Personification Personification as a writing technique is explored.		Learning About Voice Through Photographs Finding one's voice is a challenge for many writers. In this exercise, students use classic...
Three Useful Literary Terms Hyperbole, apostrophe, ambiguous are explored here.		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...
Creating Mental Pictures with Metaphors Using metaphor as a tool is the focus of this printable activity.		"The Monkey's Paw" Short Story & Activities Read the full text of W.W. Jacobs' short story "The Monkey's Paw," then analyze the story with...
Character Traits Use this lengthy list of character traits to help students understand and discuss literary...		Halloween People, Places, and Things A list of creepy people, places, and things that can be used as writing prompts.
Script Writing Handout Use this worksheet to teach students how to write a script to perform in class. This activity...		Open-Ended Spooky Stories Spooky story starters for students to finish.
Write a Harry Potter Script Students learn to summarize one chapter from a Harry Potter book and write a one scene script...		"Choose Your Own Adventure" Stories Students learn how to write "Choose Your Own Adventure" stories by looking at an example of...
Homophones Quiz Students are asked to complete a sentence by picking the appropriate homophone from a list.		A Pilgrim Conversation Rubric Use this rubric with the "Pilgrim Conversation" lesson plan, a fun activity to explore when...
Quiz on the "ie" and "ei" Rule "I" before "E", except after "C", or when sounding like "A" as in neighbor and weigh.		A Pilgrim Conversation Students will reinforce their use of quotations by writing an imaginary dialogue among pilgrims...
Irregular Plurals Quiz Knife, wolf, and volcano are a few of the 20 words tested here.		Wise Words Use this worksheet with the "A Word to the Wise" lesson plan.
Short Stories Quiz Give your students a quiz on components of stories (character, plot, etc.).		Rhyming States What's in a state? What makes it great? Students learn more about a chosen state and create a...