5th - 7th Grade English Language Arts Teacher Resources

It's that time of year again! Send your child back to school with a colorful homework planner. Just print it out and stick it in your kid's backpack!

Using this worksheet template, students plan their work by filling out a plot diagram with their story's exposition, rising action climax, falling action, and climax.

Analyze words and build vocabulary with a Frayer model!

Encourage students to make connections as they learn new words with this creative vocabulary quilt activity!

Build vocabulary with a synonym-antonym Frayer model!

Help your students write letters to a pen pal, faraway relative, and others! This letter template gives students practice writing formal letters — like persuasive or business correspondence — and friendly, informal letters.

Use this grammar handout to help learners remember the difference between the words there, their, and they're!

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.

Use this worksheet to encourage critical thinking and support students’ literacy development by asking questions before, during, and after reading.

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

This rubric for sixth-grade argument writing covers all of the major Common Core standards in the argument writing strand, including introduction, support, transitions, style, and conclusion.

Motivate readers to read more and track their reading habits with this simple and engaging reading log!

Give students a boost in their vocabulary study skills with this Vocabulary Note Card Template!

Use this standards-based Narrative Writing Rubric for 7th grade to assess your students’ narrative writing skills!

Encourage students to make connections as they learn new vocabulary with this Vocabulary Connections Map.

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

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

Encourage students to reflect on their reading identities and set a realistic reading goal with this helpful reading survey!

Use this fun bookmark to give readers a way to record and track the books they read!

Assess your students’ informational writing skills with this standards-based rubric for sixth grade!

Watch the titles of books you've read stack up with these delightful reading tracker bookmarks!

Use this multiple-meaning words worksheet to support middle school students as they explore a word with more than one meaning. 

This graphic organizer provides an opportunity to keep track of key vocabulary words they encounter within an informational text.

Empower students to get creative with their vocabulary learning in this visual vocabulary worksheet template!

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

Encourage word sense, connotation, and wordplay with this creative worksheet where students personify a vocabulary word!

As students read nonfiction books, have them think which important words teach about the main topic. At the end of this activity, students will have made a web of vocabulary words!

Explore new vocabulary words in a fun and memorable way with this Vocabulary Acrostic graphic organizer!

Encourage students to analyze a vocabulary word with this simple and effective graphic organizer!