Learning About Voice Through Photographs Finding one's voice is a challenge for many writers. In this exercise, students use classic...		Paragraph Writing: Similarities and Differences In this activity, students write paragraphs about the differences and similarities among the...
Gun Safety—What Would You Do? Students answer what they would do if they found a gun. For use with The Gorp's Gift, a...		Plain Jane Learn how adjectives, adverbs, and action verbs enhance writing.
Halloween People, Places, and Things A list of creepy people, places, and things that can be used as writing prompts.		Cat Web Practice using the graphic organizer of webs to organize writing.
Open-Ended Spooky Stories Spooky story starters for students to finish.		Holiday Poems Students will write an acrostic poem from the name of a winter holiday: "Christmas," "Kwanzaa,"...
"Choose Your Own Adventure" Stories Students learn how to write "Choose Your Own Adventure" stories by looking at an example of...		Anansi and the Frog Prince By writing the ending to an Anansi story, children can explore African folk tales.
A Pilgrim Conversation Students will reinforce their use of quotations by writing an imaginary dialogue among pilgrims...		The Best Christmas Pageant Ever -- Essay Topics Assign these essay topics to your class when reading Barbara Robinson's book The Best...
A Pilgrim Conversation Rubric Use this rubric with the "Pilgrim Conversation" lesson plan, a fun activity to explore when...		New Year's Resolutions The beginning of a new year is a good time to think about changing. Use this writing activity...
Wise Words Use this worksheet with the "A Word to the Wise" lesson plan.		The Art of Haiku Students use a web resource to learn about and write science-fiction poetry that uses a haiku...
Rhyming States What's in a state? What makes it great? Students learn more about a chosen state and create a...		Title and Story Pictures Children produce a picture to summarize a problem in a story.
Write a Letter to the President Students will write a letter to the president with details of their ideas for goals to be met...		Fiction-Writing Content Rubric Analyze your student's fiction-writing with this organizational rubric.