Fourth Grade Ela Genre Writing Worksheets

In this brief questionnaire, students will think about who their audience is and what they believe.

What does it mean to be struck by Cupid's arrow? Help your child build her writing skills with a Valentine's Day writing prompt.

With this summer fun checklist, your child can check off some classic summertime activities and dream up some of her own for maximum summer adventure!

Enjoy a sweet writing response page all about Valentine's Day. Kids will get to reflect on an important person in their life.

Familiarize with the nonfiction genre by thinking about all the nonfiction you read or see each day.

Let's go on a writing adventure! Imagine if you woke up in a completely different country, and no idea how to get home. What would you do next?

Get your students excited about making text connections!

Collect your favorite summer quotes from friends and family in this Say What? sheet.

Learn step by step how to create a report! Research facts about camels, complete the sentences, then use the sentences to create a report about camels.

Get acquainted with a few different writing techniques with this fun prompt. Kids will start the same story in a few different ways.

Does your child need a head start in creative writing? Give her this story starter worksheet, and she'll help Marnie figure out how to bake her muffins!

Have some fun with haiku! These haiku poem prompts mix pop culture with zen creativity.

Mix a fun with zen in this haiku activity! Students will practice writing about everyday objects in the style of haiku.

Have you ever knocked on wood to counter-jinx yourself? Now it's time to find out the truth behind this well-known superstition!

Keep a record of friends you meet over the summer with this impromptu address book to fill with fun facts about all the friends you make this summer.

List your favorite movies that came out this summer, then write your very own reviews of the best—and maybe the worst!—of the bunch.

Calling all chefs! This menu needs a new sandwich item. Can you come up with a delicious and innovative concoction?

Helping your students support their opinions with thoughtful reasons will prepare them to write strong persuasive texts.

How many ways can you start a story? Have fun with writing, and practice telling the beginning of a story in six different ways.

Kids map out character development with this organizer.

Easter decorations are full of pastels, pinks and yellows! But why do those colors represent Easter? Help your child write a response to this question.

Flex those creative writing skills by starting a story in a few different ways! Use the picture as a prompt, and use each technique to start a story.

Did you ever get bad luck from seeing a black cat cross your path? Maybe the superstition is not as scary as you thought!

Starting a story can be the toughest part of writing. Help your child flex his creativity by starting the same story in six different ways!