Writing Prompt #54

In this simple past verb form worksheet, students write sentences about a holiday or vacation in the voice of a young girl pictured on the page. They use the prompts that are shown such as find a starfish, make friends, go to the beach,...

In this language arts writing prompt worksheet, students examine the quote, "Great deeds are usually wrought at great risk." Students then write their thoughts about the quote and explain how it applies to their own lives.

In this writing prompt worksheet, students explore the use of descriptive details as they choose 1 of the 4 writing prompts presented and write their own description of a setting.

Everyone has the right to a smokefree workplace, but those who work in casinos are exposed to so much secondhand smoke that they can suffer the same ailments as heavy smokers themselves. Learn more about the effects of secondhand smoke,...

Wind turbines, daylight savings time, noise pollution, social problems. To develop close reading skills, high schoolers examine pairs of articles presenting opposing viewpoints of the same topics and respond to questions that require not...

Create a study of John Adams and his wife Abigail. Small groups examine and analyze an image of John Adams and complete various questions and activities based on the image before reading and discussing background information about him....

A great source of high-interest reading for the language arts classroom! Meant to be used with an article also available on the New York Times website, this learning exercise provides 10 comprehension questions about the reading as well...

Why wouldn't Juno want to give a peacock the voice of a nightingale? After reading Aesop's fable "The Peacock and Juno," individuals learn to be content with what they have because perfection is unattainable. The passage comes with an...

Encourage your learners to explore the differences between hard news and news analysis. They outline a complex news analysis about the upcoming presidential election, then endeavor to write an analysis of the same topic, using local...

Students read about homeothermy. Through research and poster projects, they gain insight into the diversity among mammals and the ways specific mammals survive in their native climates.