Writing Assignment Rubric Distribute a rubric that focuses on assessing persuasive and descriptive writing, as well as...		Creative Writing with Photo Inspiration Encourage students to think and write creatively with inspiration from photos. This printable...
Writing a Personal Narrative (Gr. 5) Use this packet to teach students how to write a personal narrative paragraph. A model time...		Animal Research and Writing Students will choose an animal they would like to be, then research and write about it.
Writing a Compare-and-Contrast Essay (Gr. 5) Students are introduced to comparing and contrasting through this writing process teaching...		Problem, Climax, Solution This organizer will help students to visualize and write about the key elements of a plot.
Antonyms and Synonyms Opposites and similar meanings are reviewed.		Topics for Beginning a Journal A list of suggested journal entry topics for students to use when writing.
Describe That Character Describe a character's physical and personality traits.		Fill in the Middle of Comic Strips Students fill in blank panels on a comic strip.
Writing a Persuasive Argument (Gr. 5) Use this packet to teach students to write a multiple paragraph persuasive argument. A model...		Fill in the Beginning and End of Comic Strips Students fill in blank panels on a comic strip.
Be a Journalist! Students will take turns interviewing each other about their habits and personalities. Then,...		Immigration Picture Prompts Students view photographs of immigrants (included in this printable), pretend they are recent...
Revision Checklist This revision checklist is for students to complete after a writing assignment.		Story Writing, Volume I: Printable Book (4-6) Browse a printable teacher resource book that is filled with story-starters for narratives,...
Writing a Research Report (Gr. 5) Students are introduced to writing and editing a research report through this writing process...		Same Name Word Puzzle Students use their critical thinking skills to unscramble names in foreign languages and...
Where Are the Wild Things: Maurice Sendak Share the story of Maurice Sendak with your students, and assign the related activities to help...		Discovering Punctuation 9 Review punctuation with this worksheet.