My Rotten Redheaded Older Brother Cover the topic of sibling rivalry with this book for younger readers, My Rotten Redheaded...		Character Traits Use this lengthy list of character traits to help students understand and discuss literary...
Presenting . . . Me! To explore personal web pages as forms of self-expression and to give students practice...		Creating Mental Pictures with Metaphors Using metaphor as a tool is the focus of this printable activity.
Up, Up, and Away Students use a web resource to learn about hot-air ballooning, including a recent, daring...		Script Writing Handout Use this worksheet to teach students how to write a script to perform in class. This activity...
"Hi" in Hieroglyphics Children explore an online resource and translate names and common words from English into...		Write a Harry Potter Script Students learn to summarize one chapter from a Harry Potter book and write a one scene script...
Anagrams Students practice story writing with an emphasis on descriptive language and character...		Quiz on the "ie" and "ei" Rule "I" before "E", except after "C", or when sounding like "A" as in neighbor and weigh.
Savvy September Sentences Your students are asked to complete sentences that have to do with September.		Irregular Plurals Quiz Knife, wolf, and volcano are a few of the 20 words tested here.
Going for the Gold Students write an opinion essay on whether athletic excellence is something you are born with...		Short Stories Quiz Give your students a quiz on components of stories (character, plot, etc.).
Fall into Rhyme Students write a Fall poem and explore rhyming patterns.		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.		Learning About Voice Through Photographs Assessment Assessment that aligns with the "Learning About Voice Through Photographs" lesson.
Personification Personification as a writing technique is explored.		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...