5th - 8th Grade English Language Arts Resources : Page 31

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

After students read S.E. Hinton’s The Outsiders, have them compare and contrast the greasers and the Socs using this two-page novel study extension activity!

Use these questions to encourage critical thinking and support literacy development as students read the first few diary entries of Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl.

Sharpen and assess your students’ proofreading skills with this worksheet that will also prepare them for peer editing.

This guided practice reinforces how strong writers make claims and support them with strong evidence.

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

Do you believe in the Bermuda Triangle? Compare witness accounts of these weird waters and draw your own conclusions in this reading worksheet.

Learners practice their argumentative writing skills with this summer-themed writing prompt about spending time outdoors!

Commas and dashes are both used to indicate pauses or breaks, but what’s the difference? Help your learners find out with this engaging one-page worksheet!

Have a laugh (or a groan) with this fun figurative language worksheet all about puns!

What is a limerick? It's a silly poem with five lines, and a fun way learn about rhythm and rhyme.

Students will make inferences about feelings and perspectives in a short text.

Encourage critical thinking with this discussion guide as students read the next set of Anne’s diary entries in Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl.

Engage your students with discussion questions as they read the second part of Katherine Applegate’s The One and Only Ivan.

This standards-based Narrative Writing Rubric for 8th grade is the perfect tool to assess your students’ narrative writing skills!

In this biography worksheet, children are introduced to Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who in 1993 became the second female Justice of the Supreme Court in the United States.

Build vocabulary with a synonym-antonym Frayer model!

These fun dog-themed worksheets will help fifth graders practice their reading comprehension skills.

Help students hone their spelling and vocabulary skills with this fun summer-themed grammar worksheet.

In this two-page grammar worksheet for eighth grade, students will read sentences written using passive voice and rewrite them using active voice!

Your young student will step back in time with this worksheet on the Ming Dynasty. He'll build comprehension skills as he learns some ancient history.

With this exercise, students will learn some of the most common ways to use a comma.

Learners will practice placing either one or two dashes, as directed, in given sentences to indicate a pause or break as appropriate.

This graphic organizer helps students work through a nonfiction text to help organize information about the author’s point, and the reasons and evidence used to support it.

Give your learners some fun figurative language practice with Valentine's Day-themed similes!

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

Assess your students’ argument writing skills with a standards-based rubric for eighth grade.