In this creative writing instructional activity, students read a prompt and write a 3 page story based on the prompt. The prompt instructs students to consider the situation of waking up one morning as a grown up. Students must write...

Which animal is best for you—a dog or cat? Why? Engage third graders in an opinion writing assessment that prompts them to read facts about both pets, and then write and decide which pet is best for them.

Use formatting to organize an explanatory essay after comparing and contrasting expository and narrative genres. Young writers explore expository writing by employing prewriting techniques and graphic organizers to plan an essay. This is...

Elementary learners are not often shy about expressing what they want, but they could use a little help organizing their arguments. Help young writers work through a series of persuasive writing exercises that emphasize the importance of...

An excellent, in-depth resource would be an asset to your unit on writing an argument essay. It provides an explanation to each part of the essay as well as examples of transition words to strengthen your kids' writing. Additionally, the...

In this writing prompt worksheet, students learn that English chemist and physicist Henry Cavendish's birthday was October 10th before they respond to her question, "If you were a scientist today, what would you hope to discover?"

In this writing prompt learning exercise, students learn that the 1781 the final battle of the Revolutionary War took place on October 19th. Students use 5 resources in the classroom to summarize 5 facts that they learn about the...

In this writing prompt worksheet, students learn that December is National Write to a Friend Month. Students write a letter to a friend living anywhere.

In this daily writing prompt worksheet, learners learn about Kwanza as they use resources in the classroom to learn 5 facts about the festival and summarize them in their own words.

For this daily writing prompt worksheet, students learn that September 17th is Citizenship Day in the United States and explain that they think it means to be good citizen of the World, the United States, their own state, their town, and...

In this daily writing prompt worksheet, students learn that July 23rd is National Junk Food Day and respond to 2 questions regarding junk food.

In this writing prompt for August 19 worksheet, students read the sentence about Bill Clinton's birth date and write what they think would be the most challenge part of being president of the U.S.

In this writing prompt worksheet, students learn that the 1989 San Francisco earthquake took place on October 17th. Students use 5 resources in the classroom to summarize 5 facts that they learn about what causes earthquakes.

In this writing prompt worksheet, students learn that on December 1, 1955 Rosa Parks refused to give up her bus seat to a white man. Students write about the bravest thing they have ever done.

In this writing prompt instructional activity, students learn that Eleanor Roosevelt's birthday was October 11th before they respond to her quote, "The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of the their dreams."

In this writing prompt worksheet, students learn that on October 18, 1767 the Mason-Dixon Line was established. Students list everything they know about slavery and this time period.

In this writing prompt activity, students learn that October 12th is National Farmer's Day. Students respond to the question, " What do you think is the most important crop grown by farmers?"

In this writing prompt activity, students reflect on Thanksgiving Day. Students describe what the first Thanksgiving might have been like for the Native American and Pilgrims.

In this early childhood writing prompt activity, students look at the picture of foxes and use the words fox, foxes, lunch, and bench to write a story on the lines provided.

Inspire your class to write about role models and personal heroes with this resource from The Learning Network. Class members read a New York Times article excerpt about basketball star Jeremy Lin and how he inspired the author. After...

Though this presentation is designed for the Texas Academic Skills Program's (TASP) writing assessment, it could work for any class that is preparing to write a five-paragraph persuasive essay. Slides take intermediate writers through...

With this New York Times "Learning Network" exercise, high schoolers read an article about the death of Maurice Sendak, author of Where the Wild Things Are and then respond to several prompts that require them to shape their own opinions...

In this picture prompt worksheet, students look at a picture and try to imagine what is being said, where people are going or have come from and choose a character to write a story about.

Young scholars participate in a creative writing activity in which they write about a scar they have on their body. They discuss where they got the scar and describe sensory details about the experience and also how it made them feel,...