Reading Journals Students will use these journals to respond to reading assignments.		How to Read a Poem This student handout will help students to read, understand, evaluate, and write poetry.
Saturday Night at the Dinosaur Stomp Activity Kit A word search, drawing and coloring sheets, and a fill-in-the-blank story activity will extend...		Reading and Defining Poetry By exploring a variety of poems, students will learn poetic techniques in this two-day lesson.
Essay Keywords Definitions of words that help students write different types of essays.		Nursery Rhyme Collection Thirteen of the most popular nursery rhymes are collected here.
Three Useful Literary Terms Hyperbole, apostrophe, ambiguous are explored here.		Journal Activity: What Do You See? Journal writing allows students to express their feelings about a variety of topics.
"Choose Your Own Adventure" Stories Students learn how to write "Choose Your Own Adventure" stories by looking at an example of...		Describe It: Rain In this writing activity students focus on writing complete sentences to describe an image.
Heroic Couplets Review these couplets written in iambic pentameter.		World War II: Letter to the President In this letter-writing activity, students pretend they are alive during World War II and...
Emily Dickinson -- Selected Poems -- Series One This selection of Emily Dickinson's poems gives students the opportunity to experience one of...		Tell Me a Story, Write Me a Poem! Children practice storytelling and write a narrative poem.
Festival Folktale Report After reading a folktale children can complete this report form to summarize the story.		Promises: Writing a Poem In this activity, students will learn why some events anticipate other events. Then they will...
Questions About Your Future: Writing a Personal Letter Explore an activity that invites students to look seriously at their future by composing...		Trite Similes Instructions Children learn all about trite similes with this fun learning game.
Open-Ended Spooky Stories Spooky story starters for students to finish.		Write a Letter to a Friend In this creative writing printable, students imagine they've moved to a new state and write a...