Sample Essay Outlines These sample outlines will help students organize their ideas before writing an essay, a good...		Post Card Template Use a printable that contains a template students can use to make their own post cards.
Have a Heart Explore the meaning of everyday expressions that reference the heart and other parts of the...		Independent Letter-Writing Activities Use this template to create a correctly formatted letter. Celebrate Write to a Friend Month...
Writing from the Heart Creative writing assignments encourage thoughtfulness and originality.		Short Story Rubric Use this short story rubric to revise and edit creative writing.
The Parts of a Letter Learn the basic format of a typical letter. Letter Writing Week is celebrated in January.		Guess How Much I Love You & I Love My Little Storybook Teacher's Guide Delight young children with the resources in this printable teacher's guide to Guess How...
Research Paper: How to Write a Bibliography How to write a bibliography for a research paper.		Fiction-Writing Content Rubric Analyze your student's fiction-writing with this organizational rubric.
Sequencing Your students can use this graphic organizer to identify the sequence of events in a story or a...		The Jolly Postman Enrichment activities and internet resources to enhance teaching The Jolly Postman by...
Story Setting Students will identify and organize the settings in a specific story.		Discover Nursery Rhymes This assortment of activities will help your students to love nursery rhymes.
Shape Poems Shape poems resemble the subject matter in form and are fun for children to try.		Folk Tale Problem-Solving Students will create a folk tale with the setting, characters, and problem.
Metaphor Unit Poems Students learn about metaphors and similes, and write a poem using metaphors.		Writing Assignment Rubric Distribute a rubric that focuses on assessing persuasive and descriptive writing, as well as...
Scoring Rubric: Poetry The organization, elements of poetry writing, grammar, usage, mechanics, and spelling of a...		Writing a Character Sketch Challenge your class with a creative writing activity that will teach your students how to...