5th - 8th Grade English Language Arts Resources : Page 40

Students will read a fascinating, informational text about fungus, then follow steps to write a conclusion.

Learners practice their argumentative writing skills with this writing prompt about school dress codes!

Use this simple graphic organizer to map out a new word and explore it in depth.

Give students even more hands-on editing practice with this grammar worksheet all about parallel structure!

After reading the last sections of Pam Muñoz Ryan’s novel Esperanza Rising, engage your students in a discussion with these questions!

Kids hunt for different reading genres using this interactive worksheet.

In this summer writing prompt worksheet, children will describe their favorite place to spend time during summer.

Look out, a twister is headed this way! This tornado writing prompt is sure to trigger a creative story from your young writer.

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

After finishing R.J. Palacio’s novel Wonder, encourage students to create their own precepts with this creative extension activity!

After reading Linda Sue Park's novel A Long Walk to Water, students demonstrate their understanding of the novel with these post-reading response prompts.

Use this high-interest text about sports to explore what point the author is trying to make.

Students will draw conclusions about texts by combining what they learn from a text and their background knowledge.

Students will choose one of two writing prompts focused on analyzing the author’s use of language and literary devices in this literary response worksheet.

Learners discover the magic of suffixes in this engaging, creative fifth grade grammar worksheet.

Students complete a figurative language flip chart from the mnemonic device I SHAMPOO C.

This prewriting exercise will help your writers shape their topic and start to generate support ideas.

After reading The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind by William Kamkwamba, students compare the movie adaptation to the written story.

Martin Luther King Jr. is honored as one of the key leaders in the civil rights movement. Students will read his biography and find text evidence to support or refute some statements before completing a short writing activity.

For kids just entering the world of research and report-writing, here's a handy reference guide on how to write a bibliography.

Read through a student’s how-to and tips for touring the Pentagon. While reading, students will decide if they should use a preposition or conjunction in the text.

Help your learner hone their spelling skills this winter with this word search puzzle!

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

This language arts review provides a quick way to assess your students’ knowledge of parts of speech and other skills.

Your young writer will learn how to position prepositional phrases in a sentence diagram with this grammar sheet.

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