Story Map Using a story map helps children to identify key elements in a story such as characters or...		Great Debates A handout which gives your students an overview of how to organize a debate.
Sequencing Your students can use this graphic organizer to identify the sequence of events in a story or a...		Informal Debates A handout for students which explains the structure of an informal debate. Use with the Great...
Brainstorming for Unit Plans This graphic organizer will help you to plan cross-curricular units. This printable is...		Three Useful Literary Terms Hyperbole, apostrophe, ambiguous are explored here.
Five Elements of a Story The five elements of a story (introduction, rising action, climax, falling action, and...		Personification Personification as a writing technique is explored.
Conflict Dissection Students will be able to identify the characters, and analyze the setting, problem, and...		Seeing Logic in Analogies Students will practice using analogies and interpreting them.
Who, What, When, Where, Why, and How Use this graphic organizer to help students write in a journalistic fashion. This printable is...		Creating Mental Pictures with Metaphors Using metaphor as a tool is the focus of this printable activity.
Parentheses The proper way to use parentheses.		Questions and Answers with J.K. Rowling A question and answer session with J.K. Rowling.
Semicolon How to use the semicolon.		Harry Potter Book Covers: British and Danish Take a look at these images of Harry Potter cover art from around the world.
Proper Punctuation Commas, question marks, semicolons, and more! Use these handouts to teach your students the...		Harry Potter Resources and Activities Take advantage of the fact that kids love to read about Harry Potter and his marvelous...
Pulitzer Prize Winners From this index page, find lists of Pulitzer Prize Winners in the literary categories.		William Butler Yeats Read a brief biography of W.B. Yeats.