Fifth Grade Ela Genre Writing Worksheets

These cut-and-paste cards provide students with steps for writing the introduction, body, and conclusion parts of an informational text.

In this activity, students will explore different kinds of narratives.

The first half of Dotty's story is here, but the second half is missing! Can your child come up with her own ending to complete the page?

With this exercise, students will practice writing counter-arguments and rebuttals.

Use this activity to teach students the structure and content of a reading response letter.

The legend of Robin Hood was passed down through ballads. After reading about him, you and your child can try writing a ballad of your own!

Celebrate the work of our forefathers by writing your own Declaration, in honor of the Declaration of Independence!

Use this picture prompt to provoke creativity in student writing.

Does Santa exist? Help your child defend jolly old Saint Nicholas with this persuasive essay exercise, that revolves around the question, "Does Santa exist?"

Everyone loves a mystery! Give your budding writer a chance to create her own fictional story based on this picture writing prompt. What will happen next?

What is a limerick? It's a silly poem with five lines, and a fun way learn about rhythm and rhyme.

A letter is found in an attic. There's a mystery ahead! Your young author can use his imagination to create a fictional story based on this writing prompt.

What if you could make up your own animal species? Your child will have fun as she uses her imagination to hone her writing skills.

Introduce your students to the five parts of an effective argument.

This guided practice reinforces how strong writers make a claim that they can support with strong evidence.

This activity will afford your fourth graders the chance to think about the claim they want to make in their literary essays and give them practice writing an intro paragraph.

Collect and organize your thoughts in preparation for a reading response letter with this graphic organizer.

Flex your writing skills with this fun writing prompt, which features a classic scene from scary movies!

Is the sleeping dragon a watchdog or a pet? Your fifth grader can write her own story with this fun writing prompt.

In this exercise, your young writers will write a persuasive letter to a person of their choice.

Being a fish might be fun! Your young writer can write his own under the sea story with this creative writing prompt.

Get your kids thinking about what makes Mom special with a fill in the blank acrostic Mother poem that's sure to bring tears to her eyes on her special day

Polish your werewolf story writing this All Hallows Eve. Do some werewolf story writing in this Halloween worksheet.

Look out, a twister is headed this way! This tornado writing prompt is sure to trigger a creative story from your young writer.