Learn how to research a subject and give a detailed report on the information you discovered.

Writing poems can help teach new ways of thinking about words and their meanings. A poet must consider the sound of the words written on the page. Readers will use the activities in this book to develop their poetry writing skills.

Shows the steps of writing a mystery from charater development to building suspense to solving the case.

Activities that teach concepts such as correct punctuation, capitalization, and how words or phrases can have particular effects.

Letter writing is an important skill. Readers will complete activities that teach the basic formatting and composition skills needed to write a perfect letter every time.

Readers will learn about the function pronouns have in sentences by following the story of Sam and his visiting cousins, Jim and Anna.

Find out how you can create interesting stories based on your real-life experiences.

This book teaches readers how to plan and write fractured fairy tales. They will discover what a fractured fairy tale is, how to prepare a plot outline, develop characters, revise and edit the story, and write a final draft of the narrative. A variety of activities provide hints and tips along the way to support the development of characters, clear event sequences, plot elements, and the overall creative writing process.

Activities that teach readers how to plan and write lab reports.

Provides young writers with instructions on how to write a thank you letter.