Students will choose one of two writing prompts focused on analyzing characters in a story in this literary response worksheet for middle grades.

Give students another chance to flex their descriptive writing muscles with this inspiring picture prompt!

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

Use this inspirational personal narrative prompt and standards-based rubric to help middle schoolers hone their narrative writing skills.

Help students hone their argument writing skills with this writing worksheet and graphic organizer.

With this middle-school revision checklist, students will be guided to review their informational writing with a critical eye in order to improve their writing.

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

In this nonfiction writing worksheet, students will practice their narrative writing techniques as they draft a story about their favorite person

Students read background information about May as Mental Health Awareness Month and then respond to reflective questions.

Use this middle school worksheet to introduce learners to the MLA 8th edition format for citing sources and writing a bibliography.

Applicable to most nonfiction texts, this worksheet has students choose one of two writing prompts focused on determining and analyzing the author’s purpose in a nonfiction text.

Give your students a chance to think critically and practice their writing skills with this engaging writing prompt.

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

These post-reading writing prompts ask students to reflect on the major themes and events from The Giver.

Use this graphic organizer to help students build critical thinking skills as they plan an argumentative essay about whether people or organizations should be allowed to do certain things.

Use this graphic organizer to help students compare and contrast information from different sources of their choosing while researching a relevant topic.

Help students to think critically and practice their writing skills with this thoughtful writing prompt based on a quote by poet Julia Alvarez.

Give your students a chance to reflect on the importance of learning and practice their writing skills with this engaging writing prompt!

Get students thinking, reflecting, and writing with this middle school narrative writing prompt and rubric!

After reading The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton, give students the chance to reflect on the novel and respond in writing to five of these post-reading prompts.

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

After reading Linda Sue Park's novel A Long Walk to Water, give students an opportunity to engage with the book and their senses in this poetry-based extension activity! 

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

Support budding authors in developing their informational writing voice with this writing worksheet.

Invite students to reflect on the major themes and events of Wonder with these writing prompts.

Prepare students for reading Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl by having them complete this anticipation guide as a pre-reading activity!

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.

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.

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

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