License Plate Quickies: Writing a Paragraph In this activity, students are given "license plate" combinations and are asked to create their...		Iza Trapani's Tips for Aspiring Writers Share these 12 tips with students who aspire to write their own children's book.
Working Over Language: Recognizing Clichés Explore an activity that introduces students to the topic of clichés. They will practice...		Quest to Digest Discussion Guide The creative writing, art, and trivia activities in this discussion guide reinforce the science...
Writing Weathergrams Students will learn about weathergrams in this poetry activity. They will then write their own...		Lowthar's Blade Teacher's Guide Improve students' language arts skills with activities for writing, reading comprehension, and...
The Naming Business In this activity, students will learn the importance of great names for people, products, and...		Little Klein Activity Kit After reading Little Klein, use the resources in this activity kit to encourage children...
Composing Great Titles The purpose of this activity is to raise students' awareness of the advantages of a good title...		Enter the Poetry Contest Encourage children's creativity with this poem writing activity. In this printable, children...
More Than Enough: Writing an Essay Students will learn about hoarding and will consider why a person would want to hoard objects...		Give Us a Call -- Singing Telephone Message Encourage creativity and musical talent with this printable. In this activity, children will...
Recognizing Malaprops Students will learn about malaprops in this activity. They will write two paragraphs about the...		What Happened Then? Story-Writing with Musical Notes Children will use the letter names of musical notes to fill in the missing words and complete...
Winning by Losing: Writing an Anecdote In this activity, students will learn about the concept of the paradox and why some paradoxes...		Write a Flash Bulletin This printable asks children to imagine and write about an upcoming musical event at their...
Fortunate Misfortunes: Writing a Short Story Explore an activity that presents a lesson about a blessing in disguise, after which students...		Writing Fall Haiku In this printable, children will learn about haiku and practice writing poems about autumn.
Let's Change the World: Writing a Play or Story Explore an activity that asks students to think about transformations and the ways in which...		Bleeping the Adjectives Children write a story, but omit any adjectives that are used. Once the story is written, they...