Use this example of a persuasive essay to dissect and identify the parts of this genre.

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.

Young writers will practice identifying the five parts of an effective argument before writing their own argument.

Use this resource with your students to practice identifying relationships between words. As your students complete the analogies, they will notice synonym relationships.

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.

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.

In this activity, kids provide evidence by paraphrasing and selecting direct quotes from an informational text.

Students will look at a sample essay and try to pick out the kind of details and big ideas that make an informative essay tick.

Analogies are a way of describing the similarities between two things by comparing them.

This worksheet offers useful practice for students learning about this figurative language device.

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