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Essay writing is a crucial skill as students traverse the path from elementary school to college and eventually the professional world. Our essay writing worksheets will equip them with everything they need for the journey. Informational, opinion, persuasive, and narrative text types are presented in innovative ways. These worksheets also include useful graphic organizers to help students plan their writing.

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What is a Narrative? Key Features

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

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Favorite Food Opinion Writing

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

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Informational Writing Graphic Organizer

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

Persuasive Writing Assessment

Persuasive Writing Assessment

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

4th grade

Reading & writing

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Informative Essay: Anchor Paper

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

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Write Your Essay

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

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Practice Writing a Conclusion

Practice Writing a Conclusion

With this worksheet, your students will practice writing a conclusion for an informational text about photosynthesis.

5th grade

Reading & writing

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Opinion Writing Check-Up

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

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Informational Writing Check-Up

Informational Writing Check-Up

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

3rd grade

Reading & writing

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Argument Writing: Parts of an Argument

Argument Writing: Parts of an Argument

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

4th grade

Reading & writing

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Informative Essay: Mixed Up Essay

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

Writing an Introduction for Informational Text

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

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Recess Opinion Writing

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

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Writing Conclusions for Informational Text

Writing Conclusions for Informational Text

Students will read a fascinating, informational text about fungus, then follow steps to write a conclusion.

5th grade

Reading & writing

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Argument Writing: Match the Evidence

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

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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

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What is a Narrative? Kinds of Narratives

What is a Narrative? Kinds of Narratives

In this activity, students will explore different kinds of narratives.

4th grade

Reading & writing

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Outline an Informative Paragraph

Outline an Informative Paragraph

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

5th grade

Reading & writing

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Opinion Essay: Anchor Paper

Opinion Essay: Anchor Paper

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

4th grade

Reading & writing

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Opinion Writing Learning Check

Opinion Writing Learning Check

Use this resource to assess your students’ opinion writing skills. They will respond to a prompt by formulating an opinion and supporting it with reasons and evidence from two nonfiction texts.

3rd grade

Reading & writing

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Sentence Frames for Persuasive Writing

Sentence Frames for Persuasive Writing

Help your students craft a persuasive letter or essay with this collection of sentence frames. Students will fill in the blanks to complete sentences with claims, supporting reasons, arguments, and counter arguments.

5th grade

Reading & writing

Worksheet

Favorite Subject Opinion Writing

Favorite Subject Opinion Writing

Learn more about your students' favorite school subjects with this engaging opinion writing prompt and rubric. Students will contemplate their favorite subject while they fill out the pre-writing planner, then they'll write out their essay on page two.

2nd grade

Reading & writing

Worksheet

Argument Writing: Counter-Arguments

Argument Writing: Counter-Arguments

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

4th grade

Reading & writing

Worksheet

Opinion Essay: Mixed Up Essay

Opinion Essay: Mixed Up Essay

Students will organize and construct the skeleton of an persuasive essay with this engaging activity.

4th grade

Reading & writing

Worksheet

Persuasive Letter Organizer

Persuasive Letter Organizer

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

5th grade

Reading & writing

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