it-yourself comic.

Young writers learn to develop strong narrative voices by getting in touch with how they express themselves given a variety of situations.

What's going on here? What are these two saying? This scene could use your child's creativity to be complete!

Convince reluctant writers to pick up their pens with this fun write-it-yourself superhero comic.

A great title hooks the audience and gives readers an idea about what they’ll be reading. With this worksheet, your writers will learn different strategies for crafting titles for any piece of writing.

Practice identifying advanced formatting features found in nonfiction, including titles, headings, and subheadings.

Super villain Mt. Crushmore and superhero The Human Shield are battling it out...with sharks! What mighty and menacing things are they saying to each other?

Learners will have fun with hyperbole in this lively writing worksheet.