Writer's Puzzle

What experiences have had an impact on the lives of your pupils? Writers can brainstorm ideas on the first page of this activity, and then expand on their ideas when responding to the questions on the second page. If you are building up...

Muhammad Ali was the greatest, as he'd tell you himself. A set of reading comprehension worksheets walks through parts of Ali's life and promotes individuals to become good readers and writers.

In this William Shakespeare crossword instructional activity, students read 26 clues about the life and writings of this famous playwright. Students insert their answers into this difficult crossword puzzle.

In this solving a crossword puzzle about dinosaur instructional activity, students read clues across and down, use the words in the word bank, and complete the puzzle. Students write 23 words.

In this crossword puzzle, students are given ten clues they must answer using vocabulary from a word bank. Students are provided with one answer as an example.

Your class will find using similes as easy as pie after completing this figurative language exercise. Provided with a list of incomplete similes, young writers must use their creativity to fill in the blanks with nouns that accurately...

Nine lessons makeup a unit designed to reinforce grammar and vocabulary through practice pages based on readings of African folktales. Each lesson consists of a mini lesson, a vocabulary review, and a worksheet. Topics include...

Determining the relationships between words is the purpose of this analogy worksheet. Learners puzzle through 10 different analogies by using bridge sentences and types to determine which pairs of words share the same relationships.

Take the complexity out of writing complex sentences. Young writers practice taking two ideas and putting them together to make a complex sentence. Create a list of subordinating conjunctions to help each individual make better sentences.

Emerging writers identify allusion in poetry by listening to recorded poems, like Anyone Lived in a Pretty How Town. They also discuss what makes writing satirical and how writers use allusions to make satirical points.