Essay Writing Worksheets and Printables

Informational Writing Graphic Organizer

Use this resource to help your students get organized. The labeled sections will guide them to follow the proper informative essay structure.

3rd grade

Reading & Writing

Worksheet

Favorite Food Opinion Writing

Worksheet

Favorite Food Opinion Writing

Let your students work up an appetite for writing with this opinion writing prompt. First students will consider their favorite food while they fill in the structured pre-writing planner, then they can use the second page to write their opinion essay.

2nd grade

Reading & Writing

Worksheet

Write Your Essay

Worksheet

Write Your Essay

This worksheet will help your writers begin to craft their essay by walking them, step-by-step, through paragraph writing and structuring their ideas.

4th grade

Reading & Writing

Worksheet

What is a Narrative? Key Features

Worksheet

What is a Narrative? Key Features

In this activity, students will consider the key features of a narrative, such as plot, setting, rising action, and characters.

4th grade

Reading & Writing

Worksheet

Practice Writing a Conclusion

Worksheet

Practice Writing a Conclusion

Learners practice writing endings with impact in this nonfiction conclusion writing worksheet.

5th grade

Reading & Writing

Worksheet

Map Your Essay: Graphic Organizer

Worksheet

Map Your Essay: Graphic Organizer

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

4th grade

Reading & Writing

Worksheet

Informative Essay: Anchor Paper

Worksheet

Informative Essay: Anchor Paper

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.

4th grade

Reading & Writing

Worksheet

Thanksgiving Writing Ideas

Worksheet

Thanksgiving Writing Ideas

In this writing exercise, children write a descriptive paragraph or two about the colors that surround them in autumn.

3rd grade

Reading & Writing

Worksheet

Journal Writing Task Cards #1

Worksheet

Journal Writing Task Cards #1

Use these 24 cards for daily writing exercises, or hand them out to encourage variety in writing!

5th grade

Reading & Writing

Worksheet

Outline an Informative Paragraph

Worksheet

Outline an Informative Paragraph

Use this sample paragraph and outline to help students write their own informational paragraphs.

5th grade

Reading & Writing

Worksheet

Persuasive Writing Assessment

Worksheet

Persuasive Writing Assessment

This language arts assessment will illustrate your students’ writing abilities within the persuasive writing genre.

4th grade

Reading & Writing

Worksheet

Informational Writing Check-Up

Worksheet

Informational Writing Check-Up

Use this resource to assess your students’ writing skills in responding to an informational writing prompt.

3rd grade

Reading & Writing

Worksheet

Argument Writing: Counter-Arguments

Worksheet

Argument Writing: Counter-Arguments

With this exercise, students will practice writing counter-arguments and rebuttals.

4th grade

Reading & Writing

Worksheet

The Best Food

Worksheet

The Best Food

Second graders love food! Help your young writer share their opinion about the best kind of food using this helpful paragraph organizer. Fair warning, this activity might make you hungry!

2nd grade

Reading & Writing

Worksheet

Paragraph Practice

Worksheet

Paragraph Practice

Whether your student is new to paragraph writing, or needs more practice, this worksheet is a wonderful introduction, practice, or review.

2nd grade

Reading & Writing

Worksheet

Hooks in Informational Writing

Worksheet

Hooks in Informational Writing

Students will discover three techniques to hook readers: with an interesting fact, a question, or by imagining a scene.

3rd grade

Reading & Writing

Worksheet

Opinion Essay: Anchor Paper

Worksheet

Opinion Essay: Anchor Paper

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

4th grade

Reading & Writing

Worksheet

Opinion Writing Check-Up

Worksheet

Opinion Writing Check-Up

Use this resource to assess your students’ writing skills when it comes to responding to opinion writing prompts.

3rd grade

Reading & Writing

Worksheet

Writing an Introduction for Informational Text

Worksheet

Writing an Introduction for Informational Text

Students will practice writing hook questions and then write their own introduction to an informational text about animals that echo.

5th grade

Reading & Writing

Worksheet

Recess Opinion Writing

Worksheet

Recess Opinion Writing

Encourage your second graders to develop a well-reasoned argument about the length of recesses with this writing prompt and rubric. Students can use the pre-writing planner to develop their argument, then they'll write out their opinion on page two.

2nd grade

Reading & Writing

Worksheet

Argument Writing: Match the Evidence

Worksheet

Argument Writing: Match the Evidence

While playing this fun memory game, students will find a piece of evidence that supports each claim.

4th grade

Reading & Writing

Worksheet

Argument Writing: Parts of an Argument

Worksheet

Argument Writing: Parts of an Argument

Introduce your students to the five parts of an effective argument.

4th grade

Reading & Writing

Worksheet

Informative Essay: Mixed Up Essay

Worksheet

Informative Essay: Mixed Up Essay

Students will organize and construct the skeleton of an informative essay with this engaging problem-solving activity.

4th grade

Reading & Writing

Worksheet

Narrative Writing: Prewriting Organizer

Worksheet

Narrative Writing: Prewriting Organizer

Teach students to organize their thoughts before they start writing with this prewriting organizer.

4th grade

Reading & Writing

Worksheet

Persuasive Writing: Soda

Worksheet

Persuasive Writing: Soda

Students compose a persuasive paragraph stating their opinion, including an introduction, three supporting arguments, and a conclusion, with the help of this worksheet template.

4th grade

Reading & Writing

Worksheet

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