Speak to Me in Iambic Review iambic pentameter with your students.		Peer Conference Notes: Reader Focus peer conferencing and make it a valuable tool with this set of questions.
Narrative Vignette Rubric Use this narrative vignette rubric to help students with the editing and revising of their...		Scoring Rubric: How-to/Process Explanation The organization, elements of how-to/process explanation writing, grammar, usage, mechanics,...
Taking a Stand After reading Running Loose by Chris Crutcher, students answer questions about a time...		Scoring Rubric: Multimedia Report The organization, elements of multimedia report writing, grammar, usage, mechanics, and...
Initial Self-Assessment: Writing Children become more capable writers by completing an inventory of their writing experiences,...		Scoring Rubric: Technical Description / Explanation The organization, elements of technical description / explanation writing, grammar, usage,...
Scoring Rubric: Description The organization, elements of description, grammar, usage, mechanics, and spelling of a written...		Susan Vreeland's Thoughts on Writing, Printable Version Award-winning author
Scoring Rubric: Definition/Classification The organization, elements of definition/classification, grammar, usage, mechanics, and...		Hot Tuesday Students are asked to imagine the hottest day of the year and then write a story about it.
Scoring Rubric: Evaluation/Review The organization, elements of evaluation/review writing, grammar, usage, mechanics, and...		Brenda's Solution Students are given a prompt about best friends Brenda and Lucy. They are then asked to write a...
Moe's Café		Wacky Situation: A Dog's Dilemma Students are asked to imagine that they are a dog named Doris, and that their current living...
Slaughterhouse-Five Short Answer A question and answer sheet based on the three themes of Kurt Vonnegut's classic,...		A Distant Land Students will imagine a fantasy world and write a short story about what might happen there.
Peer Conference Notes: Writer Focus peer conferencing and make it a valuable tool with this set of questions.		The Final Shot In this creative writing activity, students are given a short prompt that describes an exciting...