Learners practice their creative writing with this suspenseful, Halloween-themed writing prompt about a particularly eerie night of trick-or-treating!

Use this discussion guide to support readers’ comprehension of the first part of William Kamkwamba’s The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind.

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

Invite your students to practice their creative storytelling with this fun, spring-themed writing prompt about a harrowing experience at a baseball game!

Learners write an argumentative response with this Earth Day-themed writing prompt about plastic bags. 

Practice argumentative writing with this prompt about making Earth Day a national holiday. 

Identify sentences with parallel structure quickly, consistently, and accurately with this essential worksheet!

Get ready to read Louis Sachar’s Holes with this engaging pre-reading worksheet!

Practice combining simple sentences with transition words and semicolons in this invaluable grammar worksheet!

“Parallel” isn’t just for math! Identify correct parallel structures in this colorful worksheet!

Practice adding information to your sentences by appending appositives to nouns or noun phrases!

Let spring blossoms teach you a lesson on personification in this cheery worksheet!

Conjunctive adverbs can be tricky; regardless, you can master them with this helpful middle school worksheet!

Hooray! You can learn to use interjections in your own writing with this engaging worksheet for fifth through eighth graders!

Huzzah! It’s time to learn about interjections!

Supercharge your writing with semicolons in this middle school worksheet!

Middle school students will uncover the blueprints of every legendary tale as they learn, identify, and draw symbols for six different plot archetypes!

After completing Linda Sue Park's novel A Long Walk to Water, help learners connect with the book with this community-based extension activity! 

Prepare students for reading The Great Fire by facilitating a picture walk through the first chapters’ images, pictures, and maps.

Encourage critical thinking and support literacy development by asking questions as students continue reading The Great Fire.

Get students thinking and writing creatively with this prompt about a walk in the woods that takes an unexpected turn when the trail disappears beneath the snow!

Get students thinking and writing creatively with this prompt about a suspicious snowball that zips by while on a walk down the snowy city sidewalk!

Learners hone their argumentative writing skills with this writing prompt about Valentine's Day candy consumption!

Engage students' senses and inspire their creativity with this sensory poem template!

Celebrate Teacher Appreciation Month with this reflective writing prompt about a meaningful project.

Celebrate fall with this fun creative writing prompt!

Write an eloquent, nature-inspired personification poem with this guided worksheet for seventh graders!

This worksheet, a valuable resource, can show you how appositives are used in context!

Activate your active and passive voice skills in this middle school grammar worksheet!

Engage readers with an exciting musical extension activity to be completed after they've finished reading The Giver by Lois Lowry!