Writing Teaching Resources for 4th Grade
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Identifying Descriptive and Figurative Language - Worksheets
A set of 3 worksheets to help your students identify descriptive and figurative language in narrative texts.
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Poetic Devices Teaching Slides
Explore examples of poetic devices using this comprehensive and age-appropriate slide deck perfect for your poetry writing unit.
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Assessment Rubric - Narrative Writing
An assessment rubric designed to help teachers to assess students' narrative writing.
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Daily Writing Prompts Calendars - Upper Grades
Inspire your students and encourage them to write regularly with a set of printable Daily Writing Prompts in calendar format!
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Opinion Prompt Cards – Set 2
Practice writing opinion or persuasive text with this set of 20 topic cards.
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Persuasive Speech Project
Use this persuasive speech project to guide your students through the process of researching and constructing a persuasive speech about a significant global issue.
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William Shakespeare Play Writing Planning Template
A planning template to use in the classroom when writing a play.
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Vivid Action Verbs Posters - Using Strong Verbs
Teach your students to omit boring, overused verbs from their writing with a classroom set of Vivid Verb Posters.
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Persuasive Writing Template Pack
Download this persuasive planning template pack that helps upper elementary students organize their ideas clearly and confidently as they prepare to write well‑structured persuasive texts.
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Opinion Text Writing Prompts - Complete Set
A set of 5 opinion writing prompts, covering a variety of topics.
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Opinion Texts Writing Task - Zoos Are No Place for Animals
A writing activity to help students construct a detailed and reasoned opinion text.
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Guided Writing Lesson Plan Template
Make planning your guided writing lessons a cinch with this lesson plan template.
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Guided Writing Groups - Progress Tracker
Track student progress during guided writing sessions with this template.
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Narrative Plot Structure - Story Mountain Template
Use a story mountain template to help your students write narrative stories.
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Factual Recount Text Type Poster - With Annotations
A poster about the factual recount text type, including an annotated example.
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Narrative Criteria Checklist Pack
Use this narrative criteria checklist pack when teaching your students how to edit their narrative writing.
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Personal Response Text Type Poster With Annotations
A poster about personal responses, including an annotated example.
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Collective Nouns Matchup Activity - Animals
A pack of 32 cards to use when learning about collective nouns.
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Write a Haiku Poem Worksheet
Set your students up for success when writing a haiku poem with this set of scaffolded, easy-to-follow worksheets.
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Apostrophes Poster
A poster showing how to use apostrophes.
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4th Grade Revising and Editing Passages
Use this set of 4th grade revising and editing passages to help your students demonstrate their spelling, punctuation and grammar knowledge.
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Rhetorical Questions Interactive Activity
Explore rhetorical questions with your students using this digital game perfect for your persuasive writing lessons.
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Persuade Your Parents – Persuasive Writing Project
Download this ‘Persuade Your Parents’ persuasive writing project to guide your students through the process of convincing a parent or carer to change a household rule.
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Persuasive Essay Examples with Analysis Task Cards
Use these persuasive essay examples with accompanying task cards to teach your students how purpose, structure and language features work together in strong persuasive texts.
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The Penalty Kick - Write a New Ending to a Story Activity
Promote resilience and boost narrative writing skills with a soccer-themed ‘Change the Ending’ Writing Activity.
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Comparison Words Worksheet Pack
Teach comparison words with this set of 9 progressive worksheets designed to help your students show similarity and difference in their writing.
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Concession Words Worksheet Pack
Teach concession words with this set of 9 progressive worksheets designed to help your students link ideas within and across sentences.
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Conditional Words Worksheet Pack
Teach conditional words with this scaffolded pack of 9 worksheets that help elementary students master cohesion in their writing.
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Additive Connectives Worksheet Pack
Teach additive connectives with this scaffolded pack of 9 worksheets that help elementary students master connecting ideas and adding information to their writing.
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Write a Short Story – The Quest
Get your students analyzing and writing a quest story with this engaging and fully scaffolded writing project booklet.
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Adjectival Clause Teaching Slides
Teach the power of the adjectival clause with this engaging slide deck designed to help elementary school students boost their descriptive writing.
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What Is a Noun Phrase? Teaching Slides
Answer the question “What is a noun phrase?” with this engaging slide deck designed to help elementary students use descriptive language in their writing.