Using this Why oh Why Story Details Activity, students answer the questions "What happened?" and "why did it happen?" while citing their textual evidence.

Using Enhancing My Presentation Activity, students add audio recordings and visual displays to presentations to enhance the development of main ideas.

Using Let's Publish My Writing Activity, students write about the topic or prompt until you have typed one page using computer skills.

Using Write All About It Newspaper Writing Activity, students write newspaper articles using the topic cards and the writing process.

Using this Look in the Text Activity, students ask and answer questions to demonstrate understanding of a text, referring explicitly to the text as the basis for the answers.

Using How to Make a Gingerbread House Worksheet, students write ahow-to explaining the steps to make a Gingerbread House.

Using this Expository Writing Song (MP3), your students learn about how to use write an expository essay.