Scoring Rubric: Description The organization, elements of description, grammar, usage, mechanics, and spelling of a written...		Can You Identify These Proverbs? Use clues to identify these famous proverbs.
Scoring Rubric: Persuasion The organization, elements of persuasion writing, grammar, usage, mechanics, and spelling of a...		Initial Self-Assessment: Writing Children become more capable writers by completing an inventory of their writing experiences,...
Princess of Black Poetry: Nikki Giovanni Share the story of Nikki Giovanni with your students, and assign the related activities to help...		Scoring Rubric: Expression The organization, elements of expressive writing, grammar, usage, mechanics, and spelling of a...
Promises: Writing a Poem In this activity, students will learn why some events anticipate other events. Then they will...		Scoring Rubric: Comparison/Contrast The organization, elements of comparison/contrast writing, grammar, usage, mechanics, and...
Gatsby: A Tale of Love and Loss Students imagine that they are like Jay Gatsby, and have a lost love who is destroying them....		Scoring Rubric: Evaluation/Review The organization, elements of evaluation/review writing, grammar, usage, mechanics, and...
The Case of the Missing Crown Activity Connect creative writing and physical science with this printable activity. Students use their...		Portfolio Record This organizational tool will help students keep track of the contents of their writing...
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...