After reading Linda Sue Park's novel A Long Walk to Water, give students an opportunity to engage with the book and their senses in this poetry-based extension activity! 

Assess your students’ argument writing skills with this standards-based rubric for seventh grade!

Prepare students for reading Suzanne Collins' The Hunger Games by having them complete this pre-reading activity!

Students design a pet rock and use rhetorical appeals to convince their class to choose it as a mascot!

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

Students compose a persuasive paragraph stating their opinion, including an introduction, three supporting arguments, and a conclusion, with the help of this worksheet template.

Get students thinking deeply with this spring-themed writing prompt about new beginnings!

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.

Prepare students for reading A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle by guiding them through this anticipation guide as a pre-reading activity!

Show a little love to big or little sis with a fun family writing activity! Students will practice creative writing and sentence-building.

Invite students to reflect on the major themes and events of Wonder with these writing prompts.

Encourage students to use vivid, descriptive imagery with this creative worksheet!

Learners practice their creative writing with this suspenseful, Halloween-themed writing prompt about a visit to a haunted house!

In this worksheet, children will learn about a few common resource materials and how to search for information in them alphabetically.

Learners practice finding and editing specific punctuation errors in this letter-editing exercise.

After completing S.E. Hinton’s The Outsiders, allow students to connect to the theme of identity with this engaging reflection activity! 

Your students will be ready to share their opinions and evidence when answering high interest persuasive writing prompts.

Young writers practice forming and defending an opinion in this engaging three-page persuasive writing template.

Hook your students with this cookie-themed exercise that will teach the basics of strong persuasive writing.

Help your students organize their notes as they conduct research for their informational writing.

In this comprehensive two-page worksheet template, young writers will find frames for crafting thoughtful, compelling persuasive essays.

Introduce your students to words and phrases that will strengthen their argument writing.

After reading The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton, give students the chance to reflect on the novel and respond in writing to five of these post-reading prompts.

After finishing the novel The Giver by Lois Lowry, give students a chance to “receive” a memory with this engaging extension activity!

In this nonfiction writing worksheet, learners will select and draw an animal to represent each season, then write a short paragraph describing one of the animals.

Give your students a chance to think critically and practice their writing skills with this engaging writing prompt.

Invite your students to practice their creative storytelling with this fun, spring-themed writing prompt about a startling find in the picnic cooler!

Use this fun creative writing prompt and accompanying rubric to inspire budding authors and help them hone their narrative writing skills.