Second Grade Ela Genre Writing Worksheets

A good introduction draws a reader into the story and makes them want to learn more. Help your second graders hook their readers as they practice writing strong introductions using this helpful worksheet.

Get into a mad scientist state of mind with this fun science fiction writing prompt! Your child will imagine and describe a magical potion.

Having interviewed their classmates, students will practice their expository writing skills describing what they learned in complete sentences.

Imagine what would happen if a crow wanted to be a peacock! Give your little storyteller a fun way to practice her creative writing with this prompt.

Successful peer conferences are a breeze with this narrative writing checklist! Students will review their own writing and a partner's writing, checking for correct punctuation, capitalization, complete sentences, and staying on topic.

Conjure some creative characters with this worksheet that will help kids develop great descriptive writing skills.

Give your child an imagination vacation with this fun creative writing prompt, where she'll write about traveling to a far away land.

Writing nonfiction can be a daunting task for newbies, but this note-taking sheet contains helpful prompts that keep your young writer on track.

What's going on here? Your child can decide what's happening and where these characters might go next, using this writing prompt as a start.

Once students have completed their first draft of opinion writing, guide students through a peer review conference with this checklist! Students will reread their own work and then a partner's work, checking for punctuation, capitalization, and more.

Have your students think of story elements as ingredients for a delicious narrative! Young writers will consider setting, characters, the problem, and the solution with this fun pre-writing organizer!

Spark your student's imagination with this fun and creative writing prompt which focuses on summer.

What if we could own dinosaurs as pets? Spark your child's imagination with this fun creative writing prompt, perfect for beginning writers.

Finished with the first draft of informational writing? Let this handy checklist guide students through a peer review conference! Students will check for correct punctuation, capitalization, complete sentences, and staying on topic.

Second graders will pick their favorite activity from the year to display their narrative writing skills, and the handy rubric makes it easy to provide constructive feedback on all the essential components.

Adding dialogue to writing makes for more entertaining and relatable story-telling. In this activity, young writers will use a fun comic book format to add simple dialogue to their personal narratives.

Use this this biography timeline to organize your biography before writing it.

Honor Dad this Father's Day by turning him into a veritable superhero! This printable is guaranteed to pack in the giggles (and writing practice, too).

This Valentine's Day, create a special card for your loved one in the form of a heart-shaped cinquain.

Help your child come up with some frightfully fun words with this colorful Halloween acrostic poems worksheet.

This dream gift worksheet gets your child to imagine and write. Kids will write a short paragraph about receiving a dream gift on Valentine's Day.

Give your child hyperbole practice with this fun worksheet. She'll need use her imagination to finish each sentence with a fun hyperbole.

Use words from street signs and billboards to create poetry. Pick four words, use one word per line in a four-line poem. Don't be afraid to get creative!

Preservation of natural resources happens in lots of ways, big and small. When you don't want something to run out too quickly, what can you do to help?