Savvy September Sentences Your students are asked to complete sentences that have to do with September.		Write a Harry Potter Script Students learn to summarize one chapter from a Harry Potter book and write a one scene script...
Going for the Gold Students write an opinion essay on whether athletic excellence is something you are born with...		Quiz on the "ie" and "ei" Rule "I" before "E", except after "C", or when sounding like "A" as in neighbor and weigh.
Fall into Rhyme Students write a Fall poem and explore rhyming patterns.		Irregular Plurals Quiz Knife, wolf, and volcano are a few of the 20 words tested here.
Personification Personification as a writing technique is explored.		Short Stories Quiz Give your students a quiz on components of stories (character, plot, etc.).
Three Useful Literary Terms Hyperbole, apostrophe, ambiguous are explored here.		William Butler Yeats Read a brief biography of W.B. Yeats.
Creating Mental Pictures with Metaphors Using metaphor as a tool is the focus of this printable activity.		Learning About Voice Through Photographs Finding one's voice is a challenge for many writers. In this exercise, students use classic...
Character Traits Use this lengthy list of character traits to help students understand and discuss literary...		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...
Harry Potter Haiku Handout This worksheet defines and gives examples of haiku poems, and helps students to write their...		Halloween People, Places, and Things A list of creepy people, places, and things that can be used as writing prompts.
Harry Potter Haiku Students learn how to write a haiku using the Harry Potter book series as a prompt.		Open-Ended Spooky Stories Spooky story starters for students to finish.
Script Writing Handout Use this worksheet to teach students how to write a script to perform in class. This activity...		"Choose Your Own Adventure" Stories Students learn how to write "Choose Your Own Adventure" stories by looking at an example of...