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.

Write a heartfelt letter to someone who has impacted your life with this SEL writing prompt for middle grades!

This pre-writing exercise introduces five parts of a strong argument, including counter-arguments.

Children practice summarizing and reflecting more deeply about the books they read by answering four thought-provoking questions.

Build your growth mindset while planning a personal narrative!

In this activity, kids provide evidence by paraphrasing and selecting direct quotes from an informational text.

Students choose one of two writing prompts focused on analyzing the interaction of different story elements in this literary response worksheet for middle school!

Should all people have a right to internet access? Argue your stance in this argument writing prompt worksheet and rubric for middle school!

Concept maps are versatile and useful for all subject areas. Use this concept map for word work, main idea and supporting details, or to map out ideas.

With this middle-school revision checklist, students will be guided to review their informational writing with a critical eye in order to improve their writing.

Students choose one of two writing prompts focused on identifying and evaluating the central ideas of a nonfiction text in this middle grades writing worksheet.

Students will use this fun graphic organizer to help them plan their own podcast to perfection! 

Get to the point with this worksheet about the main idea and how supporting details help it make sense.

Give students a chance to voice their opinion and practice their writing skills with this fun “would you rather” writing prompt.

Assess your students’ narrative writing skills with this standards-based Narrative Writing Rubric for 6th grade.

When writing an informational essay, start with gathering information with the help of this research graphic organizer template.

Get learners' creative juices flowing with this fun leap year-inspired writing prompt!

Keep this study aid handy during homework time, or keep a copy in the back of your binder for classroom reference.

Use this chart to categorize your chosen superhero’s real and supernatural strengths.

Learn how to use coordinating conjunctions and practice using them in sentences.

Help plan and research a biography with this helpful graphic organizer!

Use this graphic organizer to help students build critical thinking skills as they plan an argumentative essay about whether people or organizations should be allowed to do certain things.

Students read background information about July as National Anti-Boredom Month and then respond to reflective questions.