Three Useful Literary Terms Hyperbole, apostrophe, ambiguous are explored here.		The Peanuts Gang: Charles Schulz Share the story of Charles Schulz with your students, and assign the related activities to help...
Stars and Stripes -- First Draft Students will write a first draft for the Stars and Stripes Writing Activity.		Crazy Cats and Dirty Dogs: Composing a Paragraph with Alliteration Students will demonstrate understanding of the word "alliteration." They will write their own...
Narrative Vignette Rubric Use this narrative vignette rubric to help students with the editing and revising of their...		The Locked Locker: Writing a Nonfiction Narrative Explore an activity that presents an example of a nonfiction narrative and directions for...
Creating a New World Writing Activity Create a better town or country in these two writing assignments.		Write a Time-Travel Dialogue Students use their imagination to write a dialogue between themselves and the men and women of...
Can You Identify These Proverbs? Use clues to identify these famous proverbs.		The Middle Ages: Schools and Universities Activity Packet Find out what schools and universities were like in the Middle Ages by reading this passage and...
Initial Self-Assessment: Writing Children become more capable writers by completing an inventory of their writing experiences,...		Famous Survivors Children research a famous survivor of a harrowing experience, including serious illness and...
Scoring Rubric: Expression The organization, elements of expressive writing, grammar, usage, mechanics, and spelling of a...		Stars and Stripes -- Final Draft Students will write a final draft for the Stars and Stripes Writing Activity.
Scoring Rubric: Comparison/Contrast The organization, elements of comparison/contrast writing, grammar, usage, mechanics, and...		What's In the News? Activities Students practice writing newspaper headlines and identifying parts of speech.
Scoring Rubric: Evaluation/Review The organization, elements of evaluation/review writing, grammar, usage, mechanics, and...		Designing a Reader-Friendly Newspaper Print a worksheet that outlines ways to make a newspaper reader-friendly.
Portfolio Record This organizational tool will help students keep track of the contents of their writing...		What If? Writing Activity Explore an activity that asks budding writers to stretch their imagination by completing the...