Help students learn how to avoid informal language in their nonfiction writing with this helpful formal writing worksheet.

In this language and vocabulary worksheet, learners will read two short passages and choose the transition words that best connect the ideas and sentences.

With an emphasis on grammar, mechanics, and style, this checklist is a great way to help writers hone their editing skills and gain familiarity with the writing process.

Designed for middle grades, this grammar worksheet is a great way to give students practice using different transition words in the context of informational texts.

Students tap into their own inner wisdom by writing a letter about a current challenge they are facing, and then responding with advice, perspective, or insight.

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

Young writers map out their essays with the help of this graphic organizer.

Encourage students to explore the notion of identity with this reflective writing and drawing prompt!

Learners offer advice to a younger version of themselves in this engaging reflective writing activity.

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

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

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

Help students better understand what it means to have a topic with a broad scope versus a narrow scope with this helpful worksheet! 

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

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

Research your dream career with this graphic organizer! Pick a career to learn about, and then compile your notes in this worksheet.

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

Getting ready to write an informational essay? Use this five-page outline to help think through the next stages of the informational writing process!

Practice gratitude through poetry with this acrostic poem worksheet!

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

Introduce students to the power of self-appreciation with this inspiring writing activity!

Get students thinking deeply with this spring-themed writing prompt about new beginnings!

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

Use this Evaluating Sources Checklist to help students evaluate their sources for relevance, accuracy, bias, and reliability.

Have middle school students use these writing prompts as a jumping off point as they set out to write an informational essay.

Young writers reflect on a time they worked hard to earn something! Kick off the writing process with this narrative writing graphic organizer.

After completing R.J. Palacio’s novel Wonder, help students connect to the novel with this acts of kindness activity.

In this worksheet, learners come to better understand the different kinds of narratives, and how they are similar and different, by creating a map of narrative genres.

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

Have students step into the role of a journalist with this engaging newspaper-themed writing activity!