Skill:

Use planning strategies, such as brainstorming, when writing

Activities:

• Doodle Splash

  Make doodles and drawings and think about how they relate to what you are reading or writing.

• Flip Book

  Create a flip book to take notes, collect facts, or write your own story book.

• Story Planning

  Choose the words that set the mood for a ghost story, spy story, or romance.

• Prewriting Skills

  Watch this video and find out how to create a writing plan.

Skill:

Use a variety of types of sentences

Activities:

• Sentence Sort

  Help the fox cross the park by figuring out the right kind of sentence.

• Compound Sentences

  Learn more about compound sentences, take a quiz, and play a game.

• Sentence Structure

  Make your writing more interesting by having variety in your sentence structure.

• Word Types

  Can you find the words that fit the word type?

Skill:

Write multi-paragraph compositions that include a main idea, supporting details, and transition words or phrases between paragraphs

Activities:

• Persuasion Map

  The persuasion map will help you organize your ideas and arguments for a persuasive essay or debate.

• Supporting Ideas

  Can you find the supporting ideas in each passage?

• Write a News Story

  Write a news story on an event in Amelia Earhart’s life.

• The Big 6

  With the Big 6 steps, you can organize information and solve a problem easily.

Skill:

Improve word choice and the organization of ideas in writing by editing and revising

Activities:

• Comment Game

  What’s wrong with these newspaper headlines?

• There, Their, They’re

  There, their, and they’re are commonly used incorrectly. Take the quiz to see if you can pick the correct word.

• Dynamic Words

  Use these dynamic words rather than dull, boring, or dead words to make your writing stand out!

Skill:

Create postcards, flyers, letters, and e-mails

Activities:

• Letter Generator

  Write a friendly or a business letter using this fun tool!

• Multigenre Mapper

  Now you can write and draw in the same space to make a multigenre text.

• Letter Maker

  Learn to organize and write a formal letter.

• Letter Writer Helper

  Explore the different kinds of letters, from greeting cards to traditional letters.

• Card Creator

  Send cards electronically or print out a card to fold and color.

Skill:

Write stories that include details and events to develop a plot

Activities:

• Exploring Everyday Folklore

  Folklore can come from many different places, including your own friends and family.

• Story Map

  This map will help you find the character, setting, conflict, and resolution of a story.

• Story Map II

  Use the story map to think about a story you read or to organize a story you want to write.

• Story Starters

  Expand your creativity with these exciting story starters. Can you think of a story for each starter?

• Ideas for Writers

  Find lots of writing ideas for stories, essays, research, and personal narratives.

Skill:

Create writing so that the reader can see, smell, hear, taste, or feel what is described

Activities:

• Diamante Poems

  Write your own diamond-shaped poem using nouns, adjectives, and gerunds to describe your topic.

• Poetry

  Meet three unique poets and create your own poetry.

• Poetry Idea Engine

  With the Poetry Idea Engine you can write haiku, free verse, limericks, and more!

• Observation Chart

  Use this chart to organize what your senses experience in a situation. Now you can make your writing more descriptive.

• Can I Have A Word?

  Watch these visual presentations and listen to poems to inspire your own writing.

Skill:

Create skits or plays

Activities:

• Try A Skit

  Gather some friends and try this funny skit. Can you write your own skit next?

• Create Your Own Play

  Fill in the blanks to write your own play starring the Poppy Hill animals.

• Write Your Own Play

  Choose a setting, a scenario, characters, and make a play that really stands out!