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Poetry, Prose, and Drama, Oh My!
Poetry, Prose, and Drama, Oh My!
Lesson Plan
Poetry, Prose, and Drama, Oh My!
Nourish your child's inner writer with this lesson on three different forms of literature: poetry, prose, and drama. After going through some examples of each, students will demonstrate their knowledge by filling out bubble maps.
4th grade
Reading & Writing
Lesson Plan
Opinion Writing
Opinion Writing
Workbook
Opinion Writing
Let your voice be heard! This workbook challenges kids to express their opinions. But more importantly, they'll learn how to support opinions with good evidence and facts.
4th grade
Reading & Writing
Workbook
Comic Book Composition
Comic Book Composition
Workbook
Comic Book Composition
POW! Knock writing practice out cold with this super series of creative writing sheets. Your young superhero can flex his imagination by drafting his own comic strips.
5th grade
Reading & Writing
Workbook
Close Reading Through Word Choice
Close Reading Through Word Choice
Lesson Plan
Close Reading Through Word Choice
Every great reader and writer knows that syntax matters. During this lesson, students will use the close reading strategy to focus on word choice, and use their understanding of syntax to develop theories about patterns in the text.
4th grade
Reading & Writing
Lesson Plan
Gold Rush
Gold Rush
Workbook
Gold Rush
There are nuggets of California history in this here workbook! The California Gold Rush sets the stage to practice reading and social studies skills.
4th grade
Social studies
Workbook
Interesting Introductions
Interesting Introductions
Lesson Plan
Interesting Introductions
Teach young authors how to "hook" readers with this hands-on lesson. By examining novels and developing their own introductions, students will be able to hone their writing skills.
3rd grade
Reading & Writing
Lesson Plan
Superstitions: Ideas for Writing
Superstitions: Ideas for Writing
Workbook
Superstitions: Ideas for Writing
No need to knock on wood, this book just takes a page from common superstitions to give kids great writing practice! They can consider some origins as they read and write about different beliefs.
4th grade
Reading & Writing
Workbook
Peter Pan and Neverland
Peter Pan and Neverland
Workbook
Peter Pan and Neverland
Kids can fly by character analysis, comparative reading and writing, that revolves around a fun chapter of a classic book. Follow the Darlings toward Neverland on the way to improved reading skills.
5th grade
Reading & Writing
Workbook
Aiming for Your Audience
Aiming for Your Audience
Lesson Plan
Aiming for Your Audience
Good writers begin with a knowledge of who their audience is. They shape their piece knowing that there will be a certain kind of reader on the other side. This lesson will help young writers cultivate an awareness of their audience.
4th grade
Reading & Writing
Lesson Plan
Paint a Word Picture
Paint a Word Picture
Lesson Plan
Paint a Word Picture
Students become word artists as they use ordinary pictures to practice creating detailed descriptions. This technique helps your class learn how to paint a picture with words.
4th grade
Reading & Writing
Lesson Plan
Developing Voice
Developing Voice
Lesson Plan
Developing Voice
Voice is the energy, intention, and personality behind a piece of writing or character, as shaped by the author. Writers will examine voice in story excerpts and then practice crafting voice on their own.
5th grade
Reading & Writing
Lesson Plan
Gratitude Journal
Gratitude Journal
Worksheet
Gratitude Journal
Use this helpful journal prompt to get your child thinking about gratitude and their impact on others. Can be used as a one-time or ongoing activity.
3rd grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
Using Font and Text Features in Your Writing
Using Font and Text Features in Your Writing
Lesson Plan
Using Font and Text Features in Your Writing
Learn to use text formatting tools like capitalization, bold, underline, and italics to give emphasis to your writing.
4th grade
Reading & Writing
Lesson Plan
Pondering the Purpose, Aiming for an Audience
Pondering the Purpose, Aiming for an Audience
Lesson Plan
Pondering the Purpose, Aiming for an Audience
Help your students plan with a purpose! With instruction on both audience and purpose, your students will be equipped to strategically write for specific audiences.
3rd grade
Reading & Writing
Lesson Plan
Finish the Comic Strip
Finish the Comic Strip
Worksheet
Finish the Comic Strip
It's a scene that needs a kid's finishing touch to be complete. Can your child finish the comic strip?
5th grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
My Personal Expressions: Write a Short Story
My Personal Expressions: Write a Short Story
Worksheet
My Personal Expressions: Write a Short Story
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.
5th grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
Write Your Own Comic!
Write Your Own Comic!
Worksheet
Write Your Own Comic!
It's an alien invasion! How will the story end? Young writers and use their imaginations to write their own comic strip.
5th grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
Adding Voice to Your Writing
Adding Voice to Your Writing
Worksheet
Adding Voice to Your Writing
There are many ways that writers can add voice to their writing, including dialect, emotion, word choice, and ALL CAPS.
4th grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
Audience Analysis
Audience Analysis
Worksheet
Audience Analysis
This worksheet offers students extra practice in recognizing corresponding texts and audiences.
3rd grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
Tuning My Writing Voice
Tuning My Writing Voice
Worksheet
Tuning My Writing Voice
Help your writers develop a voice with this worksheet. Challenge them to think about ways to express themselves with language, phrases, idioms, similes, and word choice.
5th grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
Superhero Showdown: Shark Attack!
Superhero Showdown: Shark Attack!
Worksheet
Superhero Showdown: Shark Attack!
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?
5th grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
Gold Rush Advertisement
Gold Rush Advertisement
Worksheet
Gold Rush Advertisement
Look at this scene of a mining town during the Gold Rush and create an advertisement that persuades people to travel to California.
4th grade
Social studies
Worksheet
Writing for an Audience
Writing for an Audience
Worksheet
Writing for an Audience
Get to know your readers with this practice prompt, to help kids learn the importance of writing for an audience.
4th grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
Write with a Purpose!
Write with a Purpose!
Worksheet
Write with a Purpose!
Give your students practice planning purposeful writing!
3rd grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
Comic Book Writing: Superhero Showdown
Comic Book Writing: Superhero Showdown
Worksheet
Comic Book Writing: Superhero Showdown
What's going on in this superhero comic strip? The adventures are up to your fifth grader, as he fills in captions and word bubbles with comic book writing.
5th grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
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Voice in Writing

Even though you can’t hear it, your writing can have a voice. Writing voice is the style in which the narrator tells the story -- it can be happy, sad, mad, silly, or more! Learn about all the ways you can play with voice in your writing with our worksheets, activities, and games on the subject, and make your fiction writing a little bit more fun.