Letters from the Past Students explore a Civil War Website and read authentic letters from a soldier. This lesson...		Write a Harry Potter Script Students learn to summarize one chapter from a Harry Potter book and write a one scene script...
"Hi" in Hieroglyphics Children explore an online resource and translate names and common words from English into...		Script Writing Handout Use this worksheet to teach students how to write a script to perform in class. This activity...
Anagrams Students practice story writing with an emphasis on descriptive language and character...		Harry Potter Resources and Activities Take advantage of the fact that kids love to read about Harry Potter and his marvelous...
Savvy September Sentences Your students are asked to complete sentences that have to do with September.		Who Are My Representatives? Students learn who their state and U.S. representatives are, discuss major political issues,...
Going for the Gold Students write an opinion essay on whether athletic excellence is something you are born with...		Homophones Quiz Students are asked to complete a sentence by picking the appropriate homophone from a list.
Fall into Rhyme Students write a Fall poem and explore rhyming patterns.		Four Sentence Types Quiz Students have to identify statements, commands, exclamations, and questions.
Personification Personification as a writing technique is explored.		Irregular Plurals Quiz Knife, wolf, and volcano are a few of the 20 words tested here.
Three Useful Literary Terms Hyperbole, apostrophe, ambiguous are explored here.		Quiz on the "ie" and "ei" Rule "I" before "E", except after "C", or when sounding like "A" as in neighbor and weigh.
Character Traits Use this lengthy list of character traits to help students understand and discuss literary...		Sentence Types Quiz Students have to indicate whether a sentence is declarative, interrogative, imperative, or...
Creating Mental Pictures with Metaphors Using metaphor as a tool is the focus of this printable activity.		Short Stories Quiz Give your students a quiz on components of stories (character, plot, etc.).