An Even-Tempered Coach: Producing Antonyms Present an activity that will show students how to produce antonyms when given common words.		Fortunate Misfortunes: Writing a Short Story Explore an activity that presents a lesson about a blessing in disguise, after which students...
Working Over Language: Recognizing Clichés Explore an activity that introduces students to the topic of clichés. They will practice...		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...
The Naming Business In this activity, students will learn the importance of great names for people, products, and...		Story Writing, Volume III: Printable Book (4-6) Browse a printable teacher resource book that is filled with story-starters for narratives,...
Writing Weathergrams Students will learn about weathergrams in this poetry activity. They will then write their own...		Iza Trapani's Tips for Aspiring Writers Share these 12 tips with students who aspire to write their own children's book.
Composing Great Titles The purpose of this activity is to raise students' awareness of the advantages of a good title...		Quest to Digest Discussion Guide The creative writing, art, and trivia activities in this discussion guide reinforce the science...
More Than Enough: Writing an Essay Students will learn about hoarding and will consider why a person would want to hoard objects...		Lowthar's Blade Teacher's Guide Improve students' language arts skills with activities for writing, reading comprehension, and...
Winning by Losing: Writing an Anecdote In this activity, students will learn about the concept of the paradox and why some paradoxes...		Tricks of the Trade Poetry Tips Learn how to write concrete poems with these printable tips from Paul B. Janeczko. Share these...
The Locked Locker: Writing a Nonfiction Narrative Explore an activity that presents an example of a nonfiction narrative and directions for...		Little Klein Activity Kit After reading Little Klein, use the resources in this activity kit to encourage children...
Recognizing Malaprops Students will learn about malaprops in this activity. They will write two paragraphs about the...		Enter the Poetry Contest Encourage children's creativity with this poem writing activity. In this printable, children...
Victory for the Victim: Writing a Short Story Students will imagine a situation in which a victim can emerge victorious, and will then write...		Give Us a Call -- Singing Telephone Message Encourage creativity and musical talent with this printable. In this activity, children will...