Writing Resources
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CHOICE BOARDS
Summer Writing Practice Choice Board for Elementary Grades
These writing summer skill-building and retention activities for elementary students are perfect for summer writing…Subjects:Language Arts and WritingWritingLetter-Writing Lessons & Tips -
CLASSROOM TOOLS
Report Card Comments & Phrases—General and Handwriting
Use these general and handwriting comments and phrases to ease the report card crunch. Easy to modify and tailor to…Subjects:Language Arts and WritingWritingPenmanship -
CHOICE BOARDS
Summer Writing Practice Choice Board for Middle School
These writing summer skill-building and retention activities for middle school students are perfect for summer writing…Subjects:Language Arts and WritingWriting -
WORKSHEETS
Sensory Writing from an Object's Perspective: If I Were a Pair of Flip Flops...
This creative writing assignment challenges students to write from the perspective of an inanimate object. They will use…Subjects:Creative WritingFive SensesWriting -
TEACHING RESOURCE
Shared Writing
In shared writing, the teacher and students compose text together, with both contributing their thoughts and ideas to…Subjects:Language Arts and WritingWriting -
GRAPHIC ORGANIZERS
Who Am I? – Character Description
Extends students' learning experience reading literature. Students will use this printable worksheet to describe in…Subjects:ReadingReading ComprehensionLiterature -
GRAPHIC ORGANIZERS
Five-Paragraph Essay
Help students write five-paragraph essays with a graphic organizer. This printable is customizable. Tailor the PDF to…Subjects:Reading and LiteratureLanguage Arts and WritingWriting -
ACTIVITIES
Anne Frank: Diary of a Young Girl Discussion Guide
Use these enrichment activities and Internet resources to enhance teaching Anne Frank: Diary of a Young Girl.Subjects:LiteratureBanned Books and CensorshipReading and Literature -
TEACHING RESOURCE
Summarizing
Learn and apply this key writing technique Summarizing is more than retelling; it involves analyzing information,…Subjects:Language Arts and WritingWriting -
TEACHING RESOURCE
Journaling
Learn how to incorporate journaling in your classroom. Teachers can use journaling as a kind of window into how students…Subjects:Journaling Tips, Strategies & TopicsLetters, Journals and DiariesWriting -
ACTIVITIES
Secondary Summer Reading and Writing Enrichment Activity Packet
This summer enrichment packet is focused on helping secondary students build or freshen reading and writing skills…Subjects:Language Arts and WritingReadingWriting -
LESSON PLANS
Solving Analogies
An easy way to practice solving analogies before the big test! Analogies are a key part on many standardized tests -…Subjects:Language Arts and WritingWritingReading -
ACTIVITIES
Character Traits Writing Activity Packet
This no-prep writing activity packet includes everything you need for introducing and teaching character traits in…Subjects:Language Arts and WritingWriting -
GRAPHIC ORGANIZERS
Five Elements of a Plot
Five elements of a story's plot (introduction, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution) provide the…Subjects:Language Arts and WritingReading and LiteratureReading Comprehension -
TEACHING RESOURCE
Essay Keywords
Definitions of words that help students write different types of essays.Subjects:VocabularyWriting Research PapersLanguage Arts and Writing -
REFERENCE
Getting to Know Me
Kids fill-in autobiographical information in this worksheet to tell others about themselves. Use this worksheet at the…Subjects:Language Arts and WritingWritingCreative Writing -
WORKSHEETS
Life in the Sea
Use writing prompts to get children's imaginations and writing skills flowing. This is a sample page from the Gr. 1-4…Subjects:Language Arts and WritingCreative WritingScience -
TEACHING RESOURCE
Basic Journalism
The foundations of journalistic writing are examined here, including a focus on the "5 W's and 1 H" and the difference…Subjects:JournalismWritingComposition -
GRAPHIC ORGANIZERS
Beginning, Middle, and End
Identify the sections of a story with this plot/story sequence graphic organizer. This printable is customizable.…Subjects:Reading and LiteratureLanguage Arts and WritingWriting -
WORKSHEETS
Write Your Own Mad Libs®
Use this printable to have students create their own Mad Libs® stories. Students supply key words (nouns, adjectives,…Subjects:GrammarWritingCreative Writing -
TEACHING RESOURCE
Writing Aloud
Writing aloud, or modeled writing, is a strategy wherein teachers use a "think aloud" strategy to share their thinking…Subjects:Language Arts and WritingWriting -
GRAPHIC ORGANIZERS
Brainstorming Web
Use this graphic organizer to brainstorm. This printable is customizable. Tailor the PDF to your teaching needs by…Subjects:Creative WritingWritingLanguage Arts and Writing -
LESSON PLANS
Main Idea: Chrysanthemum
Teach your students how to find the main idea of a story by reading the book Chrysanthemum with your class.SubjectsReadingMain Idea and Supporting DetailsReading and Literature -
WORKSHEETS
My Friend Writing Printable
Use this guide to help students write a descriptive paragraph about a friend. This printable works well as part of an…Subjects:Teaching Otis by Loren LongLanguage Arts and WritingCreative Writing