Routine Writing Practice

Grade 4 Writing Worksheet - Challenge Me

Read each task. Circle the plan that fits the time.

1. 1.

   In ten minutes you must explain how a pulley helps lift a load. Which plan fits best?

   • draw a pulley and write only its name
   • describe the playground where you saw one
   • write the history of the pulley from long ago
   • say what a pulley does, then explain with one example
2. 2.

   A fifteen-minute response asks how a character changed from the beginning to the end. Which plan fits best?

   • describe the character's looks and clothes, then add your opinion of the book
   • list three feelings the character had and skip the details from the story
   • name the change, then give one detail from the beginning and one from the end
   • tell the whole story in order, with every event and every character in it
3. 3.

   You have twenty minutes to write about whether students should have homework on weekends. Which plan fits best?

   • give five reasons in one short sentence each, with no examples for any of them
   • list every kind of homework you have ever had, from math to spelling to reading
   • state your opinion, give two reasons with examples, and end with a closing sentence
   • write about all of your weekend plans for the next two days and skip your opinion
4. 4.

   A ten-minute response asks whether a character made a good choice. Which plan fits best?

   • your opinion and three reasons with no details from the book
   • a description of the character's looks, then your opinion
   • a summary of the plot, with your opinion added at the end
   • your opinion, one reason with a detail, and a closing sentence