Personification Personification as a writing technique is explored.		Scoring Rubric: Critical Review The organization, elements of critical review writing, grammar, usage, mechanics, and spelling...
Scoring Rubric: Response to Literature The organization, elements of response to literature writing, grammar, usage, mechanics, and...		Writing Self-Assessment This self-assessment asks children to analyze their recent work with an eye on improving their...
Life's Not Always Fair Students recall an incident that proves life isn't always fair. They then write a short story...		Slaughterhouse-Five Projects A list of projects and curriculum connections for Slaughterhouse-Five.
Creating Mental Pictures with Metaphors Using metaphor as a tool is the focus of this printable activity.		Scoring Rubric: Description The organization, elements of description, grammar, usage, mechanics, and spelling of a written...
The House on Mango Street Writing Activity Students will use this graphic organizer to compare themselves to the main character in The...		Scoring Rubric: Persuasion The organization, elements of persuasion writing, grammar, usage, mechanics, and spelling of a...
Scoring Rubric: Drama The organization, elements of drama writing, grammar, usage, mechanics, and spelling of a...		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: Fictional Narrative The organization, elements of fiction, grammar, usage, mechanics, and spelling of a written...		The Case of the Missing Crown Activity Connect creative writing and physical science with this printable activity. Students use their...
Scoring Rubric: Cause-Effect The organization, elements of cause-effect writing, grammar, usage, mechanics, and spelling of...		Three Useful Literary Terms Hyperbole, apostrophe, ambiguous are explored here.
Alliteration and Assonance Review two literary techniques, alliteration and assonance, with this worksheet. Students can...		Speak to Me in Iambic Review iambic pentameter with your students.
Scoring Rubric: Problem-Solution The organization, elements of problem-solution writing, grammar, usage, mechanics, and spelling...		Slaughterhouse-Five Short Answer A question and answer sheet based on the three themes of Kurt Vonnegut's classic,...