5th - 8th Grade English Language Arts Resources : Page 7

In this worksheet, learners will practice planning and writing a compelling persuasive paragraph on the topic of social media.

Unlock the secret to words like "dynamite" and "calligraphy!" Expand your vocabulary with this matching worksheet for common Greek roots.

Students read an excerpt adapted from L. Frank Baum’s short story “The Girl Who Owned a Bear” and answer reading comprehension questions about the text.

In this worksheet, children read the story of Parks' act of passive resistance, then follow a series of thoughtful prompts to reflect on why the boycott was successful, as well as why it inspired the support of so many people around the United States.

In this advanced comma review, students practice identifying locations in sentences in which commas are needed to indicate a pause or break.

Give your students experience with reading and analyzing primary sources with this powerful excerpt from the memoir of Frederick Douglass.

Prepare students for reading Anne Frank: Diary of a Young Girl by building background knowledge about the rise of Hitler in Germany after World War I.

Learners will practice distinguishing fact from opinion in this literacy worksheet.

Students will use a word bank and sentence frames to think about what motivates people.

Practice analyzing characters with this worksheet that features an excerpt from C.S. Lewis’s The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe. 

Compare and contrast two scenes from The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe with this two-page reading comprehension worksheet.

Naming the function of clauses is as easy as pie in this seventh-grade grammar worksheet!

Use this resource to read a nonfiction passage about sharks and write a summary.

Use this graphic organizer to give students an opportunity to practice identifying the central idea of a text using key details.

Teachers can use this general organizer template for main idea and details, pre-writing, word analysis, brain dumps, concept mapping, background knowledge collection, and more.

In this creative writing worksheet, learners will use their imagination to dream up, write about, and draw an extra-special Easter egg.

In this exercise, students will work through a series of steps to identify the theme of a classic story.

Give students practice using who and whom correctly in the context of written sentences with this helpful grammar worksheet!

Students hone spelling skills and fine-tune their vocabulary knowledge in this engaging grammar worksheet!

Learn all about the history of candles with this two-page nonfiction reading worksheet!

Students will read a biography of Misty Copeland, the first African American woman to become a principal dancer for the American Ballet Theatre, and then answer nonfiction comprehension questions about the text.

Help students appreciate the information they can get from text features!

Invite students to inventory their vocabulary knowledge with this adaptable graphic organizer!

Students gain valuable practice understanding how words are related while building their vocabulary with this analogy worksheet.

This reading activity gives kids practice supporting inferences with evidence.

Introduce learners to the American advocate Dorothea Dix with this three-page informational reading comprehension worksheet.

Challenge your outspoken learner to put their opinions down on paper, and practice writing persuasive text while they're at it.

Instead of looking a word up in the dictionary, practice using context clues to find the meaning of unknown words.